Flushed

Never did a room with this theme so had to do it. Teams are split so you have to use communication and work together to solve the room.

The story for this room is cute, and there were two puzzles that I rather enjoyed, but that's about where it ends for me with this room. Most of the puzzles provided you with information that works with a specific type of lock, but there are so many of them in the room that we had no idea which one to start with. There was another puzzle that required two steps to complete, but the clues that supposedly connected those steps felt really obscure and we had to get a hint in order to make the connection make sense. There also came a point where the next puzzle was locked behind two locks, one requiring a word and the other a key. The key was provided as soon as you got the clue you needed for the word, so the only reason the key existed was to keep you from being able to brute force the lock and skip like 75% of the room. It made the room feel like it was very poorly planned out. We also had 2 issues with some of the puzzles not working right, and that caused us to waste a lot of time. First, we'd done something to open a door, but there was no indication of any kind that we'd actually unlocked something (no audio queue, nothing opening suddenly). Eventually the GM gave us a "free hint" and told us to check the door so we could progress. The second one involved a puzzle requiring a prop we'd acquired. We all knew where the prop had to go, but nothing was happening. We tried placing it in different orientations, and eventually tried other locations, but nothing was working. Then I just happened to try that original first location again, and it suddenly worked. No idea what changed, but at least we were back on track. TL;DR - Staff was nice, story was unique, room was not good. We had fun, but that was just us.

a very unique premise for an escape room with a satisfying ending reveal. great communication is needed for this room but once together, you guys have many moments to work together with many in theme puzzles.

This room definitely involves a lot of communication! I really enjoyed it and our game master was really great!! Definitely recommend.