Sorcerer's Sanctum

Tier: C+ (see bio) An overall decent room. It begins with a fully-split split group section. I’ve never played another game fully-split like this and I didn’t really like that format as it made me feel like I was missing part of the game and also missing time with my team. It does make this game more ideal for (slightly) larger groups though. Other than that it’s just a pretty decent magic game with some unique puzzle ideas. There’s also a fun reveal and some decent tech. My main issue is that some of the puzzles are a bit too complicated. One of the last puzzles in particular had a very unnecessary second puzzle its answer tied to that was way too stupidly complicated (and didn’t feel like an escape room puzzle). I don’t think it’s even close to the quality of any of Omescape’s newer games, but I think it’s worth playing, especially if you have a group of 4-5, which most Omescape games aren’t ideal for (either working best for more or less). Omescape Ranking 1. Robotopia (my 3rd favorite game ever) (gap in quality) 2. Chaos in the Galleria 3. Haruka High (small gap in quality) 4. Kingdom of Cat-astrophy 5. Undercooked 6. Forsaken Temple 7. Apartment Nextdoor 8. Midnight in HK (gap in quality) 9. Witchly Ever After (massive gap in quality) 10. Sorcerer’s Sanctum (gap in quality) 11. Pandemic Zero (big gap in quality) 12. Dark Alter (my 15th least favorite game ever)

I believe this is Harry Potter, sorta. There are Potterish creatures. There are wands. It’s far from my favorite room from the mostly excellent Omescape. The split start at the beginning seems pointless, and I’m thankful our GM just let our small team of 2 do both rooms in a row instead of being stuck alone in each room. The final set of puzzles are not super intuitive or fun. A big thanks again to our GM for giving us extra time especially since we lost time for not having enough people for a puzzle. Again, there are better Omescapes out there though this isn’t too bad.

Decent room. Some random puzzles. The majority of them did stick to the theme. We had fun.

I loved the use of space and definitely better than your average escape room. The puzzles were challenging enough and played with two first timers! Super fun room.

Loved the room and the puzzles. We all had a blast. Only reason for the Thumb 👍🏽 and not a Heart ❤️ was because we weren’t allowed to take a photo in the room like we did for all 9 other games we played at this company.

Our fifth room of the day a this room kept us on our toes… the set designs for these rooms are very good…

Even my least favorite omescape rooms are pretty solid rooms, but yeah, this one is probably my least favorite. I thought the split at the beginning didn’t really add anything interesting to the experience, and in particular disliked one of the puzzles in the last room (or maybe I’m just dumb idk). Still pretty fun though.

Kingdom of Cats: Trapped in a kingdom of felines, we were compelled to compete in a tournament to crown the wisest cat in the kingdom. The only way to escape perpetual imprisonment was to compete alongside our feline friends. Dark Altar: We found ourselves trapped inside the Copenheimer Museum where an archaeology obsessed collector had initiated a dark ritual. Our goal was to work our way through the museum to discover and stop the ritual. Joker's Asylum: A maniacal Joker was locked away in an asylum after a tragic incident at the circus. The Joker had escaped. We were tasked with discovering the Joker's secrets and escaping the asylum. Pandemic Zero: A super virus has sickened the city. We must break into the lab and finish work on the cure. Pros: The physical layout of Omescape from the waiting area to the game-play areas is clean, orderly and visually appealing. The puzzles are mostly linear, less about searching and more about thinking critically. Set-design is appealing and clearly tied to the overarching storyline. The games are scaled at different difficulty levels and geared toward different group sizes. Game moderators can be helpful and willing to provide assistance if asked. Cons: The puzzles in their rooms tend to be geometrical or symbol-based. We found the puzzles quite complex in all three games and extremely difficult to solve without assistance from the game masters. Scaling of the puzzles within each individual game could have helped us with the puzzle-solving process. Overall, we find their games overly complex. The friendliness of the game masters and their willingness to offer relevant clues helped prevent frustration and a complete mental melt-down of players.

Fun experience. Group was split up into two in the beginning. It could have had more puzzles since it didn’t seem like it makes a difference as the story plot line was telling it. Some puzzles were unintuitive especially the last puzzle.