Hi everyone
Back in November, my team had the pleasure of checking out Next Level Escape’s latest room, The Artefact. This was the fifth room I have tried from Next Level Escape (and all of their rooms have been awesome). So we went into this room with some pretty high expectations…
We tried The Artefact just before it opened to the public. This was our 49th escape room in Sydney and our 62nd escape room in Australia.
A summary from Next Level of their The Artefact room is below:
Your team of
investigators has been conscripted by the FBI to investigate an alien artefact
they've discovered. Sure, the artefact is doing strange things, but you'll have
a non-malevolent, smart-ass AI to help you out. What could possibly go wrong?
·
as
always, the puzzles were all awesome. They were of the very high quality
that I have come to expect from Next Level;
·
the
puzzles were a really well designed combination of some high tech with some
pretty low tech. The room flow is also
really well considered – I would describe the room as a non-linear room with
points of convergence. Our team was able
to work separately on different puzzles and then come back together for certain
key sections of the room;
·
there
were some puzzle elements that we have never seen before in any other escape
room, which is always uber cool;
·
Next
Level design a lot of humour into their rooms.
There are a lot of tongue-in-cheek one liners and some laugh out loud
moments along the way. Anyone who has tried
their Ex Libris room will know what I’m talking about – they have a very funny
style and it is really quite different to any other escape room outfit’s style;
·
we
managed to escape in a little under 48
minutes. Although this is a 75 minute room, I would not describe it as easy at
all. It is quite intricately designed
with a large number of puzzles; and
·
a
lot of escape room enthusiasts seem to really love high tech rooms (some even only
enjoy high tech rooms and avoid low tech rooms). I have come to enjoy both – I think a room
can be great with either (or a mix of both), but for me the more important
aspect is theming. This particular room
theme at Next Level lends itself to high tech, which Next Level have executed
brilliantly. However, they have also
included some low tech puzzles that also perfectly fit the theme – I think the
mix is really well-considered and makes for a fantastic room over all.
Other
outfits that contain a lot of high tech puzzles, like Mission Sydney, Break the
Code and CT Adventures, do the high tech pretty well but none of those outfits
do theming nearly as well as Next Level.
I
have nothing to report on the negative side at all. Next Level are a
great outfit who really care about providing immersive and well-designed
experiences. There are very few rooms in Sydney (or Australia) that will
have you laughing out loud – both The Artefact and Ex Libris at Next Level will
have you laughing, I guarantee it.
Where:
Lower Ground, 23 O'Connell Street, Sydney
Duration:
75 minutes
Themes:
2
Cost: $48pp for a team of 4 (but we played at the kind invitation of the owners)
Cost: $48pp for a team of 4 (but we played at the kind invitation of the owners)
Overall Rating:
Hilarious, elaborate, challenging, geeky and incredibly fun!
More details: https://www.nextlevelescape.com.au/
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