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Legend talks about how the Great Dragon almost destroyed the world as we know it. The Sorcerers of light prevailed in the Great Battle and locked up the dragon deep inside the magic castle of Azurio. The Fountain of Hope stripped its powers for centuries. Now, a new Lord of Darkness has emerged! The castle has fallen and the fountain turned off. The Great Dragon is growing more powerful with every minute. You will have to break into the castle, turn the Fountain of Hope back on before the dragon grows strong enough to escape and destroy the world for once and for all!
All ratings (113)
Very positive
6
27 escape rooms
I’m not sure why this was a terpeca nominee. It didn’t flow well. It was not intuitive. Some of the pieces were broken. The game master was not very helpful. I was disappointed for sure
Did not flow well. Was not intuitive.
Set was good but several things didn’t work properly or broke
Not great. When we asked for hints they had a script.
Not at all
208 escape rooms
Visually strong and generally enjoyable. That said, some puzzles suffered from wear and tear, which blurred the line between challenge and confusion. Early sections leaned too much on mechanical trial-and-error rather than real problem-solving. But after that, the room found its rhythm.
230 escape rooms
My party of 2 did not get out due to many of the puzzles being broken. We would ask them to please trigger the given puzzle because we solved it and they said they couldn’t. We asked them to explain the puzzles that “didn’t make sense” (were broken) after the game and the game master (who really did not want to be there) would shrug his shoulders and say “idk, no one really plays the game on expert mode”. It was a very, very disappointing experience and this is from a purist when it comes to escape rooms. I have left 1-2 bad reviews in my life.
13 escape rooms
Overall, we had a fun time and the room was immersive. Of the two we've done at GSR, this is definitely the better of the two, probably because we did it with fewer people. It felt very linear so I'd probably do the rest of the rooms at this location just myself and my husband if we were to find ourselves wanting to play rooms. As others have stated, some of the room is in disrepair which kind of takes away from the experience (in one instance, it made it hard to find the puzzle. In another, it made it easy to figure out what parts weren't needed for a puzzle.). The GMs were kind enough, however, it took them way too long to realize that we were missing a piece of paper we needed in one part, although they did give us time back which was cool of them. There were also two parts in the very beginning (puzzles like 2 and 3) that I wouldn't realllllly classify as "puzzles" that just took us too long to figure out due to it being more mechanical and not really puzzley. Once we got past those, though, we did pretty well getting through the room (despite not escaping on expert mode, we were about three puzzles away).
No
Medium
Mechanical
2
Not scary
Yes
No
Not at all
Two parts of the room would not be wheelchair accessible. Low light. Of what we saw, hearing did not seem to be necessary.
Yes
Easy
V
56 escape rooms
The theming was great, but the room is not maintained and many puzzles are broken. We thought we had messed up on a puzzle and wasted about 10 minutes redoing over and over, finally trying to brute force it by trying every possible combination, only for it to still not work. We then tried to call the GM through the communication "crystal" and that didn't work either. I had to push the emergency escape button and track someone down to get any assistance. The staff were on their phones in a break area when I finally found them. When they did assist they told us our first combo was right, when we showed them it didn't work, they manually progressed us and said "sorry it's been acting up." They did give us back 15 minutes due to the issue which was nice. At one point we got a key, that was delivered through a drop mechanism - the key snapped on impact with the catch tray. Multiple puzzles had little to do with the theme, and some of them required massive leaps in logic to get to the solution. It would be a good place if the room actually worked ...
No
Medium
High tech
2
Small spaces, not meant for large groups
Not scary
7
Yes
Multiple things broken, staff were inattentive
No
Not at all
It is not, crouching, steps, narrow
Yes
Easy
d
111 escape rooms
GM is so unfriendly that I didn’t want to complete any puzzle from the beginning (host is more like an AI? Memorizing things rather than explaining. Also we asked if there’s a restroom, they said no. We have to ask “where can we find the restroom” to find one. That’s ridiculous.. Puzzle is ok, more like completing tasks than solving things. For me it’s an avoid, I won’t go to any other rooms here… check out other places, they are better.
24 escape rooms
Cool room that was well decorated! A lot of props and structures of the room have fallen into disrepair (not a visual choice) so it felt a little janky at tines. But the set was awesome and it had lots of tin side rooms to explore!
Yes
Some set design wear and tear found throughout the room, but it didn't change the game too much. Just sort of broke the illusion from time to time.
a
11 escape rooms
I really wanted to like this room and it had some good elements like using wands and the option of being able to choose an “expert” set up instead of standard. As I mentioned, the GM was unable to set up the “expert” option so it took away from the experience and makes me hesitant to recommend it to anyone.
Flowed well, intuitive puzzles
Fun design, so many rooms! Some props a bit worse for the wear
They were understaffed, there was only one GM who was relatively new and actually begged us not to do the “expert” level of the game (which is why we picked this room) because she wasn’t sure how to set it up/didn’t have enough time because other guests were showing up.
Yes
Liked using the wands
Pretty standard and forgettable, just there to get the game going
Easy
Easy because we had 2 experienced people doing the standard level. Expert level could’ve made it medium, maybe hard
High tech
Wands, Lasers, lighting and sound
3
There was a particular part that would’ve been more manageable with 3 people but 2 was just fine
Spooky
13
Some slightly spooky elements
One puzzle wasn’t reset and the GM didn’t even notice until we asked about it after the room was done
No
Not at all
It was darkish and there were some uneven floors
Yes
Easy
W
118 escape rooms
My favorite room at this location. Really interesting puzzles and well done theme. The story was engaging and you could immerse yourself into the game. All the tech was really cool. One part was particularly challenging which was very fun to figure out. If you're at the GSR and had time for one room, I'd recommend this one.
Yes
Medium
High tech
4
Not scary
8
No
No
Somewhat
Yes
Easy
10 escape rooms
This was my first ever escape room and from other games that I have played, it still can’t top any other of my experiences.
It flowed awesomely!
It was immersive and made me feel like I was in a castle
Yes
It’s in the hotel so it was pretty easy to find
