LOCATION: Marietta, Georgia, USA
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📝 ETR DECODER
🔑 GAME: Planet Express
📅 DATE PLAYED: January 22, 2022
🎬 GENRE: Sci-Fi
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 2 ppl): 7/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-8 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.
💰 PRICE: $28.99/ pp (Min. 3 ppl)
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes [54:09]
📖 THE STORY
Sometime in the near future, an alien spaceship is shot down to earth. You are a part of a government agency that performed the act. Your team is sent to investigate and recover anything of use onboard this mysterious craft. Shortly after boarding, you find out that this unknown craft was here to prevent a disaster approaching earth. It is up to your team in sixty minutes to find and retrieve the information needed to prevent the earth’s destruction. Can you do it?
🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE
The puzzle design in this game was solid. Each puzzle was logically intuitive and very rarely did our team get stuck trying to figure out the next task in the room. There are a lot of puzzles in this room as well, your team needs to work together and efficiently in order to escape in time.
The set and scenery was a lot of fun to look at! It gives a good illusion that your team is on an alien ship with all of the lights and buttons scattered throughout the main room. Starting your team in the storage room with no power to the ship is an excellent way to start the narrative of a crashed ship.
Searching through this room really felt like a true hide and go seek game for information. There are certain “objects” that your crew will be looking for and Project: Escape has found some very clever and fair places to hide them in the room. This room you MUST pay attention to the details.
🧩 MISSED THE MARK
Aside from the introduction video, the storyline of the game loses itself in the puzzles. The actions your group will take are a lot of fun but don’t support the overall story. Be warned then that this is a room for puzzlers rather than those looking to be immersed in a narrative.
🏹 TAKE A SHOT?
"Planet Express" is a fun nod to science fiction and the pop culture that it has brought about. There are many references to major films and shows scattered throughout the room that bring a fun nod to the genre. There is a wonderful variety of both physical and mental puzzles in this game, and with the room having a large amount of them as well as being solved in a nonlinear fashion, it is sure to delight each individual on your team. Having a portion in the game where someone needs to be the “finder” of hidden objects creates a dynamic during the room that some escape rooms can lack. For example, in a normal escape room it can be standard for a person or two to “stand” over the shoulders of the main puzzle solver. In Planet Express, they solve this problem so that no one person has to be an observer if they don’t want to.
Teamwork and intelligence are needed to successfully escape Planet Express. This is one of the more difficult rooms that I have come across while exploring this hobby. With more people the game would take a bit more stress off the team but still be aware that there is a lot to do. Project: Escape hint system states that you have five hints to use, do not be afraid to use the generous amount provided. Our team had a wonderful time playing Planet Express and would recommend anyone who is looking for a puzzling experience to check out this excellent room in Atlanta!
ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO
Free parking, one person must crawl, party room available, scavenger hunt inside venue.
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Disclosure: We thank Project: Escape 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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