At its core, the game is still a puzzle rpg. This means that we, the players, have to work on our character's stats, do quests in exchange for stuff, loot items and then use those items correctly with other items and the respective stat milestones to escape the prison. On one hand, doing this alone is a fun challenge, taking the time to plan and prepare as the days pass. Patrol schedules? Take a day to memorize the routine. Which items are in which rooms? Slip away during lunch for a couple of minutes to do some quick checks. Everything's chill until you've done your due diligence and the time for the grand escape has come.

Multiplayer? Not so much. It only takes one of you to do something indubitably stupid before you have the entirety of the prison security coming for your heads. If that something was a certain someone flushing down a key they nicked off an unconscious guard down your toilet and putting the whole place on lockdown once it's reported, well...

Anyway, while having a squad of dumb people as your prison break buddies may have some downsides - some very, very facepalm worthy downsides - it does have its perks. You get to annoy them back by doing dumb stuff yourself, such as going to the showers for shower time and whacking everyone with a soap-in-a-sock mace instead of actually showering, causing a lockdown and forcing your hapless squad buddies to help you fight off the waves of prison guards, prison dogs and the other inmates that you've whacked totally on accident, all while some of the more unaffected people are washing their naked bodies.

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Of course, the game does have certain issues, such as players desyncing often and the very immersion breaking fact that unlocking a door with key only unlocks it for you.