Temple of the Skull

Mehhhh

It was ok. The Game Over in Tampa really is on point. This room was pretty much everyone goes to each puzzle to figure out. It was not great but I gave it a good rating based on the game master and the ambiance. The story was ok. Room set up was good. Good for a staging room. When you’ve done over 100 it’s not too impressive. The game masters do encourage a positive review and stated they get $5. Locks were in good condition. The difficulty was at most a 2. So my review is very mixed, still a thumbs up.

My group and I are a big fan of Game Over and we had a fantastic time playing Temple of the Skull! It was my partner’s second time completing the room and my first, I’m usually wary of ‘temple’ themed rooms as they can become kitschy and a bit repetitive. But I think Game Over did a fantastic job of making theirs unique, I also always enjoy how their rooms have a perfect balance of manual locks and more high-tech elements. Huge props to our game master, she was a riot!

Since we finished another room here in 36 minutes, we decided to do another: this one. Again the set was really nice but I just didn’t have fun. It was extremely linear, not a room you can “divide and conquer”. We needed a ton of clues to walk us through it because we kept missing the point of each puzzle. We would do what we were supposed to do but then weren’t understanding what the solution was pointing to, if that makes sense. Had great potential with the set design but overall didn’t like it.

Has a fun little moment you don’t expect ERs to let you have.

A nice surprise with great set design, cool moody atmosphere, and some puzzles with steep difficulty, yet very creative and unique in their execution. Two puzzles I won’t spoil, but you’ll know them when you see them. They are standouts, one being really funny, and another very clever. The whole experience is a great one! The gameplay does require some out of the box thinking, and I will say some of the puzzles would maybe be a tad too hard for casual players. Save for one puzzle (whose elements are literally impossible to come across without help), nothing is too difficult to figure out. A bit vague maybe, but you’re there to explore and examine! These are temple ruins after all! Lastly, our GMs were great, fun, engaging and one of the highlights of our experience. Probably some of the best GMs we’ve ever had at any escape room, ever! If you like challenging rooms, check this one out.

Great "Ruins" style, new creative puzzles, amazing set design.

Vague and ambiguous is not the same thing as challenging or hard.