Imagine Escape Rooms - "ReSEArch"

LOCATION:  Tampa, Florida, USA

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📝  ETR DECODER

• 🔑 GAME: ReSEArch

• 📅 DATE PLAYED: November 17, 2021

• 🎬 GENRE: Adventure

• 🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 2 ppl): 7.5/10

• 👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-7PPL

• 🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.

• 💰 PRICE: $37.99/PP

• ☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private

• 🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

You and your team have been assigned to retrieve Sub-Zero, a thermo-regulator developed by the sinister Professor Finn. It's located somewhere inside her secret underwater laboratory. Your mission is to infiltrate the lab and escape with Sub-Zero before the professor returns! You have one-hour...

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

• The latter part of the game's set design felt a lot more embellished. The window (a.k.a. TV screen) with occasional shark appearance does make the underwater feel more realistic.

• The added storyline during the latter part of the story started to piece all the information together.

• One really cool apparatus actually made it feel like we're tracking sharks.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

• Some props seem over used in this room. Some TLC is required. Certain items might also need to be reglued if not relevant to a puzzle.

• One of the puzzles in the beginning of the puzzle was quite confusing in terms of the directional clue.

• One puzzle that involved "spilling out" something gave the impressing that it would be messing up the space. Perhaps if a bucket was presented we wouldn't need an extra clue from the game master.
  

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

There was a bit of an imbalance between the set design for the first part of the game and the second part. It almost feels like it should be redone to match the quality of the second half. The puzzles themselves are also better reasoned in the latter part. We didn't really understand the relevance of the first half of the game besides needing a way in. There could be less puzzles in that room if it's merely for a secret entrance. The idea behind the room was unique and the twist in the story for who Professor Finn really is made us feel like there's definitely potential in this game. This location is previously owned by a different company. We look forward to seeing how Breakout Games would make it their own when the takeover is finalized. We also tried another game at this location and that is "DreamWeaver"! You need to check out what we thought about this game and a sneak peek in our video trailer above and see which you would prefer to try when you're in the area!

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

Free parking lot right in front of the facility. Small lobby with seating area. Party room available.

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*** We regret to inform this company has closed its doors ***

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Disclosure: We thank Imagine Escape Rooms (Presented by Breakout Games) 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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