Lost: A Mystery Lake Camping Experience

4

Very sweet staff. A hair over zealous on giving hints, but I also sort of understand when most of their clientele probably haven’t done an escape room.

I liked the non-linear aspect of the puzzles

Simple but cute theming

She was very sweet but she gave us hints when we didn’t want them, including coming into the room once to tell us how to solve a puzzle as I was in the process of solving it (correctly)

The gameplay flowed well. There were some clues readily available that eventually led to a linear solution. The "cabin" theme was consistent. This wasn't unique but the design made it fun.

The design was consistent with the "cabin" theme and was mostly immersive. There were no significant special effects but the simplicity was enjoyable. The props were, for the most part, well-designed and consistent with the theme. Nothing interrupted the immersion experience.

The staff was very friendly and accommodating. However, booking the room eventually required a phone call since the website asked the user to sign into an account or request a password reset (that we never received). The GM acknowledged people had difficulty but offered no solution. The GM's intro was a little disorganized and she let us know immediately (SPOILER ALERT) that there are multiple rooms and we'd spend the majority of our time in the first one. She also explained a couple of other quirks that may have been helpful for beginners but interrupted the experience for us. She also asked (unlike any of the other 50+ rooms we'd done) if we wanted clues when she thought we were stuck or if we wanted to ask for them. We made the mistake of taking the former which may have led to our receiving clues prematurely a couple of times. She also came into the room at one point when we were stuck, possibly because she'd given us a "canned" clue and she thought we needed more assistance(???). That broke the game up a little especially since we finished with almost 10 minutes remaining. They are human and may have seen something we were missing. The "mastering" wasn't as smooth as most places, but there were some notable eccentricities in some of the clues. Overall, our GM did a good job helping us.

Not particularly interesting or different, but still fun.

The plot was consistent through to the end.

Overall, the game was medium-hard. Most puzzles were straightforward but there were a couple of twists that threw the game into the more difficult realm. We'd seen that same consistency when we played one of their more difficult rooms in the past. There are some red herrings that made some solutions seem obvious but they intended something else to be a part of the solution. Without those twists this game would have been medium difficulty and more achievable for beginners-to-moderately experienced.

Mechanical, but still fun with lots of locks and lots of puzzles with solutions provided mostly at the right times.

3-4. The game space gets limited the further into the room players get.

A piece of string came off of a sign that was easily repairable while we played. Overall, the game was in good condition with no issues.

Easily accessible. A little dark and as the game progresses mobility might be an issue for some as access to certain parts of the room decreases. No climbing and sound is a part of the play.