
BTRoku
369 escape rooms
Rating: 2.5/5 - Decent set and puzzles, but the AI slop is a huge turnoff Pros: ➕Nice set, well decorated, lots of props and items that would fit well in Wonderland. ➕Mix of tech (buttons, lights, maglocks, screens) and padlocks ➕Numerous distinct areas to explore ➕Puzzles were decent and mostly made sense. No red herrings, outside knowledge, math, etc. like some of their other rooms. However, the puzzles weren't very interesting or satisfying. ➕GM was friendly and helpful when needed. Cons: ➖The video cutscenes in the middle of the room are poorly edited AI slop. There were words getting cutoff, people clipping through objects, inconsistencies from scene to scene, cups with too many handles, etc. If generative AI is used tastefully and thoughtfully, then I'm OK with that, but this is straight up slop. ➖There are touchscreen based puzzles. I inherently dislike these since I can interact with screens at home, it lacks immersion. The screen is also in a corner with enough room for only 2 people to interact with it, which results in a bottleneck. This wouldn't be a problem if the room didn't have a 4 person minimum. ➖One tech puzzle didn't seem to work and we somehow bypassed it. Even the GM was confused about what happened. ➖The gating could've been better on the puzzles, we wasted a lot of time trying to solve things because it wasn't clear that we didn't have all the information we needed. I'd recommend a team of 4 since that's the minimum, but 3 might be better since there are a couple of bottlenecks where only 2 people can be solving things. No crawling or climbing.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
High tech
Mix of tech and padlocks
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Was anything broken?
Yes
We somehow bypassed the solution of a tech puzzle
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Limited
Safety
Yes
