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Fun mostly linear room with a combination of mechanical and high tech puzzles. Well themed rooms, except that some was leftover from their Area 51 room so didn't actually make sense in the Stranger Thinks universe. We felt like there was a general lack of story and we were doing puzzles just to do them. Lots of puzzles throughout several rooms that led to mostly number combinations or magnetic triggers. There was a lot of back and forth between rooms. There were a few puzzles that both of us experienced players were puzzled by how we were supposed to know how to do them correctly without assistance. The final door to this room was right next to the guest lockers so towards the end of our room we had to yell at each other to try to be heard over a particularly rowdy group who were retrieving their belongings and banging on our door which was an unpleasant way to end but not entirely controllable by management.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Some novel puzzles
Story
Well themed/decorated but it was obvious they refused alien props from the old Area 51 room so not everything made sense for the Stranger Things theme. There wasn't a true story for what we were supposed to accomplish that either of us could remember
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
High tech
Ideal number of players
2
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
14
Was anything broken?
Yes
Two puzzles we did correctly but are particularly finicky so the GM pushed us clues so we could trigger them correctly. A third puzzle door apparently doesn't always latch correctly so we bypassed an entire puzzle and then wasted time trying to complete it after. The GM apologized profusely that it was not reset correctly.
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
Not super physical but we did walk between rooms quite a bit.
Accessibility
One puzzle one person will need to be able to hear quieter sounds. When doors are opened in another area, a sound alerts you. One puzzle requires color differentiation. Several areas are very low light. One with flashing lights. At least one person needs to reach above their head when standing.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
Safety
Yes
