The Dome

let me reach for a strange analogy... playing The Dome felt like reading Wuthering Height. Not because its Gothic or windswept or brooding. But because I understood almost immediately why its famous. I could see its precision, originality of voice. I appreciated it, but I didn't love it. I frequently found myself thinking “that's clever,” or “what a great way to do a split-room puzzle.” And “that one puzzle,” the one people were talking about last week on Discord? It's elegant and beautifully designed. But admiration isn't the same as affection. The premise itself is delightfully weird, and I really did love the way the game reorients itself after the first part. But I wanted more. I wanted it to lean harder into its strangeness, to push further and get weirder. When I wanted reality torn open at the perforation, I felt like it wanted to microdose. This was a divisive experience for our team. Half loved it outright. The other half left appreciative.

The hardest I have ever puzzled in my life. Bring your A game.

I’ll only say this: what the actual f*ck… in the best possible way.

S tier! Must play for all escape room enthusiasts. We played as a duo and it was difficult with two, but doable. Just had 30 seconds left at the end.

What an absolutely buck wild experience. This really lived up to its top ten in the world rating. From the jump you could tell that they’d thought of everything. Mind blowing.

A very unique game, and a marvel of technology and engineering. And yet, maybe due to the overhype or the fact we only played it as a team of 2, the game did not click for us past the first (and very strong) 15-20 minutes. Acknowledging the narrative framing device, the story outside of it (its premise) does not make sense, doesn't really get rounded up. Being colorblind, two puzzles tasked me with guiding my partner while not able to see properly and calling out something "black" when it was dark green, and missing out on a guiding symbol entirely at a later point... We never recovered from those moments of frustration during the game, not helped by a late-game magnet not recognising that our task was complete, and stuck in a loop telling us to do exactly what we just had (a very, very, very simple "put this one thing exactly here"). This probably won't happen to anybody else though, and it was one magnetic sensor in an otherwise mindblowing display of tech!

It's almost completely unnecessary to add a voice to the chorus at this point - but The Dome is terrific! The story is a bit vague, but I didn't think it mattered. It's just a bunch of fun, full of creative brilliance, a physical adventure.

Easily the most unique room we’ve ever done - I’m glad I didn’t read more about it before going in. Some of the coolest/most WTF moments I’ve ever encountered in a room, genuinely an experience we’ll remember forever. As an absolute scaredy cat, the room was spookier than I expected at some points - don’t want to spoil anything but could be worth knowing if you’re as fragile as I am 😌 I think we would have benefited from a bit more of a backstory going in, as the room felt a bit disjointed at parts, but the actual experience was so balls to the wall that I didn’t really notice until after and I was thinking back on the room. Our GM was absolutely lovely, and the lobby area is so well stocked with games and snacks, we were sad not to have been able to stay for longer!

So the core fun of the dome is the immersive atmosphere and experience. Mixed in with the interactive puzzles, this room stands out from the other rooms in terms of pretty much everything (except puzzles, maybe). This is the greatest escape room I’ve done. This room gets five big booms.

The game was creative and original, and I really appreciated that. There were some cool “wow” moments that I had seen in other rooms, but done really well here. We had some technical issues that really ruined part of the experience. We also didn't realise it was a malfunction, so we were just confused for about 15 minutes, and then continued to wonder if what we were doing was correct for the rest of the game. But we did enjoy the room until this point. We were only two and still escaped, but I would recommend 3 or 4.