Well…I’m not recommending you go run and play this room by any means. I’m between giving it a thumbs down and a thumbs up. It was functional and fine, but the room itself was maybe not everyone’s cup of tea. Because the room actually worked and was beatable, I’m erring on the side of thumbs up. There wasn’t anything that was particularly stand out about the experience aside from the initial, creative lead in and a few very good, unique puzzles.
My main qualms is probably with the weird, tonally all-over-the-place theming. It’s a kidnapping/murder room, with everything you’d expect (or have come to expect) from those escape room themes. But it tries to lighten the mood and have weird, ren-faire tier acting from an introduction video and further voice messages. Things in the room go from goofy spooky to just flat out disturbing and unnecessarily upsetting. I’m not sensitive myself, but I recognize that if you or someone you know would find things like innocent men/women’s murders upsetting (also both thoroughly documented, referenced and used as setups for puzzles), you should probably avoid this room.
I’m not trying to outright knock the attempts here at engagement, but I think consistency is key to an overall satisfying experience. Pick a tone and stick with it. With that said, if you’ve got the stomach for it, it’s a pretty solid room. Most puzzles are straightforward, it tries to immerse you as much as possible, and aside from one or two puzzles not really obvious without assistance from the GM, it’s a neat little experience.
It was honestly the lowest point. It started great and as it progressed it just felt like a weird unfinished office room someone filled with props.
It didn’t know if it wanted to be silly-scary or gruesome-scary, teetering back and forth between them. Kind of all over the place with its own tone and some sensitive players may find it unnecessarily upsetting.
Upsetting theme for sensitive viewers. Absolutely not for kids.
Themes of kidnapping, serial killing and gruesome depictions of murder/gore.
One portion near the end that the GM told us to ignore as it wasn’t integral to completing the room
Physically active
Not at all
