The Surgery

The props and everything here made sense thematically, but somehow the room still felt cheap in a way I can't explain. The best way I can put it is that the scenery lacked refinement. The puzzles were all relevant to the theme, but we felt that it was lacking in density. There was a big lack of tension and no real stand out moments or big finish. Aside from a creepy setting in one the rooms, I never really felt connected to the story of a serial killing surgeon. Overall, the room was extremely easy for us and there were multiple parts that left us wanting more. To sum it all up, Puzzle Parlour did everything necessary for a solid room, but failed to implement anything impressive or memorable with this one.

I believe this was my first escape room I ever did! Still very memorable and fun. Quite the scary premise and you really do want to ESCAPE. I did this room as a duo with my friend and we barely managed to escape. I think having more than two people would have been beneficial because there were a couple tough logic jumps to make and we did need some hints. But nothing egregious, just a medium challenge.

Overall this was a great find on a trip up north. The theming was really fine tuned and looked amazing. Waiting room was so dingy you felt like you were in some creepy doctors surgical lair. Puzzles were interesting and not altogether difficult. There were one or two that were a bit confusing and made us say well how would we have gotten there? Two people makes this more difficult for some of the visual props, doable, but definitely need communication skills. Great use of a device that we had never seen before!