Pirates

After a pretty fun time at CipherX’s Coquitlam location I was fairly let down by the two rooms I did here in Delta (Pirates and Lilith). Both had broken props that were still in the room (but taken out of the puzzles you had to complete), finicky props (where multiple hints used to confirm that something was being done correctly), placeholder props (ie a “black skull” that was just a piece of wood with “black skull” written on it) and confusion as to what had activated (if anything) when a prop was used. Specifically to Pirates, the gameplay looking back is fairly simple, the main difficulty comes from knowing when you can finally do a puzzle (again as it’s tricky to know if something has been activated) and not being distracted by props that clearly used to be a puzzle but are now out of order. I’m also really not a fan of keys/clues being hidden in the props and furniture that appear like you need to take apart a prop without being told you need to. I like to be respectful of props so I’m extra careful and it’s annoying when the solution is something like this (again without proper signposting). This room had two parts like this. Murals looked super nice and some of the props were really cool. I’d recommend bringing your phone for some light as that can be helpful (and allowed).