Sorcerer's Secret

dont like the handheld devices, didnt work to let us out timely

Here’s my humble opinion of what separates good from great to incredible escape rooms: FLOW. Good ones are thematic and challenging. Great ones are intuitive from A to B to C with blending into the theme. Incredible rooms put you in the EXACT plotline and order the room wants you to go, enhancing the plot, which nudgestt you in the right solution direction without needing a clue. This falls between great and incredible. All the puzzles were thematic and difficult, but a few were too hidden (but not impossible) and all the mechanisms and tech were seamless. It was clear what order you needed to solve the lockboxes and mech if you paid attention to the story and clues. You definitely need 2-3 at a minimum as you jump back and forth between 3 spaces. There were no areas where design impeded the escapist and burned unnecessary time. I’d HIGHLY recommend this room for novice groups of 2-4, as props, plot, design, character, theme, and mech were reasonably isolated. I’d play it again with first timers. Loved it.

loved the theme, the room décor was on point

The set is ok and the puzzles aren’t terrible. My groups problem was that the person that reset the room forgot to place a vital clue in the room and we struggled for 20 mins until they gave us the answer. Objects are hidden too well and overall it’s just not very fun.

Step into a room of too-well-hidden puzzles and spookily dim black light. Played this back in 2016 and it was ROUGH.

This room had a cool theme but it was often unnecessarily difficult. Clues and props were so “well”-hidden that we were constantly asking for clues to proceed.