Doomsday Disaster!

This one was a rare miss for us. What is otherwise a pretty solid buildout is marred by a ton of other issues, most importantly gameplay that isn’t streamlined, and puzzles that are just sometimes really obtuse and not as engaging or fun as they should be. It has all the makings of a great room, hampered by the issues of a Gen 1 bad room. Having not been able to play the original in Ocala, we were excited to see it had moved to Orlando and get a chance to try it out. Unfortunately, I’ve read this experience pales in comparison to the original, and well…..I guess it kind of shows? The actual build of the room was fine enough, riffing on the popular vault theming tropes ala Fallout, and some neat little mechanical surprises, but I couldn’t help but feel the whole thing just felt a little…underwhelming. None of the puzzles were really fun to complete. Way too many old school locks and lockboxes for a supposedly modern room. Things that should have “made sense” felt like they were made several extra steps too complicated to waste extra unnecessary time. I didn’t really feel like I was having any actual fun solving a single puzzle, and that’s usually the biggest indicator it isn’t a good room. I think a major factor that didn’t help was I wasn’t entirely thrilled with how our GM handled the game. The game started about 15 minutes late, so we were left standing around at the entrance for way too long before any came to greet us. Before our game, there was no explanation about locks (which is pretty standard for every business to explain them even if you’ve seen them a million times). The GM took WAY too long to give clues when we asked for them (minutes at a time). And there was no indicator at any point to know how much time remained so we abruptly had our game end, and were then rushed through the end game explanation of what we missed. There was no real effort made to make this an enjoyable experience and it felt very much like a “get in get out” revolving door business. Based on this overall experience I don’t know if I can really recommend playing this particular room. It’s a shame because I do want to try other escape rooms here, but this one entire visit has me questioning if I should

I ended up enjoying this room very much, despite having so many problems with it. Some were my own fault, but not all of them. There is a lot to accomplish in this room, especially for two people. We were hampered by low lighting, to the point where the host/GM intervened by bringing us a small flashlight. We also had trouble with finicky locks, which made us waste a lot of time thinking our answers were wrong when they weren't. This happened not just once, but several times. The music and the voice acting were well done and added a lot to the story.

Fantastically themed room. The puzzles all connected into the broader story for the room and the narration throughout the experience really added to the vibe of the room. Some of the puzzles were really on point. A few I rode the struggle-bus with but the GM offered helpful hints to point us in the right direction to keep us on track. We finished with two people but think 3-4 adult sized humans would be perfect for the room.

This is one of the worst rooms we have ever done. Do not do this one. The gameplay wasn’t interesting. So many things were broken that it became annoying. We all left there just feeling let down. The GM would offer advice on a puzzle we had finished a while ago. Several puzzles we did correct and kept checking ourselves when nothing happened. Once the GM came in and pressed a button when he confirmed we did it correctly. Avoid this one. Absolutely horrible.

Puzzle wise, this is on par with your average escape room with slightly above average set design. It was still fun, but nothing to write home about. There was nothing super unique about it, but it was a good time! This is my ranking of all the rooms I’ve done at this location: 1. Echoes at Murder Heights 2. Bigfoot 3. Doomsday 4. Curse of the Mummy

I have run over 200 escape rooms and I would rank this room in the bottom 5 of all of them. The lighting is awful, no one in our group was able to read numerous clue numbers or locks due to bad lighting. Most of the escape room was incredibly flimsy and looked like assembly was rushed. The game master did not follow along so when we asked for clues he provided context to items already completed and wasted our time. When electronic items were completed resulting in unlocks we never knew anything happened due to no audible clue or movement. Try this room if you wish, but it's incredibly overrated.

Great game play and game flow. Fun and easy to follow.

two of us had fun :) puzzles flowed smoothly

First room way too dark. Needs a flashlight...we shouldn't have to ask for one. The dim light provided doesn't reach some of the areas you have to read from. Also, it needs a timer inside so you can pace yourself. Other than that, the theme was cute and different. Setting is okay, you can see some wires sticking out in different places but maybe it's part of the theme? Not sure. Not our favorite game at this place, but still good to experience.