点评:My friend and I were spending the weekend in the Waukesha area, and we really enjoy trying different escape rooms as we visit new areas. We chose this business based on convenience of location and the appeal of the room concept. We didn’t complete the room for various factors (see below), but the two of us nearly finished before the time ran out. Disappointing experience, but we’d likely try one of their other rooms if we’re back in the area again.
Good: The design and decoration of the rooms were very impressive. Really loved how the castle section felt authentic, and the laboratory areas had some really cool scientific props. We also liked that most of the clues and puzzles involved interacting with the props and rooms versus just being a bunch of locks on things.
Bad: To add to the authenticity, the rooms were mostly lit by electronic candles and such, which meant that you’re spending a lot of the time in dim light and darkness. The lack of light adds to the challenge, but it also made it very difficult to see. At one point, a clue was dropped to the floor from a container, but it partially fell behind an obstacle and was not visible in the darkness.
Ugly: In addition to limited visibility, the room makes use of “red herring” puzzles as well. We wasted a fair amount of time trying to find stuff for an unsolvable puzzle versus focusing attention elsewhere, which is the point of the red herrings. Wouldn’t have minded there being false clues if we went into the room knowing that not everything was solvable.
翻译:我和朋友周末在沃基肖地区玩,每次去新地方,我们都很喜欢尝试不同的密室逃脱。我们选择这家公司是因为地理位置便利,而且房间设计也挺有意思的。由于各种原因(见下文),我们没能完成这个密室,但我们俩在时间用完之前几乎完成了。虽然体验有点令人失望,但如果我们再来这里,我们可能会尝试他们的其他密室。
优点:房间的设计和装饰令人印象深刻。我特别喜欢城堡部分的真实感,实验室区域也有一些很酷的科学道具。我们也很喜欢大多数线索和谜题都与道具和房间互动,而不是仅仅用锁来解锁。
缺点:为了增加真实感,房间大多使用电子蜡烛之类的照明,这意味着你会在昏暗的光线和黑暗中度过很多时间。光线不足增加了挑战性,但也让视线变得非常困难。有一次,一条线索从一个容器里掉到了地上,但部分线索落在了障碍物后面,在黑暗中无法看到。
缺点:除了视野有限之外,这个房间还使用了“转移注意力”的谜题。我们浪费了不少时间去寻找无法解决的谜题所需的材料,而没有把注意力集中在其他地方,而这正是“转移注意力”的用意所在。如果我们在进入这个房间时就知道并非所有谜题都能解开,我倒不会介意那里有假线索。