Blackout

Before the game, we were offered the choice of standard or advanced mode; we chose advanced. This adds a puzzle or two. There's also a secondary quest, but I think the intended solution isn't clued very well, and our proposed solution made more sense. Puzzles were generally good and the set felt appropriately creepy. One puzzle involved a neat mechanic we hadn't seen used in an escape room before. I think the very beginning could have been tweaked to be more player-friendly and less frustrating. Not directly related to the game, I'm not clear on why the pre-game orientation had to happen in a nearly-dark room. It's atmospheric, I guess, but I found it more annoying than thematic. I did like the GM's whimsical way of leading us into the room.

Our GM ruined what was otherwise a brilliant room! We wasted several minutes on a code when we were given the wrong directions. Otherwise we would have easily completed the room! *edit: we spoke with the owner who was extremely understanding and received excellent customer service.

Edit: We had the misfortune of having a GM who did not follow protocol and stopped us just before we escaped instead of allowing us to complete the last puzzle ourself and also gave us the wrong instructions for a puzzle which cost us time. However the room itself was very nice and after speaking to the owner, we were given a discount booking. This room should be very rewarding for anyone who is allowed to complete the whole room.

Absolutely loved this room, so creepy and immersive. Heaven was an excellent game master and really brought the room to life!

Would absolutely recommend any of Final Door's rooms to anyone. Blackout is easily in our groups top 20 of the almost 200 rooms we've played. A unique and very immersive take on the "oh no you've been kidnapped by a serial killer" game that you don't want to miss.

Heaven was a great gamemaster - if we're ever back in the area we'll definitely return