This was the first of the two rooms we did at Deadlocked Reading, and although it is still a great room and we had fun, I would say it is definitely the weaker of the two. However, with the other room being 18+, this is a great family-friendly room. They had a fantastic use of space, but it sometimes feels cramped (which explains the max 4-player limit).
The lovely mixture of puzzles and the time-machine theme allowed them to mix up the themes beautifully, so it didn't start to feel boring, and the creative use of the space allowed you to keep wondering where you might end up next. The puzzle types matched the themes, and for a sci-fi theme, the tech was all working perfectly and well-maintained, which was a relief.
One thing that let it down for me would be the budget. You could tell that it was put together on a lower budget and as someone with high attention to detail I struggled to be fully immersed when I could see how it had all been stuck together. The other thing being that the introductory speech was a little dragged out and often unrelated to the game, it started to feel quite awkward when we just wanted to get into the room and get started.
With a little extra TLC this could be a great little room for more novice teams, and is still a fun room for those more experienced. We loved all of the sci-fi easter eggs throughout and had a great time.
