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Review from a team who did 100+ escape rooms.

Short: Bad English Non conventional escape room / no idea what to do and why. Project Delta vs Recording Device worse room but less annoying. Reused riddles in both rooms and riddles in one room... Press a button riddle Ok tech, nicely put together but not always working...

Staff really need to improve their English, employ fluent / natives or just come up with on screen hint system etc. When the challenge to understand the hint is harder than the flue itself is just a horrible experience

We did Recording Device as first room with them, it wasn't classic escape room where you had escape... You play characters and you have to do something. The problem is we didn't understand what do we have to do, we went to the room we had no idea what do we need to do / what's our objective.

Project Delta has the story like, played from a video (decent English, easy to understand, we knew what we are doing). I feel like they were running out of ideas to finish this one. I think the Recording Device is a better room but probably had more fun playing Project Delta as we understood what we are doing and why.

When we were there they only had 2 rooms and one riddle was kind of reused in the 2nd room, one room had 2 reused riddles in the same room, for the first time when you had to figure out how to do something it's fun but 8f you have to do almost exactly the same to open 2nd door half an hour later - it's just annoying.

I haven't seen the "riddle" : 'hold this button for 10s' to open the lock for few years now, but this one has it! I don't understand why people still do it.

Overall the rooms are well built, nothing obvious like cables or mechanism sticking out attracting attention, doesn't look cheap. However we had an incident that we solved a riddle and something supposed to fall down so we can use it but it didn't, so GM had to come to our room and give us the item, we didn't wait long so probably well know...

Thorough review for all rooms are below but Cubic escape rooms are some of the best designed rooms in Sydney, the team has put a lot of effort into all the details and props, you really get transported to the story of the game you're playing. It's clear that the team at Cubic love their art and take so much pride and care to their games. The team are also some of the friendliest people I've met, never rushing us through the game and always happy to answer any questions we had about puzzles or the storyline, and making sure we had a 5 star experience.

The Recording Device The first room I did and it's a different experience as there is definitely more focus on roleplay and murder mystery, think being a character of your own detective story. There isn't as many puzzles as the others but you get to play the role of an investigator which was an unique experience though I think this room is better with a larger group.

Project Delta One of the most high tech rooms in Sydney, where there are no locks and is purely mechanical and also has a lot of really unique puzzles I've never done before! This is a room that really forces you to think outside of box and is a great challenge.

The Soul Catcher A horror room with live actors! This room transports you into the story with the set design and so much attention to detail has been placed into how the game looks you forget you're in a a building in Haymarket. The scares were solid and the puzzles we're interesting.

Memento The only escape room that left me in tears (in a good way), it's a beautiful storyline that really tugs at your heartstrings but also had a good range of challenging puzzles. This was a room where I just wanted to focus on exploring every element of the story. Not the hardest room in terms of difficulty by perfect for families or...

TLDR: Top quality rooms that are extremely well done and one of the best escape rooms I have completed. Don't let earlier reviews more than 5 months ago deter you.

Edit: 13/09/2022 - Just completed Recording Device and it's one of the most immersive experiences I have had in a while. With a twist that got me alongside the Project Delta twist. Shoutout to XY? (I didn't get your name) but was superhelpful during the room and was very respectful. You can tell that the people that run these room - really care about escape rooms and want to make an experience tailored to each person.

Just completed Project Delta and it being their hardest room (5/5) - it is both well made and very thought provoking with a twist that stuck with me even an hour afterwards (as I sit here writing this review).

Unfortunately I didn't catch the name of our Games Master but he was extremely tentative, offering water and guiding us very well through the instructions. He offered helpful tips when we got stuck without revealing too much and it really kept the immersion.

I can wholeheartedly say this is one of the best rooms I have completed in a VERY long time and is easily in the Top 5 escape rooms I have done in Sydney.

If I had one criticism - it would probably to have those LCD Portable Writing Pads that reset with a tap of a button. We had a whiteboard and marker with the latter running out of ink but to be honest, I am just nit-picking and it isn't a big deal.

I HIGHLY recommend this room - I will be back for the Recording Device and Soul Catcher (with more people...