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Nocturnal Keep [prev. Secret of Dragon’s Spire]
Very positive (36 ratings)
- Escape room
- IRL
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The Grand Wizard Owlazar has hired your band of adventurers to venture into the mysterious Nocturnal Keep – a place of eternal night and even darker secrets. Owlazar has cast a spell of protection on your party that will shield you from the dangerous enchantments protecting Nocturnal Keep. While Owlazar’s magic safeguards your party, it is up to all of you to uncover the secrets and bypass the challenges that await you to uncover the Gem Nocturnus. Fail to do so, and you’ll never see the light of day again (dun dun dun)!
- 4-8
- 75 mins
- Spooky
Reviews
Scarab
115 escape rooms
Fun room with a medieval and wizard type theme. We did it with 2 people though the minimum online is 4. They charged us more per person but less than it would cost for 4 people. Though realistically the room isn't physically much larger or more puzzles than other rooms and it wasn't being booked anyways and required the same staffing as other rooms so the extra fee shouldn't be needed. The game itself is a lot of fun with some interesting and different puzzles. Some obvious clues and some very vague ones. Some are just hard to see due to the lighting and novelty lanterns given. There were a couple slow reactions to solving puzzles; either due to a slow main computer for the game (which was definitely the case with the wizard video animation) or just the GMs not actively monitoring the game for things they manually trigger. We used a couple hints foolishly, both for things we already knew the answer to. And the vague hints just forced us to focus and try again (or in the case of one lock shine a better light on it to see what was really needed). Overall finishing in under 60 minutes for a 75 minute game with only two people (on a game they only let you book online with 4 or more) isn't too bad. And we had a lot of fun doing it. We did another of their rooms on the same day and will be back for the third (and hopefully fourth) soon.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Annoyingly dark (trying for atmosphere but bordering on dark as a puzzle, they give lanterns which the orange color off made things hard to see, but allowed phone flashlights which resolved some of our issues).
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Story
Difficulty
Medium
A lot to do, and some parts or linear so can't divide an conquer as much.
Game tech
High tech
Mix of automation and mechanical. There is a tv screen for clues, hints, and part of the theme, but it lagged and glitched a bit. They also pointed out before hand any hints requested would be delayed as it is slow and the intro would take a minute to play. Frankly it just needs a better computer.
Ideal number of players
5
Spacious room, and first few puzzles can divide and conquer but eventually its one puzzle at a time which can help with different view points.
Scary
Spooky
Medieval theme with some skulls but nothing really scary.
Minimum age
8
Was anything broken?
Yes
TV Screen was glitchy and slow with visual artifacts. Clues presented on screen didn't stop after puzzle was solved (likely GM not realizing puzzle was solved as happened in another room the same day). Likely just needs a more powerful computer for this component. Button presses for a combination didn't always register and needed full sound effect to play to count (time waste and annoying). Completing an electrical circuit in the second room didn't register for several attempts and took more than a minute during the final attempt to trigger.
Physically active
Somewhat
Not very physical but do need to move often between areas by ducking down and need to carry objects while doing so.
Accessibility
There is an area with a low entrance which would be difficult if not impossible for anyone in a wheelchair or with mobility issues or a devices to get through and must be done often.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
capecodfox
44 escape rooms
Great theming, fun room, some unique tech which makes it super special!
Gameplay
Kathleen
85 escape rooms
This game was wild. It was so awesome to meet one of the owners/designers after the game, Taylor. He was incredibly passionate and he was happy to show us the inner workings and the “behind the scenes” of the game. Seeing his enthusiasm made it all the better for us! We had a great time working through the puzzles.
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