I am trying my darndest best to like the experience… but, I just simply can’t.
However, I will try to review it as fairly as I can.
The production value I think is quite good. The gimmicks are well placed and the set makes thing quite immersive. But, the fun kinda stops there.
To say that this is an escape room would be misleading; because it isn’t. It’s more like a walkthrough like Universal Studio tour with a set time limit to appreciate the room AKA solving the puzzle. So, imagine the walkthrough in universal studio with the loud audio and visual effects while you and a group of your friends or strangers try to solve the puzzle within time limit.
It can be a recipe for success OR a disaster.
Unfortunately, ours are the latter.
I understood the concept of the staffs nudging you along with hints to solve the puzzle. Ours are more like a drill sergeant yelling at hints and puzzles while at the same time acting as one of the victim of Jigsaw.
I felt so out of the place when she commanded us on what to do about the puzzle. That breaks the immersion of the experience. The whole time I felt she just want us to rush the whole thing. At one point I felt like I just want to tell her, “hey lady, if you know how to escape the room why don’t you just do it for us?!”
At the bottom line, my issue with this room is it’s half and half quality. It’s trying to be an escape room at the same time a walkthrough experience.
I think they should choose to be one or the other.