This was my first room at Cloud Escape and it was truly comic book collector’s paradise.
Our game master shared with us that enthusiasts would overthink some of the puzzles and we sure did. Just to get in, we needed a nudge in the right direction. Overall, my review for the puzzles would be mixed. Some puzzles felt like a leap to get to the answer but others were clear. They did put an effort to combine tech elements with lock-and-key puzzles, which I appreciate but the beginning just felt so lock-and-key heavy that I wish they broke it up just a tiny bit. A couple of tech puzzles sprinkled in would have kept the momentum in going in the first segment.
We accidentally opened up some backup puzzles so we got confused over where those inserts would go. It’s good to know that they have redundancies in case the tech fails!
During their promotional weekend, they were giving away funkos, a thematic way to close out the room! 😎
I love the quirkiness of this experience (and last thing I’ll say) I do wish the story was more cohesive. I got lost in the sauce as we were working on the puzzles.
My conclusion is that this is a wonderful room that is a must go if you are ever in the area. Puzzles were fun to solve, service here is impeccable, and production value couldn’t get any more authentic than seeing those comic books up close.
Ideally, you would bring 4-6 players maximum. After 6 people, I imagine it getting stuffy.
