Robot Rebellion

I really liked this game. It was different. It is a bit like a video game. But it’s really fun trying to figure out what you’re trying to do in each room. It’s like a 5wits but more interactive. Don’t expect a standard escape room. Expect an immersive robot video game with a highly interactive play style and immersive set design.

I agree with the people who said that the first game was great but the rooms that followed really disappointed. It was more like a series of arcade games than anything else.

Okay, heres the thing, they tried something different with this one. The opening room was great, but after that it fell apart quickly. You have to play multiple half chewed video games that are endless and are just played on a timer. As one of my friends said. “They weren’t fun if you don’t play video games, but they were horribly basic if you do enjoy playing video games.” So this begs the question who is this experience really for. I think the real pit fall comes down to the lack of satisfaction from playing the video game portions of this room. The decor and story are great for what it’s worth.

So this room is my least favorite here because some of the puzzles/games get tedious since you keep doing them over and over until your time in that room is up. BUT it also has some of the most puzzle-y puzzles of any of their rooms in the first room. I loved the puzzles but was not as big of the fans of the parts that were more like mini-games.

I’ve been to The Bureau and have played every game so far, they have all been 5 stars without a doubt. This room gets a lot of flack for not being a traditional escape room, and I understand the frustration of someone expecting that experience and presented with something different. However, we knew going into this that it was different type of experience and based on the negative reviews, our expectations were also very low. The first room was promising with great theming and decent puzzles, but only gets much worse from there. The games are essentially poorly made video games that you would get from from a handheld disposable game in plastic blister packaging from your local Walgreens. It felt like they figured out ChatGPT could code a simple game and decided to save on labor costs by telling AI to write the code for the game. One of the rooms the games didn’t even work and there was nothing we could do but wait for our time limit in the room to expire so we could move on to the next one. I’m not disappointed that they tried something new and we didn’t get a traditional escape room experienced, I’m disappointed in the quality of the games we played, the fact that some of them didn’t even work, and that this game has been operating for a few months now with horrible reviews, some even being consistent with the fact that games were literally not working, and it seems like they invested too much money to take the L and either tear it down completely or at least remove the gimmick and salvage it into a proper escape room experience.

The other rooms at this location are all amazing but I’m throughly disappointed with this one. Not a traditional escape room doesn’t just make it bad but between the boring games and not working ones it wasn’t fun.

Not a typical escape room. Very technological driven for people who like video games.

904 Robots Saved! Definitely not a typical escape room experience, but more of an interactive video game. I can see why some people get frustrated with this, if they're unaware of what they're signing up for. We didn't have any tech issues. There are a few changes I'd like to see implemented to make the room feel a bit more fair and interactive, including better tracking of how many robots you've saved and not locking out games after a certain amount of correct solves. Overall: something different than you might be used to and an enjoyable experience for most gamers, but might not be for the typical escape room crowd.

Firstly everyone must understand that this is not a traditional escape room and can be said not an escape room at all. If you go in knowing this and are looking to just have fun then the experience will certainly live up to that. With that out of the way the puzzles were fun and very active and had a good amount of variety. At a few points there were moments when not everyone could participate but there was always at least something for each person in our group of 4 to do initially. Overall though we had a good time with the robots and had many laughs shared between us :)

This was so annoyingly frustrating. As always when I've gone to this place, there was at least one thing broken or glitching, which is problematic when you are playing literal video games. You arent escaping anything and if you are in a room too long, they just let you into the next one. There was no satisfaction when you're done, just disappointment