Omescape : Dark Alter

	7501 Woodbine Ave Unit 7 Markham, ON L3R 2W1
	60 Minutes
	4-8 players
	$28.20 per person – student/social media discount
	Unlimited hints
	Omescape
	905 695-9556

           

Welcome back to another Omescape review! Continuing from our previous three reviews, today I will be breaking down Dark Alter for you guys. Before I begin this review, I just want to say this room made us realize that we (my team and I) should ALWAYS do escape rooms before dinner. Our food itis was so strong during this room, that in my opinion it really changed the whole experience.

Room Quality:  Just like the other Omescape rooms their spec and structure is amazing. In my opinion, I think Dark Alter had one of the best structure and design. The props used for this room was much different from the previous three rooms that I reviewed. The prop and tech for this room was much higher! In all honesty it felt like a very expensive escape room. Like any of the Omescape rooms there's always a little surprise that really catches you and makes you go "wow".  The theme was on point and everything ties into the storyline very well.

Puzzle Design: I highly, highly recommend everyone playing this room before dinner. I say this because from experience the 7 of us really struggled with the food itis in this room haha. There is a good amount of reading for some of the puzzles, which was a bit more challenging for us because we were so tired. A lot of going back and forth with certain puzzle pieces to unlock the next step. The concept of it was good, just not when half of the team was super out of it during the time. If you're looking for lockboxes, this room almost had none. Each puzzle piece was different and the use of tech for them was just unbelievable. There's a lot of thinking outside the box for this room as well, which in my opinion is quite awesome if my team and I all had our mind awake. 

Overall:  Although my team failed quite miserably (we even dropped/lost one of the instruction papers), the concept of the whole room was incredible.  I don't think the room and puzzles were that hard, but it really did need us thinking outside the box. However, because we were handicapped that night (LOL) I thought it really changed the whole experience. We were shown the way out in the end and I gotta say it was pretty impressive, but none of us would have thought of it. Lesson learnt - never go to escape rooms after an AYCE dinner haha.

Happy Escaping!