Prodigy Escapes: The Lost Temple

We had waited for a number of months for Dan and Lisa to drop the announcement that The Lost Temple was ready to go and we couldn’t wait to get ourselves back after our enjoyable experience trying to solve the Clifton Manor. We were kindly invited back to try out the new room following a couple of tweaks after the first week live and it’s safe to say, the room is worth the wait. It’s comfortably one of the best decorated and immersive rooms we have played and you really do draw yourself into the theme of the game without much effort. The amount of time and effort Dan and Lisa have spent on making this room what it is is a huge credit to them and it’s easy to see why they are one of the best rated escape room companies in Devon.  

Prodigy is located on the outskirts of Exeter but does have ample parking at the venue. The venue is an easy enough walk from in the train station in Exeter. The reception is a large spacious area with school styled lockers to put your coats and valuables in whilst playing. 

After a quick catch up with Dan we were escorted into our room for the briefing video, given a bag of goodies by Dan and we get on our way.

Room impression

As mentioned, the room was truly brilliant. It really was like stepping foot into a temple. The attention to detail and even a cheeky exposure to some water in the temple was a brilliant addition. As the game moved on, the theme improved. We were fully immersed into solving the mystery of the lost temple. The background music and sound effects throughout just added to the experience. The game is plenty big enough for larger teams without feeling too close together. There was no issues at all with lighting and was accessible throughout.

Puzzles

If you are a fan of puzzles, then this rooms isn’t for you. Luckily for us, we can take or leave them and more and more companies are now coming up with different ways of keeping people entertained without the use of good old padlocks. Having an abundance of padlocks in a temple room would have been quite strange so we were glad Prodigy came up with some quite unique puzzles that we haven’t seen before. The game was very linear which helped keeping us on track and apart from a couple of sticky points where we needed pointing in the right direction, the game flowed really well for most of us in the group. The great thing about this room is that you can chose the difficulty of the room before you enter and even during the game, if Dan or Lisa think you are really struggling, then the difficulty can be amended in the game. A really nice idea! The end game was challengingly brilliant. It was similar to old arcade game but it was something that really did finish off the whole game fantastically well. 

Game Master Clues

Our temple guide was available through a walkie talkie, which made sense and was on hand if we needed it. There was a timer on the tv screen where we had the briefing to keep us on track and our guide popped up on the walkie talkie a couple of times when we were close to getting something but not quite hitting the mark. Dan and Lisa have a really good way of spotting if you need a nudge or will work it out on your own.

Round Up

The Lost Temple is certainly one of the better games we have taken on. Being invited back to try the room by the owners was unexpected but a really nice gesture and Dan even showed us behind the scenes and the making and design of the room. Even without the behind the scenes tour, you can tell that this room has had an awful amount of attention to detail and effort put into it. We can’t wait to try out future ideas that Prodigy are cooking up and they are must if you are visiting Devon.