Special Ops: Mysterious Market

Has a good amount of non-linearity. The flow is well done, packing a surprise or two.

It's quite immersive when you step into the gamespace! The decor and props felt authentic. Lighting was well done to bring a mood into the game.

We have had good experienced with the GM's at this location. Alison followed our game and was there for any assistance needed.

I appreciate a story that develops over the course of your game. This one did and transforms the experience.

I'd say the first half was based more on observation. The second half more on logical reasoning. Medium difficulty overall. One puzzle could be harder than the rest for some.

It's a mix of mechanical and tech. But the feeling you leave with at the end is "tech".

Navigation will take you straight to the location. However, account for 5-10 extra minutes for parking.

Street parking is available at the location but finding something in the immediate vicinity may be difficult during peak times. You should be able to find a space driving around or a parking garage. Take that into account for your time of arrival.

The puzzles were well-layered and they integrated just enough of red herrings into a few of them to make it a bit more challenging. The first room was better in that puzzles could be done simultaneously where the second room has a little more of a linear flow, which meant there were a few moments where one or more people could be stuck waiting on another to finish their puzzles. 7/10

The video and story integration was fantastic. The decor felt very in theme and immersive. I only wish some lighting was brighter or visual cues/dot markers on props were brighter. At times a few of the markers were virtually unnoticeable and vital to two puzzles. 8/10

Jacob was super cool to talk to in the reception area and was so kind to us when helping us switch reservation times. And Casey (I hope I spelled it right) was the literal best game master I’ve worked with. The kindest human, gets into the storyline and plays along with comedy bits. And she knows exactly when to step in with nudges and when to let us struggle. Made the game that much more better! 10/10

I thought the mission videos interspersed made the story more immersive than the bulk of other rooms. There weren’t any kind of puzzles I hadn’t necessarily seen before (there was one, that I won’t ruin here) but all of them were done in a fresh way. 8/10

Great storyline, great mission videos that gave short breaks and story immersion. The transition between rooms was great! Nice twist on things. 9/10

A few parts of the room were aged/faded, or not working properly that made things a bit harder. At 2 people, definitely on the 8/10 side but with more people and working parts, I suspect it’d be a 7-ish.

Involves a lot of tech but all of the tech is mainly used via mechanical manipulation

Not wheelchair friendly inside when moving into second room, though, there are doors to both rooms via the hallway so accommodations could be made. The mission video has subtitles, the remaining three videos do not. It is a very low light room and has puzzles that are color based and there are many mechanical parts that have colored dots on them for orientation but they are not easily viewable.

Both, but I can't say more without spoilers.