GAME OVER Escape Rooms (Luterbach) - "Lost City of Atlantis"

LOCATION:  Luterbach, Switzerland

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🔑 GAME: Lost City of Atlantis
📅 DATE PLAYED: May 2, 2024
🎬 GENRE: Fantasy
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 3 ppl): 7.5/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-6 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.
💰 PRICE: 100-180 CHF
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes [59:47]

📖 THE STORY

After many years of research and translation of hundreds of ancient scripts, you are here! If you are right, your discovery of Atlantis will rewrite the history! In this game you get to explore the ancient ruins, attempting to prevent the extinction of Atlantis itself!

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

This GAME OVER venue only opened about a month prior to our arrival, so everything inside was still looking pristine. The room design certainly evokes a mythical underwater world with a good use of lighting and sound. There are some well-crafted props, which work perfectly with the theme, but their inclusion is quite minimal.
In addition to creative lighting, the room itself has been very professionally built. Although there are no genuine stone pillars or walls, you wouldn’t necessarily know it; the visual effects are very well done.
There is one unique special effect that pushes the immersion further, the inclusion of an actual waterfall that separates the two halves of the game! In order for us to traverse these two halves we must, of course, solve numerous puzzles which will halt the falling water.
The room offers a varied number of puzzles, which includes searching, observation and decoding, as well as a couple of team-based tasks. For us, finding two specific team-based challenges was a big plus (often rooms might only ever include just the one), although to be honest, each and every puzzle had us all constantly engaged.
The clue system is well done. It consists of a touch screen with a ‘help’ button as well as displaying our game time. We have typically found preset clues to be unhelpful (telling us things we already know), however in this game the clues were actually useful to us.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

We didn’t find any areas which missed the mark in a significant way, however there were a couple of small details which, if fixed, could easily elevate the experience that little bit more.
- Disguise non-game elements – there are regular door handles on the exits and a wire running across the floor with a black covering that stick out. It’s a shame that these escaped the designer’s attention considering how high the production value is for the rest of the room.
- Hidden objects – There are several objects which we needed to search for in order to complete puzzles. We felt they were placed a bit too simply, e.g. just in the corner of the room, and not somewhere you would think to look or somewhere creative, like in a sea shell or a hidden compartment, etc.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

The high-quality set design and cooperative puzzles made this a fun and engaging experience for us. The game plays best with 2-4, although can accommodate up to six players. However, we think that six will make the room too cramped and potentially leave some people with little to do. We found this to be the hardest of the three rooms at this Game Over location, so ideal for those seeking a challenge!

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

Free parking is available on site.
There is a lobby area with comfortable seating, lockers, and some cold drinks for sale.
Due to crouching and steps, this game is not wheelchair accessible.

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Disclosure: We thank GAME OVER Escape Rooms (Luterbach) for providing a media discount on the tickets for this game. Although discounted admission was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion of the review whatsoever.