Asterialy
47 escape rooms
It was super fun! The atmosphere and the set, the story, the “hint NPC”, gameplay, puzzles, were all perfect! Loved them all! The set was very well made, you start off in a slightly spooky total darkness environment save for one candle and you need to solve some things first before the lights turn on. Nothing broken, highly technical! No combination locks save for one cryptic lock, everything else opened by putting correct items into the correct place, and some key locks, etc. Decoration was detailed and the guide “NPC” was pretty cool! The gameplay was super fun! It wasn’t tedious and there were many novel puzzles, some that may require some, ahem, skills. Won’t say what kind, but, skills. Puzzles requires you to look closely 👀 Some things are easy to miss in this room 😅 The part I loved the most about the room was probably the story! Most run of the mill escape rooms have a story that you could really do without. Like you finish the game and it was fun, but the story was whatever. You forgot what you’re trying to do. But this room makes you actually stay engaged in the story. Setting is two sister witches got themselves cursed and you’re here in their magic cottage to undo the curse, but only for one witch. One is evil. The other one is not. You have to choose. I love that novelty! But also every part of the room is engaging with that story setup. The sisters themselves appear (not in person, NO LIVE ACTORS) to make their case, and it’s up to you with clues in the room to help you choose. Choose right and you get out 🥰 Choose wrong and you may just be trapped forever 😈 Lol. But yes, really loved it! Again, there are NO live actors, the room is not meant to be scary and there are no loud noises or jump scares, but the room is quite dim the entire time and you start off in a completely dark room. For kids that aren’t afraid of the dark, this room is perfect! For people with a fear of the dark, maybe not! Only thing I will say is a slight bummer, is the GM for our group 💀 He was super nice! Great guy! But he gave us hints immediately, without us asking for them, constantly, and not in character. We don’t usually use hints unless stuck or short on time, so it was a bit of a bummer. Felt rude to say “please don’t help us” though we probably should have lol. We did have 2 kiddos with us though, so he probably thought we might need that nudge. Even then, I wish the hints came in character… Other than that, the room was great! Overall, I highly recommend this escape room! Thank you for the wonderful experience!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Super nice and great guy! Only small complaint was he gave hints so readily. We usually don’t ask for hints until we’re stuck, but he gave them without us asking for it and not in character so it was slightly sad. We did go in with 2 kiddos, so he might have thought we needed the push.
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
No combination locks, all technical, all the puzzles novel, some skills required, story actually matters!
Story
LOVE that the story actually matters for once!
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
High tech
Ideal number of players
3
Scary
Not scary
It is dark though, for those who are afraid of the dark.
Minimum age
8
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
One area you need to lower your head into. Not crawling, but slightly duck into. Can’t remember if there was a step. I don’t think so.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Medium
It’s by the street and parking was for the entire area so it was hard to find parking at the time we went (Sunday). It’s supposedly paid parking? $5 an hour but there’s some discrepancy with the time? Ask if you need to pay when you go in to make sure! We ended up not having to pay, but technically the signs say you need to. Though they said even if you tried going into the app pay, you can’t. It’s weird. Just ask!
Safety
Yes
