Four Kingdoms

It was alright for a strike room, the puzzles were decent fun. Unfortunately for us there was a puzzle that was very difficult to do (physically) with just two of us- delayed us for a while because we thought we were wrong about the task. The ending mechanics didn’t work so we had to call in after a while thinking we missed a puzzle, but no the final element was broken. Decent fun, some of the signs where misleading, and as we’ve found in other strike rooms, colour coding is heavily featured, unfortunate for those of us who are colour blind.

As far as Strike rooms that I’ve played, Four Kingdoms was a pleasant surprise with some well designed puzzles, a good flow and surprisingly little that frustrated us. Most puzzles felt pretty intuitive though a little more signposting never goes astray in a room like this. I can imagine some of these puzzles being rather challenging for a more beginner team, but nothing that felt impossible. Classic little Strike inescapables like wear and tear and a distinct lack of story development but you get what you pay for. Also we saved Five Kingdoms, I’d call that overachieving.

A surprisingly solid room from Strike, Four Kingdoms had plenty of fun moments with a well-dressed, clean set and fun array of physical puzzles. Although the story was pretty generic, it was still an interesting enough space where it didn’t matter all that much. Plenty of multi-linearity to engage bigger groups but not really enough content to make up the 50 minutes, pretty common theme with the bowling alley/escape room combo but then again these are usually designed and better suited to beginners. A couple of tech hiccups along the way but still one of the better rooms you’ll find across Strike’s multiple venues. 5.4/10 🔏🧩