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The other side of Dystopia. The briefing for this made little sense having just played dystopia... definitely setup to just be a one room session.
The theming was on par with what you might expect. There was a cool concept puzzle, however the actual thinking required ended up being a little TOO obtuse for essentially one of the first things you do. Also relied on things being just right to allow you to access it... which was a little frustrating when this is out of your control.
As others have mentioned, there are items in the room which you do not use unless you are playing as a race.
I DID like the whole concept of the story developing and I liked how the puzzle setup tied into it (even if a couple of smaller puzzles frustrated us at the simplicity but that they didnt feel like escape room puzzles).
The ending was not coherent and again, like Dystopia, a little lack-lustre. I wonder whether something was not quite working in our game given we had to be hinted towards what had happened (a pet peeve of mine. If something happens, it should HAPPEN, not happen, if you catch my drift).
A fine game, but Spellbound is the stronger game at the venue rather than this and Dystopia
We played Dystopia first then utopia, as MYE suggest.
Dystopia starts off with a very linear flow, nothing to write home about but somewhat let down by a little bit of poor upkeep on a puzzle which would have easily been fixable.
The second half of the game does split off a bit more to allow simultaneous solving but we found that in a team of 4 (and a team that had not played together before) , since there was a lot of information not used in the room, it could get confusing as to where attention really needed to focus on.
A little amount of outside knowledge IS required.
The ending, whilst a cool concept, felt a little lackluster. Atmosphere as well - soundscape could have been improved from the immersion aspect (though one team member did enjoy the... selection of tunes. )
Hosting was... adequate. I like to feel part of the game from the moment the briefing starts, and the briefing, whilst fine, didn't capture my imagination
If I were to only play one game, I would play Dystopia, as Utopia whilst interesting, isn't the best "Futuristic" room out there.
This is a great room! If you're a smaller, more experienced group this is definitely one to try! The difficulty with this room comes, not necessarily from the puzzles themselves, but with the sheer amount you have to do in the allocated time.
