Hi all
My team checked out CT Adventures’ The Virus room in
December. We had been to CT Adventures
twice before – the first time to check out MU-T (which was a great room) and
their Gotcha! Room (which was less great).
CT Adventures is one of those outfits that have high tech
rooms without the immersive, layered experience. I think MU-T is their strongest room, with
the best variety of puzzles.
The theme of The Virus is as follows (taken from their
website):
The newest high-tech
computer system has been created recently by our research institute and the
Doctors named it “LYU”.
However, a computer
VIRUS “X” has hacked into our “LYU”System and controlled it all. Please try to
enter the control room ASAP and fix all the system. Restart “LYU” and find the
way of clear the Virus ......Good Luck!
So in a nutshell, there’s a virus that players have to
identify and fix. It’s not the most
unique of storylines unfortunately…
The Virus was our 105th escape room in Australia and our 75th
escape room in Sydney. Here are my thoughts:
·
there was a mix of mostly high tech puzzles,
with a few old-school Hungarian style puzzles.
Many of the high tech puzzles were high tech for the sake of it – given this
was a computer virus themed room, it did kind of suit the theme I suppose;
·
the hint system was by way of a walkie talkie –
this was effective but not nearly as strong as the more common Voice of God
hint system that is common in most rooms these days;
·
there wasn’t too much hunt and seek fun in the
room – it was 95% about the puzzles;
·
the theming was ok – certainly not in the same
ballpark as some of the stronger rooms in Sydney or Melbourne;
·
this room had replaced the earlier
Pokemon-themed Gotcha room, which my team had tried. Unfortunately, the room layout is identical
to the previous room – this was disappointing and a little lazy on the room
owners’ part;
·
some of the puzzles were not exactly logical or
clear – we had to ask for a hint at one point because we didn’t understand what
we were supposed to do with the techy puzzle elements;
·
in the end, we didn’t understand the storyline and
whether we had achieved in our quest (although I had kind of got bored by that
point and had lost interest in the quest itself).
I would describe this room as being
pretty lack-lustre. We escaped in less
than half of the permitted time – it felt like we were running through the
motions without a single wow moment or fun element.
As always, the true test of a
room for me is whether we had fun. We
didn’t have fun in this room. The other
measure of a room, at least for me, is how well I remember the puzzles. For my favourite rooms, I can tell you in
detail each puzzle in the space 2 or 3 years later.
With this room at CT
Adventures, it has been less than 2 months and I can barely remember any of the
puzzles. Give it a miss.
Where: 61 Market Street, Sydney
Duration: 60 minutes
Themes: 3 themes
Cost: $40pp
Overall Summary: Not unique, fun or enjoyable –
give it a miss
Hi Scott,
ReplyDeleteOur team completed the virus room back in Feb, and your review was on the money. The Virus is below standard. This room is a hard pass! Don't be tempted by the groupon deal (like my team was), it's still not worth the money.