Bank Heist

The theming of this room is incredible but the non intuitive multi step puzzles feel like busywork.. I was relieved to be done with this room and that was disappointing.

I have mixed feelings about this room. The theming was great and some of the puzzles were fun. But there were a lot of issues with things in the room not working or not being reset and it felt like the GMs were short staffed and trying to help too many rooms at once so we wasted a lot of time waiting for a hint. There was even a riddle in giant letters on the side of the armored car that went nowhere. When we asked about it after the game, the GM said it was a clue to a puzzle no longer in the room. More wasted time. If everything had been working and we had a more responsive hint system, this would have been an excellent room.

First room at lockbusters is always a ball buster. This was no exception. The directional lock didn’t work the first 3/4 times we got it right, and the as always, the first room beat up 35-40 minutes. Flew through the other challenges with hints and had another lock/mechanism issue in room 2. Last room was a breeze but we still went over time. Frustrating, but they’re not at fault.

The set decoration was gorgeous, but the puzzles were not. Bank Heist is one of their hardest rooms and my husband and I did it by ourselves. We struggled in the first room, especially since there’s a riddle on the wall that we were trying to figure out for 10 mins but it wasn’t actually a puzzle. Our game master said he thinks it used to be part of the game at one point in time. The second room was great, but the 3rd room again had non-sensical puzzles. There was a diagram on the wall I was trying to follow but accidentally solved the puzzle anyway. After we escaped we asked our game master how the diagram on the wall worked and he said he doesn’t know and it is just there for decoration. What?!? I think the only reason this room is TERPECA rated is due to set decoration, because that part they nailed. I give this room a 5/10

Had a good time doing this room. We did it in a group of 6 but felt a little crammed. I think 4 people is probably best to do this room. Overall it was good, just felt like the 2nd and last room lacked a little bit on the immersion side of things. Puzzles flowed well.

The set design of this room is excellent. The puzzles are just okay. The story is a bit wacky (time-traveling heist) but honestly the story plays very little into the experience. It feels like they were setting up a sequel that doesn’t exist. I found the ending to be rather abrupt. Overall, still glad we played for the cool set, but for me the Mission Unstoppable room was a much better game overall. No reason not to play them both, of course! The staff were great and we would certainly come back to play more rooms here. Recommended-ish.

The set design for this is really great, if that is big for you then give it a try. This game is not really fun though, it feels very technical. There are way too many lock puzzles and the story doesn’t play into the amazing set enough. I would rather have a basic set that knows what it is and plays to it.

This is definitely not a room for beginners. Puzzles were challenging and not that interesting. Was not a fan of this room.

The set was fairly impressive but the puzzles didn't flow from one to the other. We had to ask for three hints and I'm still unsure how we would have figured out the connections between a few of the puzzles without those hints. Additionally, not a fan of most of the GM's there. Most we have met seemed annoyed to be there and we had no clear Game Master. Multiple employees handled us from start to finish.