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Quick Facts:

City/Area: London

Escape Length: 60 Minutes

Players: 3-8

Cost: $25/person

Mission Impossible

Design: ✭✭✬✩✩ 2.3

     Idea: 2.5

     Details: 1.5

     Features: 3.0

Creativity: ✭✭✬✩✩ 2.7

     Novel: 3.0

     Comprehension: 3.0

     Surprises: 2.0

Puzzles: ✭✭✭✬✩ 3.7

     Challenge: 3.0

     Logic: 4.0

     Abstract: 4.0

Due to how busy Lost City was when we were there and only having two staff working at the time, we started our mission approximately 45 minutes after our arrival time. Before entering the room, the gamemaster informed us that one puzzle in the mission was broken and gave us the option to play it as is or to do a different room instead (their easiest room). We decided we wanted the challenge of this room and decided to play it anyway. It didn't affect our game too much because it was only the safe that wasn't locking properly. We were told to just skip that puzzle, but we decided to figure out the code to the safe and enter it to see if we had got it correct before continuing.

 

Mission Impossible's three rooms were pretty bare besides the puzzles and some pictures on the walls. One room contained lasers which you had to move through (not a spoiler as it's on the room's photo on the website). This was kind of fun and we were told if we hit the lasers twice we would lose our hint. I'm not sure if they actually follow that rule because my group was a bit clumsy and hit the lasers quite a few times, yet they still allowed us our hint. Most of the puzzles were familiar, although varied enough from each other to keep us from getting bored. There were a few neat moments, including a puzzle that required a cool unique feature. Although this was rather unique, it was also very glitchy. We had to attempt it multiple times to get it to work properly, which cut into our time and was a bit frustrating.

 

Overall, Mission Impossible was fun for our group (which included 2 first-timers), though perhaps a bit easier than the stated 4.0/5 difficulty rating.

Reviewed by Ally on November 15, 2015

Review Breakdown

Stated Difficulty Level: 4.0/5

Theme: Adventure

Family Friendly? Yes

Company Atmosphere: 3.2/5

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