Forsaken Temple

This room was a lot of fun! While the puzzles are pretty standard, there were some interesting ones that required some thought to get. I loved the different rooms and props. The structure flowed well with the story.

The atmosphere was very good. The props and rooms were all very high production value and immersive. The hinting system was cool. Instead of having a walkie talkie, there was a more immersive way to indicate that you need help and I’m guessing the room has microphones so that the staff can hear you ask your questions.

The staff was very welcoming. We didn’t interact with them too much.

The room and props were very cool, but overall the puzzles were pretty standard.

The story was cool, but it was hard to follow along because we were required to watch so many videos that weren’t always related to the puzzles. There are multiple rooms, and we had to keep returning to the first room to watch the videos. At the end, we were also confused about what our goal was. I thought we were supposed to save someone who entered the temple before, but instead we just escape ourselves??? Oops, we must have forgotten the poor guy in there.

Bordering easy/medium. Some of the harder puzzles have instructions hinting at what you have to do. The puzzles are pretty standard puzzles.

Definitely high tech, as most Omescape rooms are. There are sensors, lighting, and sound, which all help the immersion.

Would recommend 3 mid to experienced people. A couple puzzles are designed for 3 people. The structure is all linear, so having more people might mean some people can’t participate as much and some of the spaces are pretty small.

There was one part that scared me because of the suddenness of a technical transition, but otherwise the room was not scary. The props and story try to give off a spooky aura, but I didn’t find it that spooky either.

There were some worn out puzzles, so we could kind of infer the solution (e.g. equivalent to a keypad where the commonly typed numbers are worn out, though this is not actually the item that was worn out). However, overall nothing was straight out broken and all the high tech pieces work as intended!

The GM acts out a character in the introduction, but otherwise there are no live actors in the room.

There’s a lot of moving around, so make sure to bring comfortable shoes and few layers. There is climbing (ladders) and crawling involved too. I definitely worked up a sweat by the end of it.

This game is not very accessible with impairment issues. There are audio puzzles, low lighting, and puzzles that require a lot of moving around. There’s also flickering lights, which they warn about for potential epilepsy risk.

We used google maps — just make sure to select the correct Omescape location because there are multiple. They have a sign near the roadside to indicate the correct side road to turn into.

Omescape has its own parking lot, so lots of free parking spots!

It is not accessible for anyone with mobility issues.

The GMs don’t talk to each-other and it’s clear. We did 4 of their games in a row, and every single GM had no idea who we were and asked the “have you ever played escape rooms before” question despite us having been there longer than they were…also, GM messed up her speech continually and didn’t properly have the room reset.

There was one part where two members needed to crawl into a small dark space for a somewhat extended period of time. There was another part where all members needed to crawl for about 15-20 feet.