(Shades of) Grey

This was a fun room for two people but the room is showing its age. I recommend this room for folks who have done escape rooms before so the immersion isn't as important. As someone who has done ~40 rooms I'd say this room is medium-hard difficulty. The good: The theming is 100% top notch. It was enjoyable playing with the props and I could tell that a lot of heart went into the build and decor. It was impressive how the props were incorporated into the puzzles. Each puzzle put a smile on my face. The first thing the owner told us was that we needed to use all five senses and I think he executed that idea well. The puzzles had a unique eureka moment. The needs improvement: The owner had to come in and manually trigger some puzzles or manually give us hints, which removes the immersion. He mentioned that he has plans to fix it so that will get better eventually. The room could use some more input clarity. Some of the tools were challenging to use, which we needed a manual hint to get past. Finally, the room could use some wow factor. A big reveal at a key solve (like how some other rooms might drop something from the ceiling or reveal a secret door). Overall, the lack of polish or pizzaz does not take away from the amazing theming and construction of the room. Fixing some of these issues would take the room from great to perfect.

Grey transformed a small, intimate space into an edgy BDSM dungeon. Definitely 18+ with lots of sex toys and equipment. The gameplay was overall fair and fun, themed around the 5 senses, with a few questionable puzzle design choices toward the end. The opening puzzle of this game was our favorite puzzle across any of Escape Games Fukuoka's rooms, presenting a hilarious twist on some classic tropes.