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Omescape has rebranded as Omventure and launched a new escape room with a Wild West theme called Wild West Showdown, which just opened a week ago. The new theme continues the style of "Hong Kong after Dark," set up as a competitive game where players are divided into two teams based on assigned roles. Everyone competes for loot to see who scores the highest. Initially, everyone solves puzzles together, but towards the end, the teams enter separate rooms to see who can solve the most puzzles in the same amount of time. The setting is impressive, with a two-story saloon that really sets the mood. The puzzles are creative, linear, and varied, fitting well with the theme of the Wild West gold rush. Most puzzles are logic-based, and for anyone who isn’t a native English speaker, some English reading ability is required to quickly understand the rules; a bit of vocabulary is also needed, for example, knowing that "Feline" means cat. However, our game experience was not very smooth. First, the feedback system could be better; other than successful sound effects, there is no other feedback. Whether players make a mistake or act too soon, no feedback is provided, which can make players easily feel lost. Second, due to it being newly opened, the game master was quite inexperienced, with two instances of skipping puzzles and being hesitant when asked for hints, and errors like entering the next room too early due to unclosed doors. Although these issues can be understandable in a new escape room, as a customer who paid $63+tax, the experience was not very enjoyable. Overall, it has great ideas and some amazing designs in this room. It could be better. I also got some negative feedback from other friends a few months after I played. However, I believe that if they could better train game masters, it would be the next "Hong Kong after Dark." which is absolutely my favorite in GTA.
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May 12, 2024 | Experienced Dec 4, 2023