Project Entity

Normally I’m a pretty chill guy. But as we sat in the parking lot waiting for our teammate. We noticed a car pull up to the front door and out stepped two girls both with Starbucks in hand, exactly 15 minutes before our start time. Our teammate finally arrived 13 minutes before our start time. We all went up to the front door. Scanned the QR code and filled out the waivers. Then called the phone number to let them know we were all there. So 5 minutes after our start time we were finally let in. We then asked to use the restroom before our game started. We were told they don’t have a restroom and to go check the surrounding businesses to use theirs. We skipped the bathroom break and went straight into the room. A very very very brief instruction was given and our game was on the way. We got stuck in the first room and asked for nudge. We were given a nudge for a puzzle that we had already solved 🤔. So after figuring that out we made our way into another part of the game. We heard the GM come on and say you have 40 minutes left in the game. Which was weird because it didn’t feel like 20 minutes had gone by yet. So we continued to play and make our way thru the game until an alarm started going off at one point. I thought I had touched something I wasn’t supposed and made the Entity angry. As we all gathered around trying to figure out what happened a shadow of a girl appeared in front of a door. Then our GM entered the room clapping 👏🏽 and we asked “ is that it? Is that the end?” She said “ NO you guys failed and ran out of time “ ummm we had told her at the start of the game that if we are falling behind to go ahead and nudge us along. We didn’t just pay $135 to fail and not see the whole game. We were given 1 time update during the entire game. When I asked how much was left for us to do she replied “ A lot “ so I asked “ like what?” She replied “ I don’t know specifically because I’m new here but you probably needed another 30 minutes to complete it “. This was a first for me in my 250+ games.

GM was very nice but let us in late, started us late and there was no clock anywhere in the game for us to track time. Seemed like we got short changed on time. GM didn’t ask at the start if we wanted nudges, just said to waive our arms if we wanted a clue. Also, there was no waiting area, no lockers and no use of their bathroom. We also weren’t offered to take a pic after our game, nor was there an area or props to do so. During game play the GM came running in without warning because she realized a clue hadn’t been reset. Totally threw off game play. The room was fun and challenging. There were lots of puzzles and lots to do. There were a couple puzzles that were a waste of time and didn’t help the room progress though. We were a group of 3 and I’d say 3-4 players would have been ideal.

Would have absolutely loved this room but there were a few issues that took away from the experience. We got there early and were told we would be let in “in 5 minutes” About 10-15 minutes later we were let in and there were no restrooms available for use. We started late (because we were let in late) and feel like we were timed out before a full hour. There was no clock inside or warning of time. Room was not reset completely and GM came in to fix something. One puzzle was done correctly, a hatch opened but there was nothing inside and GM said to move on. Puzzles were good and fun, rooms were great, but the things mentioned above took away from the experience. Just felt as if room was not completely reset which made gameplay a little choppy. GM was really nice though.

This room had some really fun gen 1 puzzles mixed with tech. The immersion was really good and the story was unique. Although I didn’t escape it was still a fun experience. I’d recommend 3-4 people. With 2 there’s a lot to do.