Atlantis Rising

I am so torn with this game. There are some great elements and some awful ones. The environment is probably the best that PanIQ has to offer, and there are no locks. Some of the puzzles are well-clued and well-designed, and quite fun in general, while others are impossible to solve without clues- there is one puzzle in particular that the game master admitted no one can solve without help. Still a game worth playing, it falls a bit behind the Red Wire and is definitely better than Cartel Crackdown and Insane Asylum. Like everything else at PanIQ… go play this if you’ve done all of the better Boston games already.

The room was very difficult. The mechanics of the room and room tops were amazing. The puzzles in the second room were near impossible to figure out and all parallel play so not designed for 2 people.

We enjoyed the theme. Some puzzles were obscure, the rooms had several red herrings, and the story didn’t flow well. Kinda typical, but made for a clunky experience. Overall, meh.

The staff was great but the room had technical difficulties when it came to speakers

Fun room, great set. After having completed all PanIQ rooms, I will say they’re not my favorite but not bad at all either. We had fun solving all the puzzles in Atlantis and found the secret treasure with 4 minutes to spare

As usual with PanIQ rooms it looks fantastic. Puzzles can be a little vague, some feel designed for brute force solutions over providing the information needed to solve it otherwise. This room had no locks or keys, all things automatically triggered, but some didn't trigger the first time and need to be fiddled with. There is a musical clue, which while annoyingly repeating until you solve it isn't clear enough to hear. GM also comes in very quiet and hard to hear over background sounds. Similar with audio instructions can me hard to hear/understand. Puzzles are varied and interesting. Some have obviously been changed over time as things broke. Overall it is a fun game, but be prepared to ask for more hints than you would at other rooms in the area. Mostly because of your inability to hear a clue or something not activating the first time. GM was nice and seemed to fully understand the challenges.

Was a very well decorated room, but if you are a traditional escape room lover- this wouldn’t be your top pick.

Fun game, glitchy electronics

This was our first time going to PanIQ (it appeared to have good Google reviews). The room feels very amusement parkish, which at first was exciting since initially it felt immersive with visuals. They lean heavily into technology for the puzzles, many with built in timers that made it very frustrating since the room has very poor lighting and if you don’t solve it within the timer it resets. The hints were way too much information, which can ruin the puzzles. Things don’t stand out enough in the room for triggered events, so at times you don’t even realize you solved a puzzle. Some puzzles are slow to trigger, so if you’re trying to move quick, you might unsolved what was actually solved.