The Recording Device

I really liked Momento and the Soul catcher from cubics but this room fell very short of my expectations. The general gist of the room is that there's been a murder at a hospital and players have to work together to find out the murderer. Each player is given a character to play and a secret about their character. These characters and secrets are completely pointless and it contributed nothing to room. The culprit themself didn't even know they were the murderer which defeats the whole purpose of a murder mystery. The set only consists of two rooms for the whole 80 minute experience. There are so many red herrings in the room and little to no direction is given on what to do next. Puzzles that are meant for later are also accessible before you need to interact with them which further adds confusion. None of the puzzles felt satisfying to solve. I recommend that you any other room at cubics because this room is an extreme outlier from the rest.

The puzzles in this room are confusing and lack direction. It is often unclear what is meant to be happening and there are a lot of random details that are entirely irrelevant. The technology feels outdated. A lot of the mechanics used in the room don’t make sense.

Tbh. I found this room confusing. I applaud their innovation in trying to marry escape room with a murder whodunnit concept... But I think they fell short in implementation. I think this concept has great potential and I think it speaks highly of the room creators that they would want to try something like this but I think they should've structured the roles better so they weren't so thematic.

3/10. It’s different but I found this room quite frustrating.

A room where we all play a role To solve a murder was the goal. The psychologist; the victim. Solve puzzles to find who killed him. A complicated storyline With points that were hard to define At the end you must be daring Choose right and ignore red herrings...

Completed this room with 4 people. The storyline and set up were interesting - incorporating an escape room with a murder mystery. Each person was a given a role with some general character context and some “secret information” for each character. The puzzles were interesting and mostly made sense, but there were some clues near the end (the ones given on the screen) that made us focus on some details which didn’t really help us in the end. Also, the “secret information” for our characters didn’t really matter/help us much, which was a little disappointing as we were waiting for a time to use that information or for it to come up. Great concept and interesting puzzles, but the gameplay and flow of the room could be improved.

This is not a traditional escape room where we need to solve a case at the ends. Some of the puzzle is different however the storyline can be hard to get and understand.