Granite State Escape Room - "Project Mars"

LOCATION:  Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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📝  ETR DECODER

• 🔑 GAME: Project Mars

• 📅 DATE PLAYED: November 5, 2023

• 🎬 GENRE: Sci-Fi

• 🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 4 PPL): 7/10

• 👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-8 ppl

• 🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins

• 💰 PRICE: $30/PP ($80 Min)

• ☎️ BOOKINGTYPE: Private

• 🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

You're in a research station on Mars, and there's been a catastrophic failure!! You’ll need to work together to restore power and get the fuel flowing, either to save the station or - worst-case scenario - activate the Escape Pod. You are fortunate to have the ship's friendly A.I., SALLI, to guide you through the process and offer her assistance. Can you get things back online and resume your mission before your ship's resources run out?

🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

• Many of the tasks required teamwork and communication, just as they would in a true mission in space. You are dependent upon the skills and cooperation of your teammates to restore the facility to its previous working order.

• Most of the puzzles are completely hands-on, once again mimicking the situation as it would present in real life.

• The lighting and set design give the feel of being in a simulator at space camp!

• The game requires movement between different sections and retaining both information and materials from early on in order to solve puzzles later in the game.

• There is true story development in this one - your mission and objectives evolve as you go.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

• There is one piece of communication we found to be informative as well as misleading, which added unnecessary confusion without any positive impact.

• There were many diagrams and schematics, and we appreciated the level of work and detail that went into creating them. However, one seemed to be ambiguous in representing the area.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

This is a visually rich room that has a lot of teamwork-based activities to work through, and is one of the most entertaining and fluid space-themed escape rooms we've tackled! The wide range of technical tasks, coupled with narrative twists and turns keep it fresh and interesting. If you've ever dreamed of being an astronaut, roll up your sleeves and get busy connecting wires and flipping switches! This room will give you the feeling you've always craved!

🔎 HINT

This room has a lot of things you could watch and fiddle with: stay on task and avoid getting distracted!

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

• This is right in downtown Manchester.

• Parking is on-street or in garages, no problems there.

• It's downstairs, just off a main street with restaurants and shops a-plenty.

• They have bathrooms, lockers, and a wall showcasing the coolest clock collection we've ever seen.

• The waiting area has comfy chairs alongside some physical puzzles and a handheld maze.

• They currently have four rooms open and available to play.

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

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