Decided to give the Lost Tomb a go based on some generally positive reviews from friends but was overall pretty disappointed with the experience.
To start with the positives, the room is enormous. The sheer amount of ground to cover and areas to explore is unlike anything I’ve seen in a while. Some pretty decent set dressing in a couple of rooms with some hit and miss lighting and sound thrown in added somewhat to the immersion.
The main let downs were the lack of guidance, cohesion, and general safety issues.
The puzzles were all over the place with an insane amount of guesswork and no real sense of what needed to be used where and why as the story was non-existent. There may have been one but our GM spoke about 3 words to us before putting us in, so who knows?
Then there’s the physical elements which includes a wooden slide that absolutely catapults you into a wall, funnily enough the 2 mats and strands of hay did not cushion the landing. There were also ropes and ladders to climb both up and down which had no safety measures in place at all.
While I think implementing more physical puzzles into escape rooms is a fun addition, this was done super carelessly. Not good.
Overall I think this one’s calling out for a big old resign as the space is awesome but the content is a mess.
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Coffins, skeletons, darkness, intense lighting and sound effects.
Entire section is dedicated to physically manoeuvring through the space. Sliding, crawling, rolling and climbing both up and down involved.
Entrance tucked away in alleyway.