The Secret of the Serpent Sanctum

Overall a great game. The puzzles were fun and made you think. Some even have levels to the puzzle. Set design was fantastic although some non game components where level visible like a thermostat but since it's in a mall, I doubt you could change that. Definitely one I would recommend to others. It wasn't a perfect game. A couple set up issues but those I am willing to forgive due to the amazing turn round between the previous team leaving and us entering into the game. There were definitely some fun puzzles I was not expecting and didn't know how to solve at first but there were always enough clues to figure things out.

Overall it was a good but difficult room. Some of the puzzles didn’t flow as well as similar rooms with the same theme. Especially towards the end. Game guide wasn’t paying super close attention unfortunately, so was giving clues to puzzles already solved. There were some unique puzzles for sure though. Solved 99% of the room, so close…

We're experienced at escape rooms, but the flow would have worked better with two groups of two or more. With just two people and the opportunity to do parallel puzzles, we couldn't keep up with the time constraints. Probably would have finished in +10 minutes. Staff was very friendly. Room was excellent decoration.

Really fun room, cool props and puzzles, AMAZING GM, but holy cow lots of time sucking puzzles… there were only 3 of us and we were going pretty slow… we didn’t escape in 60 min but the GM was awesome and said he wanted us to enjoy the whole room so he gave us extra time. It took us another 15 min and we solved it

Theming was so great for this room, you can tell a lot of love went into it! There was a good mix of puzzles, a bit too many physical ones for my taste but well done. Most puzzles mechanical which I love. A lot of room for larger groups too.

Overall great room! For its limited space, they did a good job maintaining the theme with their props and the puzzles were all very logical. There are A LOT of puzzles and game flow is very non-linear so you probably need at least minimum 3-4 people in your group with some experience each. Completed room with 4 players, no hints, 55:00/60:00. By far the best company in the city!

What can I say, the other reviews warned me. This is an EXTREMELY dense room with a lot of busywork puzzles. We never stalled for very long, and actually rolled through a lot quite quickly yet we still needed extra time. We only had 2 people and we did most of the puzzles together. So, you’ll probably be more successful if you go with 4 people OR you’re more willing to split up. I wouldn’t say any of the puzzles are particularly tricky. There are just so, so many. And a few of them require a lot of time, even after you have figured them out. There was one particular puzzle that felt like it could have been half the length, just as satisfying, and less annoying. That said, I still enjoyed this room. You definitely get your bang for your buck and, given how cool the staff was about extra time, it doesn’t really matter that there were borderline too many. The set was solid. The puzzles, while not super unique, were still clever and fun. Overall, I recommend. B+!! Another note - I did Madame Zita’s Curiosities here years ago when it was still 45 minutes. It was also super dense but with the added frustration of getting less than an hour of play time. I am very happy they extended all their rooms after the addition of Serpent Sanctum. Because of this adjustment, I will continue to support this company in the future.

Find & Seek continues to dominate the Vancouver market. Very puzzle-intensive, great to divide and conquer. All their games have satisfying, chunky props, this game included. They are just awesome! The set has improved from their other two games. I can't wait to see what else they will create!

There were a lot of puzzles, but the difficulty was more in doing the puzzles rather than figuring out how to do the puzzle. We got through most of the room with two people in the one hour, but it’s probably best to do this with 2 pairs because of the number of puzzles.

This was the hardest escape room we've ever done. It was really humbling. We're from Los Angeles, and this would've been AT LEAST a 75+ minute room there if not longer. Also, we were given two notepads, which was also new to us. But a few puzzles would require ridiculous memorization ability if you didn't want to use the notepads. Ultimately, we "escaped" but that's only because they gave us extra time to play until we finished. The set design was just okay at first, but the last room was pretty cool. This escape room was so misleading because we were breezing through puzzles at first. Then we started to slow down. By the time we got to the last room, we only had 15 minutes left. We should've used hints sooner but pride prevented us (and we didn't know how much left we still had to do). The puzzles started off simple, but then they became multi-layered, and we were not used to that at all. But I will admit I really did like these challenging puzzles. It's a shame doing an escape room is basically a one-time thing because I would love to re-do this room. I wouldn't say that all the puzzles were the hardest puzzles ever, but I think the sheer amount of puzzles makes it really hard to escape in the given 60 minutes. They did mention the escape rates are not high at their business. My advice for this room, especially if you have 4 people or less, is to split up and manage multiple puzzles at once whenever possible, and manage time well, even if that means using hints. Definitely a strong recommend for experienced players. And a strong "don't recommend" for beginner players because you really need to be used to escape room puzzles and thinking in that mindset to get through this one. Small note: For all their rooms here, they give an audio cue when you solve a puzzle, which is really helpful! There's also a different audio cue when a hint is given on their TV screen in the room.