hackSaw: Remastered

I don't usually choose spooky escape rooms, so wasn't sure what to expect heading in! Great atmosphere, comfortable level of spoop - enough to keep us on our toes throughout but nothing outright scary. Fantastic, bubbly GM! Agree with one of the earlier reviews here - I'd encountered most of the puzzle types from this room in other rooms.

Room was fun, had some creepy elements but nothing actually scary. We surprised ourselves at how quickly we managed to get through it, but unfortunately weren’t granted the record because we had done a similar room at a different location, a bit disappointing because it had been a while and it wasn’t that similar! Another one of those rooms with lots of start points so if you have the numbers, split off to get through it fast. 4.5 difficulty is of course rated that way for people who haven’t done many rooms, but there’s nothing particularly challenging in here, and has all the standard kinds of puzzles. If you’ve done more than a handful of rooms you’ll feel this sits at more of a 2.

An enjoyable room which we would consider quite challenging although able to be solved to escape.

Another port over from an existing room, we breezed through this having previously played versions elsewhere. A classic for a reason, the Saw theme lends itself extremely well to an escape room and this room was no exception. The set design is overall probably grander and more impressive than the Hawthorn version I played but the removal of the shower is a bit of a shame as it’s probably my highlight of the original room. The puzzles were clean and well executed however I’m not sure “remastered” is the right word. I’d say 80-90% of the puzzles are similar to the Hawthorn venue, probably not worth it if you’ve played any of the previous Hacksaw iterations.

This is actually the third iteration of the classic Hacksaw game originating in Rush's Hawthorn venue and having played the original many years ago, I can safely say that this version (comparatively) is really solid! Definitely a larger and more immersive/detailed build, there were plenty of changes for the better and some for the worse (bring back the shower cubicle!). The puzzles in this remaster keep the essence of the original while being easy enough to appeal to a wider demographic of players; nothing particularly groundbreaking but still interesting enough to keep us engaged from end to end. Overall a super well-rounded, classic room! 6.3/10 🔏🧩