Rating
Solution Satisfaction
5/10
Theme
8/10
Venue
9/10
5280 Ways Out Complexity Rating:
5
5280 Ways Out Score:
7
Nuts & Bolts
- Ship theme with immersive story
- Wide range of puzzle difficulty
- Good room for newbies
- Appropriate for all ages
5280 Ways Out Escaped
- June 2018
- Team: Generations
- Time Remaining: 22:30
Experience
The Story
Taken by surprise, you were captured and are doomed to work aboard a Chinese ship as it makes the dangerous journey around Cape Horn. The ship has docked for a storm, where you and your crew mates have to beat the tide (and the captain’s puzzles) to escape while at port.
The Room
The Shanghaied room was well made and included some details to make it feel more like a ship than a small room. The props to make it feel like a Chinese vessel felt like an afterthought, but overall the decorations and themed puzzles were well thought out.
The Puzzles
Shanghaied contained a decent range of puzzles. There were some basic puzzles that felt a bit like they had been adjusted after the fact to make them easier (and now may be too easy).
Our only clue was used to solve a puzzle that still makes us think, “Well, I guess I can kind of see why that was the solution”. That brought down the satisfaction factor for an otherwise rewarding puzzle.
Despite those things, there were more complex puzzles towards the end that balanced out the room and provided a much improved solution satisfaction.
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