Medieval Madness

This is a fairly difficult room, even for my group which had a decent amount of experience. There were a lot of points where we knew what we needed to do, just spent a lot of time needing to do it before we could move on. There is a good mix of scavenging and puzzles, but a lot of reliance on memorizing or comparing things. For a lot of these puzzles, I didn't feel the satisfaction or catharsis from completing them, but rather a lot of "thank goodness that's over". Overall, great set design and still a good room, just not our favorite.

This room has one puzzle that just eats up time. We thought we were working together but one member of my party was mishearing the other member since we were spread out in the dark. We kept getting two items switched up and our game master never gave us a nudge. We spent over 30 minutes on that puzzle and then breezed through the rest of the puzzles. We were given a 3 minute grace period to get out of the room and finish the experience but we did not escape in under 30 minutes. The final puzzle was interesting but not enough for this room to be redeemed but that’s just my humble opinion.

Jaden was a great gamemaster for us during Medievil Madness, providing just the right amount of help needed to get us in the right direction. Love seeing people that genuinely enjoy their job. :D The room was very immersive and modern, with very little traditional “lock & key” puzzles. I was really impressed with the creativity of certain puzzles, utilizing all sorts of senses and intellect so each of our party had a role they could find pride in! Gamemasters here are very chill and informative, not pressuring you at all and only chiming in when necessary. We never felt like they were ever “giving” us the answers, which I find rare in escape rooms sometimes! I also liked all the props that different rooms needed to make you feel more incorporated into the room. I’ve done a lot of escape rooms all over the country and this one definitely makes my top 5! Well done!

Rise, tarnished, err… lost souls. Had fun in this room despite the extreme darkness, insanely difficult 1st puzzle, and over reliance of sound that is sometimes hard to hear or distinguish. Loved the atmosphere and theming. It’s a bit creepy because of the subject material, but it’s not really scary or even spooky. Apparently, this room is about sins and cleansing them, but remember, darkness is a sin… The 2nd room had a lot going on, especially for our undersized group of 2, but the GM was great for not just letting us do this at all with just 2 players, but for also helping us escape with our souls intact!

One of my favorite rooms we’ve ever done!

Decent room if you're looking for a national chain-type escape room to do with family/newbies (although in this case, PanIQ is apparently internationally owned). Some puzzles I haven't seen before, which brought life and increased my interest/enjoyment. Only one or two glitchy puzzles that took a couple tries to solve even once we knew the answer. Biggest problem I had with this specific room (SLIGHT SPOILER) is an over-reliance on "sound-based" puzzles, which I personally have an extremely strong distaste for. They are simply not precise enough, and no matter what group of people I am with, I have never seen someone be able to quickly and intuitively solve a "sound-based" puzzle. There's also one lengthy puzzle of this variety that you would never naturally guess what you're supposed to do to complete it. They let us finish everything in extra time, though, which was very nice.

Tech-heavy room that took me out of the medieval theme too often. Our team of two wasn’t large enough either in certain parts of the game. We beat it, but in truth, it was below other experiences we had at PanIQ and felt hard-on-purpose with subterfuge instead of design. Recommended teams of 3-4, you’ll beat the room, but you may not love the journey.

This room was very unique and the puzzles were all well integrated into the environment. There were not any padlocks or combinations, the puzzles were all very dynamic. There were a few points where it wasn’t clear what was needing to be done but overall it did flow well.