LOCATION: Athol, Massachusetts, USA
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** UPDATE - We regret to inform that "Sure Locke Escape Rooms" has closed.
📖 THE STORY
The mayor has placed booby traps inside of the Tooly Theatre in order to protect his secret plans. You have one hour to get in, find the plans, and escape before the mayor arrives. But be careful...he's definitely not making this easy for you...
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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE
The concept of finding a way inside of the "Tooly Theatre" was an added bonus (Full disclosure we didn't get to experience it because we had a mix up with the clue that was handed to us but from what the owner told us it's a fun puzzle to figure out).
Since this is an abandoned theater, the props used (old soda and popcorn machines, teared up posters and dusty theater seats) really portrayed the storyline.
🧩 MISSED THE MARK
*Full disclosure - the owner did tell us that they will be opening this room soon and it's still in beta testing so below is what we've experienced during their beta testing stage.
The owner has informed that the game can be set to various difficulty levels so during our game, we had a lock that was used in a previous game and although we had the correct combo it didn't open and the GM had to give us the code instead
There were some big logic leaps in some puzzles that as enthusiasts it was quite difficult for us to wrap our head around.
There were some spots on the wall that we had to discovery that served as red herring as they had no relevance to the game.
This is a gen-1 one and there was a prop used in there that we had to use a bit more than "two finger strength" to open as most of the scenarios that would've been a magnetic lock but since this is a manual operation, we were worried about breaking the prop so a clue was used.
🏹 TAKE A SHOT?
Since we played it in beta testing stage and gave a good amount of feedback to the owner, we hope the game will be more ready to be played in the future. The concept is fun and there are some elements in the game that we saw potential in but in the current stages, there's still a good amount of work that needs to be put in to polish up the game. The introduction and game mastering needed to be improved as well. The game flow wasn't there as some of the more established escape room. But since they are new, we hope to see some improvements from them in the near future!
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Disclosure: We thank Sure Locke Escape Rooms 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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