The Escape Adventures - "Lab Rats"

LOCATION:  Chester, Virginia, USA

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📝  ETR DECODER

• 🔑 GAME: Lab Rats

• 📅 DATE PLAYED: November 10, 2021

• 🎬 GENRE: Mystery

• 🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 2 ppl): 4.5/10

• 👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-8 PPL

• 🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins

• 💰 PRICE: $25/PP (Min $75/Booking)

• ☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private

• 🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

You and your team are requested to conduct an investigation into a medical research facility. Shortly after you arrive, you discover that it was a trap and you are now locked inside the facility. There's a timer counting down the hour! This doesn't look good... can you figure out what happened before it's too late??

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

• The medical facility looks and feels rather clean but it also presents a mysterious cold feeling like something is going on in here.

• The storyline has potential to develop into a series and the owner definitely has this in mind already.

• One puzzle used a sensory that was quite fitting to the medical theme.
  

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

• The set design had a lot of potential to creatively deliver puzzles but there's no surprise elements to it. Certain areas could be hidden and revealed at a later stage but currently you can see through the entire facility. We gave the owner a couple of suggestions on "wow" factors that could be added to adjust the experience.

• Certain tech items were quite sensitive to trigger. Just have some patience with them. Some sensors could also be better hidden as it could serve as red herrings for puzzles clues.

• There was a good amount of searching in this room. Some felt quite difficult without the proper cluing. We had to ask for hints twice and had to think like as if we're patience or doctors in order to understand where to look for certain items.

• An audio puzzle was quite difficult to hear.

• The ending could use some light and sound effects to create a sense of urgency.
  

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

The Escape Adventures is a fairly new company with 2 games currently available as or right now. "Blackbeard's Revenge" is their older game and the difficulty level is rated as medium, while "Lab Rats" (their newest game) is rated as hard. We love the "entrance" to the Blackbeard game. It was very creative and for anyone who just started playing escape rooms, you might want to start with this room first. "Lab Rats" has potential but has room for improvement. We can't wait to see what the owner does with the 2.0 version!

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

Located in a shopping complex. Free parking right in front of the facility. There's a small party room/seating area.

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Disclosure: We thank The Escape Adventures 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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