La Forêt De Falderon [Falderon Forest]

Really fun and funny :)

Falderon Forest is a gorgeous room with incredible set design and one of the funniest escape room experiences I've had. The humor is genuinely woven into the game, not just a gimmick. There's a hilarious logic puzzle in the first space that sets the tone right away. Players take on different roles, each with their own artifacts that grant separate "powers" used throughout the game. We played as a duo and each took on two roles, which worked perfectly and never felt like a limitation. SQP continues to do excellent work with light and sound as player cues. You always know when something has changed or when you're on the right track, which keeps the momentum going without needing to lean on hints. We had two slight technical hiccups, but both were resolved quickly and elegantly. Barely a disruption. A beautiful, funny, well-designed room. Highly recommended.

A wonderfully cute game with some satisfying moments. There is adaptive difficulty, so if you are quick, you get a few more puzzles. That being said, the final puzzle in the sequence is a bit brutal; I would not have been able to solve it without my teammates. Overall, it is an excellent game and a great warm-up to the Castle of Eternal Suffering.

The WOW factor when you enter this room is huge. One of the most charming and magical sets I've seem in a room. Very involving and creative, lots of magical unique moments. Definitely recommend but probably better to stick with 4 players.

Very well made game. Subtle details like smells even are added to each setting. The audio is nice and clear which I also appreciated. Some puzzles that are unique and enjoyable. 8/10

Update: The owner as personally reach out to make things right with us, and apologized for our poor experience. We are please with the outcome. Keep in mind that this review was written before the matter was resolved. Thank you, go give them a chance 🍀 Look at the rating breakdown. Really bad experience for us. The game was heavily broken.

A game where all players can participate

Falderon Forest was a nice execution of some interesting ideas, though not without some weaknesses as well. In particular, I love the idea of games that give players different meaningful roles, since that can lead to memorable hero moments and interesting interactions. This game stands out as the best execution of the different player roles that I've played so far. My understanding is that this game also attempts to be self-run, with a GM only stepping in if things break. This was a little more of a toss-up - being very automated allowed for amusing interactions based on progression, but the system also felt improperly tuned, with some triggers becoming annoying. The one that stands out most to me was an audio cue that was amusing the first time, but then kept triggering over and over. To make matters worse, it wasn't wasn't clear if it was supposed to be cluing us to do something else (it wasn't, it was just for fun). After the game, the GM said they thought it was working as intended, but that just makes me think it wasn't designed well or that corner cases weren't thought out enough. Admittedly, this is a hard task, but that's kind of what I would expect when there's so much automation. We didn't really encounter this, but I heard from other people that the automated hinting can also be hit or miss, as it might not accurately understand what progress you've made. A human GM is still the gold standard. Puzzles felt good and the set was very nice. The storyline was cute, especially the ending. I did think that some of the fairies were overly annoying or distracting - while this is in character for fairies, it's also not really something I enjoy.

You are either going to love this room or want to strangle your friends. You ALL have a part to play that is unique, so pay attention to each role's strengths and weaknesses! Super unique room in that aspect, and very charming. We did have a tech failure, but the staff addressed it very quickly.

So much joy and fun in this game. Live in the moment, enjoy the fairy banter, you will have a great time.