Quest to the Forbidden Temple | Chapter 1: The Secret Gallery

It was an alright room, but I just found a lot of the puzzles to be unintuitive or uninteresting. They were also very linear so you were often forced to solve one puzzle before being able to move on, tho not all like that. While we escaped with time to spare, we spent a solid portion of time just staring at or doing obscure puzzles that had very little to go off of or not knowing what to do/work on if I’m remembering correctly. I’m sure that there are plenty of people who enjoyed this! The puzzles just weren’t for me.

I was a little fussy in the first part of this room, as mommy and I were with 5 other people in a narrow space, so we couldn’t play with everyone else. As the room opened up, I too warmed up to all the fun, unique interactions in this art museum. I’ve only been to one art museum, and this was my first heist room, but both me and my parents (who have been to many museums and escape room heists) could enjoy the creative interactions. My mommy was especially happy to have a music puzzle be the final puzzle, and any room that makes my parents happy is music to my ears!

Lots of unique puzzles make this art gallery stand out. From the varied tactile puzzles that help you break into the gallery to the sometimes strange interactions within the gallery (including a really clever unique art piece), this offers enough of a twist on the standard art heist to make its mark. One late game interaction could've used slightly more cluing, but overall, the sign posting is clear but not hand-holdy. Puzzles are fair, fun, and collaborative.

Super fun room with a beautiful art gallery. The puzzles were plentiful though there were a couple that didn't seem to be thought out fully (we ended up getting it by doing random things). There were a few skill based challenges as well as things you had to tinker with to figure out. We came down to the last few minutes on this one and used quite a few hints.

Fun room! Enjoyed it and am looking forward to chapter 2!

This room was definitely challenging with two people but we escaped with about 8 minutes left and a couple of nudges to keep us on track. It was beautifully designed and I saw some new puzzles that I haven’t come across before. The story was cool and the game master was excellent. I liked the tablet that was both your clock and where you asked for clue with just the touch of a button. Response time with clues were fast.

We enjoyed this room, although our party of two did not escape. I think we were slowed down a couple times by puzzles not working properly, but a group of 4 who are good at escape rooms would surely be able to escape.

I didn’t really like the clues in this room. Very difficult to play for two people. I feel like some of the clues could have been executed better in the second half. Impossible to play without help from the game master. I did like the Easter eggs throughout though. Very cute

Good atmosphere. Feels very gallery like

Some of the clues were very hard but overall a fun game experience!