Redemption

Hmmmmmmmm. I don't know about this one. The initial portion of this room flowed pretty nicely with some challenging puzzles and decent tech, thumbs up for the first maybe 30%. Unfortunately, it went rather rapidly downhill. A bunch of significant tech errors, damaged props and extraordinarily convoluted solves led to a less than ideal second and third act. These issues, combined with the incredibly insensitive storyline surrounding CSA and other problematic themes left me feeling honestly, a little gross afterwards (not the first room at this venue to do this either). As a whole I find Dr Q rooms more frustrating than bad. There is so much potential for something good; the room spaces are big, the sets are generally quite good, but there always seems to be some weird story and/or tech problem that ruins what could be a really great experience.

I’m not quite sure where to start with this one but I’ll give it a crack. Redemption is one of those rooms I went into expecting very little but was generally pretty surprised by the set and atmosphere. Fun lighting effects, decent tech and an interesting space. For the first maybe, 30-35 minutes of this I had a good time piecing everything together as the puzzles and story remained relatively easy to follow. Naturally, this went completely off the rails very quickly. Inconsistent tech, broken props, non-sensical solves and a narrative that just became increasingly convoluted with each puzzle; not to mention the extremely problematic subject matter that accompanied this with ZERO WARNING either online or from staff prior (their other room, Nightmare also pulls the same stunt). By the end my team and I really just wanted it to be over. What sucks about this one is that I really wanted to like it, it had all the makings of something dark, gritty and interesting but it was all wasted on bizarre, inappropriate story beats and obscure puzzles. And I think that sums up Doctor Q as a whole, so much infinite potential to be something spectacular but it’s always squandered. Massive shame. Richard, Robert, Lucy, Lily, hillbilly, don’t matter. Lakers in 5.