OVERALL SCORE:
✭✭✬✩✩ 2.5
User Score
Quick Facts:
City/Area: Markham
Escape Length: 45 Minutes
Players: 2-7
Cost: $20 Weekday
$25 Weekend
Cryptic Cellar
Design: ✭✬✩✩✩ 1.5
Idea: 2.0
Details: 1.5
Features: 1.0
Creativity: ✭✭✩✩✩ 2.0
Novel: 3.0
Comprehension: 2.0
Surprises: 1.0
Puzzles: ✭✭✭✭✩ 4.0
Challenge: 3.5
Logic: 4.0
Abstract: 4.5
To be honest, from the picture on ESC-IT’s website, I was expecting this room to be designed better than the previous two rooms I had done here (Bedroom Nightmare and Storage of Secrets). However, this was not the case. Walking into this room was a let down as the walls were very plain and the only resemblance of a wine cellar are a few bottles in a rack, which you are told upon entering are not part of the escape. Like ESC-IT’s other rooms, this is a single room, 45-minute escape. Most of the items are immediately out of place for a wine cellar (TV, table, random box with black paper in it). Most puzzles were fairly basic, however there was one that peaked my interest for a brief moment. Overall I was not impressed with the room design, but the puzzles were half decent, making this room only slightly below average.
Reviewed by Evan on December 19, 2014
Review Breakdown
Stated Difficulty Level: 3.5/5
Theme: Unthematic
Family Friendly? Yes
Company Atmosphere: 4.0/5
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