Cyberpunk Samurai

One of the rooms already had puzzle doors open while we were in it and had to be reset. The puzzles were a little short but the samurai theming was great though!

This had some of the coolest puzzles I've ever seen. Super high tech, no physical locks, and the theming/set was cool and even gorgeous at times. Solving some of the puzzles and getting cool reveals/effects made me giddy

Wow! Such a cool design! There are some really beautiful pieces and lots of unique puzzles to really keep you on your toes for how to think about them. Shout out to the Game Master who was super accommodating for us and ran our game with lots of care. Bonus points if you like dystopian novels like 1984 👀

In a word, yikes. Countless broken puzzles combined with an actively rude and hostile GM made this an all-time low experience. Several (and I mean actually more than I can count) puzzles were broken or not functioning properly. One battery operated gun tool was so worn out you could see the thing turn off from the slightest movements from the batteries being disconnected. “Janky” would be a generous understatement to describe this room. We had several puzzles that clearly had bad sensors or bad installs. Lots of visible wiring with incredibly questionable connections made this pretty unsurprising… I would be shocked if this room ever got beginning to end without a technical glitch, and frankly I’m not sure that a lot of this place’s DIY exposed electrical isn’t a fire hazard. There was maybe only two puzzles where we were NOT jiggling things into place. One puzzle was outright broken. We had to get the GM to reset it, but only after she attempted to gaslight us into having broken it or after first accusing us of doing it wrong. Only when we told her the correct solution for a fourth time did she snap back and say over the microphone “WELL IT WORKED FOR THE LAST GROUP!” She was pretty clearly not engaged with the room, and I suspect she was running several rooms at once or on her phone giving the long delays in response times. The puzzles themselves were all incredibly easy. The only challenging part was getting the shotty puzzles to trigger correctly. We’ve been in some pretty bad rooms, but this is one of the worst I’ve ever encountered. This is the first room I would call a legitimate embrassment. 0/10

As unexpected a combination as Cyberpunk and Samurai is, it works for this room. The time travel element is very cool and the puzzles have some fun tricks and well-implemented ideas. There weren’t too many number codes which is always enjoyable. Loved the way the story progressed and pieces of the room opened before us. And though we didn’t ask for any hints, Julian was a great guide to greet us and talk us through things after the game.

all sizzle, no steak. cool set pieces and lots of interesting mechanics and tech, but not intuitive puzzle. you find yourself just trying stuff for the hell of it and somehow that works.

Didn't love the beginning or end of the room but the Samurai portion was very immersive and cool set design.

We loved this room! It was odd, quirky, and fun. No locks and some really different puzzles. This would be a perfect game for two folks who love escape rooms or three folks looking for something different. Loved this room, I can understand how some folks don’t love it but we did

Don’t be like me. Don’t misunderstand the concept of the room as being a mishmash of elements from both cyberpunk and samurai genre time periods. Unlike the company’s Steampunk Alice room, which is a fun mishmash of juxtaposed ideas, Cyberpunk Samurai is segregated into different parts based on both genres, but not both genres at once. The samurai segment was beautiful and I would have loved to see an ENTIRE room based on it. On the flip side, the puzzles in the cyberpunk area, particularly some that cleverly split the group, are astounding. I wouldn’t have minded seeing a fully-fleshed out room based on this anarchist dystopian future. Although I enjoyed both parts very much, the mixed but separated genre ideas (which of course there is a story reason for) made me feel like I was only getting bite-sized tastes of greatness instead of a full gourmet escape meal extravaganza. Don’t make my mistake and assume this is a room about dystopian robot samurai, but try it out if you are a fan of both!

I loved the theme! Very cool room with cool puzzles 🧩 the transportation effect was very well done executed