Deadly Manor: A Murder Mystery

Overall theming was good, though nothing particularly surprising or unique. Puzzles flowed well, however they were not particularly difficult. I wish this company would upgrade the quality of the speakers they use for audio clues or provide a transcript afterward; this is the third one of their rooms where I’ve had trouble hearing what a recording says. That said, I did hear enough to figure it out and all of the props otherwise functioned well and nothing was broken. Difficulty level 6/10 A fun way to spend an hour of your day and not get frustrated with overly cryptic puzzles.

Although I admittedly do not remember this game that well, that does play a part into why I don't like it - the game was mostly forgettable and the only particular elements I remember are negative. The game itself wasn't particularly original or interesting, and the puzzles I can remember were tedious and at times overly difficult in my opinion. Out of 19 escape rooms I've played at the time of writing, this one ranks 18th. This should not be reflective of the experience Escape Room Cleveland provides both in their customer service and other games.

Puzzle Quality: 11/20 Looks/Theme: 8.5/15 GameMaster Rating: 6/10 Operation Fluidity: 4/5 Combined Rating: 29.5/50 Overall Difficulty: 6/10 Price: $29/Person Quick Notes: - Multiple rooms, small to medium in size - One of the puzzles was removed from the game and were told to ignore pregame. CATEGORIES EXPLAINED IN MORE DETAIL BELOW: Puzzle Quality - How intuitive, logical, and unique the puzzles were. How well do the puzzles fit the theme? Looks/Theme - How much effort, time, and money went into making an immersive and unique atmosphere. GameMaster Rating - How attentive and helpful was the game master? Were the hints given in a timely manner and were they quality hints that helped but did not give you the solution too directly? Operation Fluidity - Was the game reset properly? Was it clean inside the room? Were the code entry and solution methods working properly as intended? Overall Difficulty - This is fairly subjective but is mostly correlated to how many total puzzles and how time consuming they each are compared against the 60 minute time limit that almost all rooms have. Combined Rating - Simply a total tally out of 50 of the four main categories. (Puzzle Quality and Looks/Theme are weighted a little more because they are the most important parts of having a good experience). The higher the number, the better the room! Just remember that a 5/10 or 7.5/15 or a 25/50 combined rating is an AVERAGE rating (for some reason in most people’s heads, a 5/10 is a below average or bad rating). So if a room has a combined rating of above 25, then it is a quality room and a good experience that I would recommend! It has to be a really well done room to score above a 35.

Very interesting room Set and theme were okay and the puzzles were fun. We did skip a puzzle somehow which made it very confusing later on when we were stuck and didn't have all the pieces we needed. But still a good experience and worth your time.