Chapter 3: The Morgue

Loved this room. Much more scary than the first two chapters. Be prepared. No jump scares. Just thematically more scary than spooky (especially if you get into it). This was an amazing room. OTC really cares about its game design. And it shows. Puzzles are unique and appropriate for the theme.

We played all 3 chapters here this week and this one was my 2nd favorite. We played as a team of 2 and managed to escape this one with 10 minutes remaining, so it is very doable with any size group. 2 - 4 players would be a good amount for this room. It did seem inexplicably (possibly unnecessarily?) creepy, given what was going on in the story at this point… but hard for me to say since I don’t know where the eventual planned chapters 4 - 12 are going to go. I really loved the time pressure created by the game in this room. The bonus puzzles were the best part, enhancing the game by giving you some choices for who you will have experience certain puzzles. Overall, it was quite novel, challenging, and fun and I just loved the experience. One thing I can say for sure is that I will be very impatiently awaiting the release of the future chapters because I very much want to learn where this is all going!

A little too scary for my taste but a great room if that’s what you are into

Loved this room despite how scare factor to it! I loved that it played to your senses and to the human body. It made you really think outside of the box. And had a game like style to it. By far my favorite out of the three chapters!

It’s a bit scarier with the bonus challenges in particular being unnerving in various ways. This chapter has a bit more concurrent puzzles and possible parallelization, and had a good mix of puzzles and tech. My group had a good time!

Fun game looking forward to many more games…

I rate this room a 4/5 (check out my review system in my bio). This is the third chapter in the planned 12-chapter series. Based on what our GM stated, each chapter will follow an overarching storyline. This is such a fun concept - makes me excited for what's to come. It doesn't seem like the chapters have to be done in order as they seem to cater the rooms to each player's experience with the story, but it's probably better to do them in order. Another smart and novel concept is that they will give you credit towards future rooms if you finish earlier than the allotted time. This particular chapter was very cool! Many new concepts such as a game show type segment where you can choose to do additional puzzles (an escape room within an escape room... What?!?). There were some novel puzzles I hadn't experience before and a very detailed and immersive set. There was what I like to call a 'time-sucker' puzzle that I didn't really like and even made me a little sick to my stomach (too much gatorade!) which caused me to knock off a point. And our fun friend (or scary foe?) was very much present in this chapter which wasn't my skittish partner's favorite, but I thoroughly enjoyed! So probably not fun for those who don't appreciate jump scares.🤭 Overall, my favorite of the first three chapters. These are master class escape experiences, and I look forward to what they will come up with next.

Absolutely loved this part of the story and we were at high alert at all times! The puzzles were fantastic and so creative. Special shoutout to our host, Edzel! Can’t wait for the next parts!

Really novel theme, loved that the room had breakout side quests you could complete. Challenging puzzles. Only nitpick is that I felt a bit misled about the scariness of the room. I am not really able to handle rooms with jump scares, which I explained to the owner. I was assured I'd be fine if I didn't do the side quests. However, there was at least one jump scare outside of the side quests. This made me on edge the entire game and less able to focus because I didn't feel I could trust my GM. I think this was likely due to a miscommunication between the owner and my specific GM, but I hope this doesn't happen again for future episodes. Otherwise, I won't be able to complete the arc. But this is a really excellent room and highly recommend.