Limitless placed one big limitation on us.
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date played: June 19, 2017
Team size: 2
Duration: 45 minutes
Price: $50 per ticket on evenings and weekends, $40 per ticket on weekdays
Story & setting
We explored a long-shuttered lab that had spent decades researching the limitations of the human brain. Now, locked in separate compartments of this abandoned research space, we had to work together to uncover its secrets.
Limitless was a game for 2 players set in complete darkness. With the exception of the cameras, there was nothing to see. We had to explore the set and solve the puzzles using our other senses.
Puzzles
Limitless was built around darkness and separation. Every puzzle involved observing our respective environments, communicating, and collaboratively reasoning through our options.
Standouts
Komnata Quest used the darkness of Limitless to mess with our senses. In absence of sight, some simple interactions became perception-bending puzzles.
Similarly, the cooperative element was persistent and generally put to good use.
Shortcomings
There was some finicky tech.
We got stuck due to a missed observation and it was very difficult for the gamemaster to hint us back on track.
The story was a little hard to follow. Post-game, I only kind of understand it.
Should I play Komnata Quest’s Limitless?
Limitless was a lot like Komnata Quest’s Boxed Up, but more fun and less extreme. Both are games of courage, darkness, and collaboration between a pair of teammates.
I do not recommend that newbies play Limitless, as it would likely prove frustrating and incomprehensible to blindly sense through an escape room without really understanding the nature of these types of games.
For experienced players, I encourage you to give Limitless a try if you:
- Aren’t afraid of the dark.
- Have a teammate whom you trust and collaborate well with
- Aren’t going to miss the $50 it costs on evenings and weekends ($40 on weekdays)
Don’t drag just anyone to Limitless; if one partner shuts down, the team shuts down.
As far as the value for admission is concerned, Limitless essentially costs $100 per pair to play. I don’t necessarily think that it’s worth it for every player out there. That’s a lot of money and there are a lot of great games with exciting environments that cost far less… You don’t even have to leave Komnata Quest’s building to find some of them. The choice to play Limitless is a value judgment.
One last note: Limitless is played without shoes, so wear socks… and unless you want to go barefoot through one of the puzzles, I’d encourage you to wear the lightest colored socks you own. If you want to find out why, you’ll just have to play Limitless.
Book your hour with Komnata Quest’s Limitless, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
Full disclosure: Komnata Quest provided media discounted tickets for this game.
