The Artefact

I want to preface this review by saying Meaghan is amazing and she really puts her heart and SOUL into helping you move through the game, she is so funny and one of the only reasons we enjoyed the game. The escape room itself is alright not really our cup of tea. The puzzles are very wordy. A lot of reading in this room which gets annoying when you’re on a time limit. It makes you want to stop playing with how much constant reading you have to do. The puzzle with the alien language we just couldn’t understand at all even after Meaghan explained it we still couldn’t understand it 😬 The rooms are small-medium sized (about 3 of them). Maybe there are better rooms at this location but we picked this one based on the reviews and left feeling meh.

Definitely the funniest most novel room we have done, jam packed with Easter eggs, really fun interactions with the “AI” in the room, set design is quite cool, fun puzzles.

Fantastic room. Recently revamped. Feels fresh. Great references

It was a fun, I liked how it was a bit non linear so if you have a big group you can work on things separately

This was my second favourite at Next Level, I had a great time. It’s apparently their hardest room which I didn’t feel was the case. The variety of puzzles was fantastic and easy to follow. It allowed enough room to stop and think without being overly complicated. The way they incorporated the live actor in this story was one of my favourites.

Did Ex Libris the last time we were in Sydney 3 years ago, and had so much fun that we had to return to Next Level Escape. GM, Tyla, was high energy and enthusiastic. The room itself was full of a variety of puzzles, many of which were high tech, and others that were plain wacky solves (am I really doing this?)... all good fun though! Not particularly difficult (finished with 20 minutes to spare), but challenging enough. Until next time we're in Sydney!

This was a very enjoyable experience, our first in Sydney for this week away. Our GM (Zak?) was great and very enthusiastic. I love an experience that doesn’t use a walkie talkie for hints, and this room delivers in spades. The puzzles all flow well and all in all we had a great time.

The staff at this place are great, and add to the enjoyment of the experience. The room had various kinds of puzzles, which were interesting enough but not too difficult for a group of 3 - got out with time to spare and had a nice time.

First room we have played at next level and it was amazing! Every puzzle was great, and challenged your communication with your teammates. Our gamemaster, Simon, was a great storyteller and made the experience very immersive!

Highly recommend. Great team of Game Masters and realistic puzzles. Not endless locks.