La Forêt de Falderon [Falderon Forest]

This room just didn't click for our group. The initial room looked great, but the letdown of being given cool tools to use, then being told they aren't used until later in the adventure was a letdown. The puzzle in the starting room had an extra piece that caused confusion and required the GM to come in and validate what pieces we had. The automated hint system didn't feel helpful to us, we would use the hints and recieve very similar responses. It was frustrating to not know which hint system to use( auto vs GM) and the automatic giving answers for puzzles that we weren't working on. The gnome answers were very funny, but didn't help when you are frustrated looking for something. If you are having any trouble in low light, this room can be hard to manage.

An extraordinary experience

Gorgeous room with pretty theming, lighting, and technical wizardry. Some parts of the set even reminded us our visit to Hobbiton in New Zealand! I understood where they were going with the fantasy RPG puzzle design, giving each player a special object that would be needed for specific puzzles, though we struggled with knowing when and how to use what out of fear of damaging the beautiful set. We played the newer version with improved adaptive AI, which is a fantastic idea in theory. The aim is for all groups to finish between 55 and 65 minutes, with the AI offering more hints or more puzzles based on your team’s progression. However, I’m still a little on the fence about the concept because you never know when manual GM intervention might be required for reasons that go beyond solving puzzles. Moreover, the extra puzzles can feel somewhat repetitive. Accordingly, opinions could vary and be polarising between different teams depending how smoothly the adaptive AI handles your game.

Delightful decor, interesting puzzles and engaging interactions with props and tech. Only reason it doesn’t get a heart is I just don’t vibe with the “AI” hint system. At times it was heavy handed when we felt it didn’t need to, and other times it wouldn’t help or help in the way a human would. It also made some puzzles easier before I think it was needed also. That’s me personally though who is fine with sitting and struggling with something. So your preferences on hints/pushes might be different.

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.