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Cerebral

Mostly positive (13 ratings)

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  • IRL

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Permanently Closed - You wake in an unfamiliar basement with no recollection of how you got there... Nauseating pipes decorate the repulsive scene... A DVD plays... Begin the next trial. You Are Not Ready.

  • 3-6
  • 75 mins
  • Spooky

Ratings

All ratings (13)

Mostly positive

Gameplay
Mostly positive
Atmosphere
Mixed
Customer service
Mixed

Reviews

@JPEscaper
JPEscaper

20 escape rooms

I had higher hopes for Cerebral, especially with a higher price point than the other games but it really fell flat. The room was HOT, it felt like no AC in the California summer evening weather and the GM offered to bring us a floor fan to help. I don't want to be overly critical, but the room is kinda shabby. Just some very simple furniture, wires showing everywhere, baseboards and paint coming off, and no soundtrack or music so it was dead silent. The puzzles were not bad, but things kept breaking which made everything take longer on top of multiple puzzles not being easy to go from point A to point B. The intercom to get hints didn't work so the GM had to come in to give clues when requested. Its not terrible and we still had fun, but I wouldn't recommend this room at its current price as there's nothing in it to warrant the difference. Play bomb threat instead, that single room game is more enjoyable than this one.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

4 or more is ideal.

Scary

Spooky

Nothing inherently scary but some blood and mannequins here and there.

Minimum age

16

Puzzles might be too hard for younger kids.

Was anything broken?

Yes

AC wasn't working, magnetic lock was open when we got in, intercom for hinting was broken, and the second to last puzzle just stopped working in the middle of one of our last attempts.

Live actors

No

Not LIVE ones anyway 😉

Physically active

Somewhat

Some late game puzzles are neat, the rest is very plain.

Accessibility

Some areas would be unaccessible until late game for people with disabilities and/or vision issues.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Sep 6, 2024
@CrySkyBen
CrySkyBen

130 escape rooms

I had higher expectations for this room. Intricate puzzles that weren’t as amusing as we thought they’d be.

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Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service

GM was nice enough to let us complete the room.

Jun 23, 2024 | Experienced Jun 18, 2023
@calbear91
calbear91

33 escape rooms

Five of us solved the 75-min puzzle with 3 minutes to spare. It was challenging but we were able to move through it and figure it out. There was one part with a cypher that took a really long time.

Gameplay

It was a 75 minute challenging room. It did flow well.

Atmosphere
Customer service

GM and owner were very nice!

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

There was a part where one player had to go to a separate dark room and we communicated with them via walkie talkie!

Story
Difficulty

Expert

Supposedly expert level and only 20% solve it!

Game tech

High tech

It was a mix of tech and mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

We had 5 but 4 would have been fine.

Scary

Spooky

At one point someone had to be in a dark room so it was scarier for them. It was creepy in some parts.

Minimum age

17

Was anything broken?

Yes

There was one thing that didn’t trigger. We needed a clue. I wish it would have opened without us having to ask about it. We lost about 10 minutes I think.

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

There was one part where someone had to crawl to another room.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

May 28, 2024 | Experienced May 27, 2024
@jackieschramm17
jackieschramm17

42 escape rooms

Very disappointed in this room. I had high expectations for a scary room with a good ambience. Multiple props broken or not working correctly. The GM didn’t remember to start our timer or seem particularly interested in actually being involved. She didn’t have her hint mic muted and was talking to her coworkers and we could hear it in our room through the speaker. I had to ask her to mute herself. I would not recommend and do not plan on going back.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Supposed to be a scary room but not at all scary. No jump scares, no creepy ambient music, just some splatters or blood and dummies.

Minimum age

10

Was anything broken?

Yes

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Parking

Easy

Jul 22, 2023 | Experienced Jul 22, 2023
@Angelbeatslen
Angelbeatslen

36 escape rooms

Doctor Roth did not go easy on us!!! Very good room! Who can you trust?! Are your teammates friends our enemies?

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

5

Scary

Scary

Minimum age

18

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Mar 31, 2022 | Experienced Mar 25, 2022

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michaelman0

4 escape rooms

Very fun room, a lot of puzzles. I will say though some of the puzzles are very time consuming, maybe rate this expert. Iv done some ‘hard’ ones and Cerebral was way harder!

Mar 26, 2022

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