Mantis
47 escape rooms
This room is fun! Good variety of puzzles with a neat gameplay feature that guides you on what goes where. Experienced and "switched on" players may find the overall difficulty to be on the easier side - playing as a team of 2 strikes a nice balance and makes the room still worth it. Others will get a good exposure to traditional escape room puzzles. Hence, suitable for anyone looking for a fun hour of puzzle solving. The gameplay is non-linear. While the immersion levels were basic (greeted by staff, rules/mission explained on TV), the room itself was decently designed for the theme and spacious enough.
Gameplay
Good non-linear gameplay that is smartly aided by in-game "lock-key" direction.
Atmosphere
Set design was thematic. But immersion was basic. Some art-galleryesque lighting could have elevated the atmosphere (although some people would appreciate the well lit space). The background music does help the theme though!
Customer service
Friendly and responsive GM.
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
The premise sounds fun but it would have been so much better if some of the things they mentioned in the intro were actually incorporated in the game.
Difficulty
Easy
Easy for adepts. Medium for inexperienced players.
Game tech
Mechanical
Mostly number locks, alphanumeric locks, direction locks (no key-locks!) - they mention this to you in your briefing.
Ideal number of players
3
A team of 2 experienced and "switched on" players is enough - with each person solving a different puzzle to ride the non-linearity when desired. For others, group of 4 should be adequate.
Scary
Not scary
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
Adequate strip mall parking.
Safety
Yes
