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RenFromMars
8 escape rooms
Absolutely stellar experience start to finish. Hunting bigfoot was the perfect level of challenge for my group- most members are fairly new to escape rooms (having played their first or second two days prior) and myself having the benefit of working at one. It is rated 8/10 on their scale. The room itself was spectacular, incredibly well themed and very immersive start to finish. One very small jumpscare in the room, though I was too busy solving it to see it happen- all others in my group were quite startled though so it did its job. My only real complaint was the lighting levels in the room- while it was amazing having the diegetic light in the room (lanterns), the lighting levels got lower the further in you got. Not at all impossible to solve puzzles and in fact we did still do all of it at a very good pace, but we did struggle at a few points having only the two lanterns for the 5 people. If anyone struggles with low lighting I would highly recommend asking for extra lighting within the room or perhaps having a flashlight if yoy would still like to complete this room. This was my first room at mindshift after recommendation from a duo who came to my work and said it was among the best in adelaide- and after playing I am absolutely inclined inclined agree! If only I lived here and could play more of them right away. Danny was amazing start to finish and was lovely to chat to! Another staff member (unfortunately did not get their name, but they were wearing a red shirt) greeted us at the desk and when we came down they asked "are you guys from hunting bigfoot? Did you finish already?" In a very fun tone so they were also amazing despite us not having seen much of them prior.
Gameplay
Amazing game flow throughout. There were a lot of locks in each room but they were all different types (letter or number, and number of digits required) so we were never guessing which combo went into which lock.
Atmosphere
Set design was incredibly done. The room was split wonderfully and all set pieces made sense in the world. Tech was also well concealed within the room and never felt obtrusive or even obvious. All the puzzles were also very thematic and did not feel as though they didn't belong in the universe.
Customer service
Staff were very very kind and provided a lovely chat before and after the room. Very small hiccup with the tech occurred at the start but we were very early and the game master got us sorted very quickly and made sure the room was fully functional. Danny was our GM- he very effectively got us in the vibe and game some lovely feedback at the end!
Story
The plot was very memorable- while there was only a spoken Intro before going inside and no music to heighten the vibe of the room, the room itself made so much sense with the story that it is impossible to separate the two.