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Help robots escape a mining facility where they’re held captive. The Briefing Operatives, we're going on a rescue mission. Sentient robots are being held captive on a forced labor planet. Their crime? Wanting to live their life with full autonomy, just like you and me. When you arrive, you'll meet a contact who'll help you get deeper inside the facility. Remember, you won't be able to save every robot, but free as many as you can. That's how we'll measure your success on this mission.
- 2-4
- 60 mins
- Not scary
All ratings (156)
Mostly negative
Gameplay
Mostly negative
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive
Reviews
sdaileanes
14 escape rooms
This is simply not an escape room. It’s a cool concept, but not executed well. Definitely a skip!!
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graysonsucks
39 escape rooms
𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿
Sayuri
211 escape rooms
I was laughing hysterically at myself. This was one of my favorite games because I felt pure joy. Despite my mistakes, they said our score was the highest they have seen. I feel this room deserves a much better score on Morty.
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JanellW
766 escape rooms
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.
Gameplay
I’m surprised at the comments. The first room was okay and then I loved the rest of the rooms. It was a novel cool concept.
Atmosphere
The set design was absolutely amazing. Immersive and really awesome.
Customer service
Story
Yes! It can be replayed. I’d play it again. It is similar to a video game. But more than that. It was fun.
thebureau (Owner)
Thanks for taking the time to leave a mission debriefing Operative! We appreciate your assistance with helping the robots on planet Scoros escape imprisonment. We look forward to seeing you again around HQ. The Director also wanted to make you aware that we have a new training mission, Underground Game Show! You'll test your skills and with one our esteemed Game Show Hosts.
May 6, 2024
Berin
74 escape rooms
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.
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Difficulty
Easy
thebureau (Owner)
Thanks for taking the time to leave a mission debriefing Operative! We appreciate your assistance with saving the robots from imprisonment. We also apologize if the mission did not meet your expectations. We attempt to communicate through our booking system that this mission is more similar to a video game rather than a traditional experience. Our goal is to offer different types of experiences for different types of Operatives. We understand that while some Operatives have ranked this their favorite mission, not all Operatives will. We encourage you to experience our other missions that offer their own set of unique tasks and challenges. The Director also wanted to make you aware that we have a new training mission, Underground Game Show! You'll test your skills and with one our esteemed Game Show Hosts.
May 6, 2024
mattmagd
56 escape rooms
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.
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Minimum age
9
thebureau (Owner)
Thanks for taking the time to leave a mission debriefing Operative! We appreciate your assistance with saving the robots from imprisonment. We also apologize if the mission did not meet your expectations. We attempt to communicate through our booking system that this mission is more similar to a video game rather than a traditional experience. Our goal is to offer different types of experiences for different types of Operatives. We understand that while some Operatives have ranked this their favorite mission, not all Operatives will. We encourage you to experience our other missions that offer their own set of unique tasks and challenges. The Director also wanted to make you aware that we have a new training mission, Underground Game Show! You'll test your skills and with one our esteemed Game Show Hosts.
May 6, 2024
delaneygrace
88 escape rooms
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.
Gameplay
Every room was like a game “level” where you had so much time to get as much done as you could
Atmosphere
Really cool set throughout
Customer service
Bobby and Bec were awesome!
Parking
Easy
thebureau (Owner)
Thanks for taking the time to leave a mission debriefing Operative! We appreciate your assistance with saving the robots from imprisonment. We also apologize if the mission did not meet your expectations. We attempt to communicate through our booking system that this mission is more similar to a video game rather than a traditional experience. Our goal is to offer different types of experiences for different types of Operatives. We understand that while some Operatives have ranked this their favorite mission, not all Operatives will. We encourage you to experience our other missions that offer their own set of unique tasks and challenges. The Director also wanted to make you aware that we have a new training mission, Underground Game Show! You'll test your skills and with one our esteemed Game Show Hosts.
May 6, 2024
hiddenmoose
30 escape rooms
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.
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thebureau (Owner)
Thanks for taking the time to leave a mission debriefing Operative! We appreciate your assistance with saving the robots from imprisonment. We also apologize if the mission did not meet your expectations. We attempt to communicate through our booking system that this mission is more similar to a video game rather than a traditional experience. Our goal is to offer different types of experiences for different types of Operatives. We understand that while some Operatives have ranked this their favorite mission, not all Operatives will. We encourage you to experience our other missions that offer their own set of unique tasks and challenges. The Director also wanted to make you aware that we have a new training mission, Underground Game Show! You'll test your skills and with one our esteemed Game Show Hosts.
May 6, 2024
shib
1 escape room
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.
Gameplay
An entire room wasn’t operational and we just stood in it for 15 minutes waiting to move to the next one. The games you have to play are just mobile games on a big screen.
Atmosphere
The sets and props all look nice, I kind of wish they would just repurpose these rooms into a traditional escape room I think there’s a lot of potential there.
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Easy
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Was anything broken?
Yes
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
thebureau (Owner)
Thanks for taking the time to leave a mission debriefing Operative! We appreciate your assistance with saving the robots from imprisonment. We also apologize if the mission did not meet your expectations. We attempt to communicate through our booking system that this mission is more similar to a video game rather than a traditional experience. Our goal is to offer different types of experiences for different types of Operatives. We understand that while some Operatives have ranked this their favorite mission, not all Operatives will. We encourage you to experience our other missions that offer their own set of unique tasks and challenges. The Director also wanted to make you aware that we have a new training mission, Underground Game Show! You'll test your skills and with one our esteemed Game Show Hosts.
May 6, 2024
morspe31
19 escape rooms
Not a typical escape room. Very technological driven for people who like video games.
Gameplay
This is not a typical escape room. Wasn’t really my thing but for others it might be.
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Ideal number of players
3
thebureau (Owner)
Thanks for taking the time to leave a mission debriefing Operative! We appreciate your assistance with saving the robots from imprisonment. We look forward to seeing you around HQ again soon. The Director also wanted to make you aware that we have a new training mission, Underground Game Show! You'll test your skills and with one our esteemed Game Show Hosts.
May 6, 2024
Editorial
“[...] was as creative as it was ambitious… and as flawed as it was interesting.“
Room Escape Artist