The Harvest

Please read travelingescapist69’s review; it is SPOT ON!

The room itself was fine. Our issue was the staff. He came in while we were working the last puzzle (still with time on the clock) and started reseting the room while chatting. It completely broke the vibe and was really frustrating.

While some of the puzzles were a bit challenging, the room itself was a giant white cube. We did have an issue with notes from the previous group being left on the clipboard we unlocked. We checked with the GM after and that was something that was missed during the reset. The puzzles were straightforward and it was obvious the order you needed to go in. The beginning does require that you be handcuffed so avoid if that would make you uncomfortable. They are basic safety cuffs so you can get them off yourself without the key. I am curious about how this room would work with more than two people. The rest of the group would be able to see both sides of the puzzle and have to stand there and be quiet and not help.

My group and I have a rating system we have used to rate over 100 rooms across the country. At the very top we have “A”. A few special rooms have earned the rating S for superior. These are exceptionally special and memorable rooms, very hard to be outclassed and often ranked in the Top 100 rooms in the world consistently. At the very bottom we have “F”, and then we have “The Harvest” category. Yes, this room was so bad, we created it’s own category below F. Have you ever played Breakouts “The Kidnapping” room? Well, I’m pretty sure these guys did. Then tried to remember what they played months later, and put it into a room. It’s basically a bare minimum room, with bare minimum clues. Minimally decorated, no immersion factor whatsoever. Just a white room. You even start off being separated from your group using….a hanging bedsheet. Our group moved the bedsheet to better communicate and the gamemaster came in, said “you can’t do that” and moved the bedsheet back into place. Please save your money.

We played with two players. We are experienced escape room players who have over 25 rooms. While we enjoy this location and this room, we escaped in a little over 20 minutes. It didn’t challenge us as all. There weren’t more than ten puzzles. We thought we were going into the next part of the room and it was actually the finish line. The staff is super friendly though!