Oct 19, 20232 min read

Escape Hour Edmonton - "Five Lives"

Updated: Mar 13

LOCATION:  Edmonton, AB, Canada

Photo above is property of Escape Hour Edmonton

Photo above is property of Escape Hour Edmonton

📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Five Lives
📅 DATE PLAYED: August 28, 2023
🎬 GENRE: Various
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 4 ppl): 5/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-8 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.
💰 PRICE: CAD $27/PP (Room Min $75)
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

Are you ready to fix a spaceship, escape a killer's boiler room, train as a ninja, hangout at a wild nightclub and prevent a nuclear disaster? Can you do it all in under an hour? Make quick decisions, move fast, take risks, and work as a team. Are you ready to travel through five lives and complete all the tasks at hand?

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

We encountered a bunch of fun challenges throughout the rooms, where a majority of them relied on a lot of teamwork to make it through.
Each room was decorated with a high-quality set design, immersing you completely into the experience of each theme.
The physical challenges blended well with the flow and story of the game, making the immersion even better.
One of the rooms had many low hanging metal objects and they provided hard hats for us, which was appreciated

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

The balance of puzzles across each theme was uneven, disrupting the game's flow. In some rooms, we had to complete multiple tasks to progress, while the others required just one or two simpler ones.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

"Five Lives" was a solid room with puzzles that promoted teamwork throughout. The rooms were well-decorated to immerse you into the theme. At Escape Hour, they offer 3 ways of providing hints: (1) Normal, (2) Organic, and (3) Hardcore. For "Normal", they will ask if you want a hint if it seems like you're falling behind on time. "Organic" is where they will give you hints automatically along the way and "Hardcore" is where they sit back and wait for you to ask. We used the normal hint system which was helpful as there were moments when we felt like we were falling behind but were assured that we were not. We played with 5 people with a variety of escape room experience, which we felt was the right amount. Any more and there might have been some players sitting out for some tasks. For a different type of escape room with some more physical challenges to complete, this would be the room for you.