Escape City - "Mindmaster Industries"

Updated: Apr 22

LOCATION:  Edmonton, AB, Canada

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📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Mindmaster Industries
📅 DATE PLAYED: August 15, 2022
🎬 GENRE: Science, Horror
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 4 ppl): 6/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: Up to 8 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 70 Mins.
💰 PRICE: $33.00/ pp (Adults), $27.00/ pp (Ages 8-15)
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

Responding to a classified ad looking for volunteers, you head over to the location located in a dark alley. As you find the door and a few other people waiting outside, you all enter together. Inside, you meet Dr. Saunders who welcomes you to the experiment run by "Mindmaster Industries" and begins talking about forming alliances, devouring the weak, conquests, and having fun. You still aren’t sure what is going on, but the ad said you get three hundred dollars and lunch, so you decide to stay.

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

A very immersive room that takes you through an intense story. The cutscenes were done using professional actors from the local area. The room looked amazing and felt very much like we were in a test room and more as we continued through the game.
The puzzles were all tech (minus one combination lock) which they used ingeniously. They had some creative puzzles ranging from logic, memory, a fun spatial recognition one and more, which all of them having their own eureka moment. The puzzles also fit the theme and none of them stuck out as being out of place.
The room did promote a lot of teamwork especially with 2 puzzles, one in the middle and one in the end.
The final puzzle had everyone participating and feeling involved in our group of 4 and really had our hearts racing.
There was an overarching story that played out in three parts that ramped up with intensity as we went from one to another, leaving us with an amazing high as we were able to finish the room.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

This was a solid room and fantastic experience without any misses we could think of.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

Escape City continues to raise the bar in their games through each new room. "Mindmaster Industries" was a suspenseful nail biter as you enter the room wondering to yourself what is going on, all the way to the finish, as your heart is pumping trying to complete the final task. There were many moments that we relished in teams wins, as some puzzles required everyone’s participation. The amazing looking set completely immersed us in the story and always made us wonder what secrets will continue to be revealed. We played as 4 veterans and found that was the perfect number. This is not a room I would bring beginners to, but Escape City has other amazing rooms for that. As Escape City is also a licensed facility, you are able to have an alcoholic beverage in the room which we obviously indulged. One recommendation is to make sure to stop and listen to the cutscenes and videos. Some people are very much into ignoring the videos and starting the room, but you will get so much more out of the game by following along with them and immerse yourself in the experience.

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

Free Parking Lot
The Room uses strobe lights and a fog machine
Some areas would be challenging for people with mobility issues
Licensed facility so you can have a drink while playing
Free sticker/ badge after completion of the room
Board games available for purchase

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Disclosure: We thank Escape City for comping our tickets for this game. Although complimentary admission was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.