A god’s treasure.
Location: Louisville, CO
Date Played: September 8, 2019
Team size: 2-6; we recommend 4-6
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: 2 players – $40 per person; 3 players – $35 per person; 4 players & up – $30 per person
Ticketing: Private
Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
REA Reaction
Rabbit Hole Recreation Services’ Mystic Temple was a beautiful, thrilling, and player-friendly escape game. It’s the kind of game that would get a new player hooked… and spoil them at the exact same time.
This is what a premium escape game looks like in 2019.
As experienced players, we whipped through Mystic Temple although it contained some meaty, layered solves. We enjoyed the puzzles immensely nonetheless. If I could do it again, I might slow down.
Mystic Temple was one of the Denver area’s must-play escape games. While you’re visiting Rabbit Hole Recreation Services, play Paradox (review coming soon) and when Frost Base Z opens, play that one too. We peeked in while it was under construction and we’re sold already.
Who is this for?
- Adventure seekers
- Puzzle lovers
- Scenery snobs
- Indiana Jones fans
- Players with at least some experience
Why play?
- A freaking gorgeous set
- Memorable interactions
- A few clever layered puzzles
- A fantastic ending
Story
Our archeological team had discovered an artifact that we believed could lead us to an ancient Mayan treasure. We had to use it and our wits to explore the ruins and navigate their mysteries and traps.
Setting
Sculpted from concrete and magnificently painted, Mystic Temple was gorgeous from beginning to end.
The technology was carefully embedded to feel magical. Rabbit Hole Recreation Services maintained the level of detail from the opening moments to the finale.
Gameplay
Rabbit Hole Recreation Services’ Mystic Temple was a standard escape room with a moderate level of difficulty.
Core gameplay revolved around searching, observing, making connections, and puzzling.
Analysis
➕ Rabbit Hole Recreation Services designed every inch of the set of Mystic Temple. It was detailed and beautiful. They enhanced the staging with light and sound, which really sold the world.
➕ The puzzles flowed well. They varied from quick solves to deeper layered puzzles. Each teammate had a different favorite solve, which says a lot about the puzzle quality.
➖ Although a journal fit into this Indiana Jones-eque world, we spent just a bit too much time focused on its pages instead of the set and props. This wasn’t exactly a runbook, but it still felt like a crutch for cluing that could be more fully incorporated into the set and props.
➕ We liked how Rabbit Hole Recreation Services built upon one early concept with a later puzzle. This lit up our experience.
➕ When we had to make a sacrifice, the mechanism was set up brilliantly to avoid injury (to body or possessions) but still deliver a thrill.
➖ In one instance, we encountered some finicky tech. With the correct solution, we were moving items too quickly (or too slowly?) and we were unable to trigger a response from the set. (We swapped out teammates and eventually got the puzzle to accept our solution.)
➕ Mystic Temple delivered a finale. It was spectacular, surprising, and joyous.
Tips For Visiting
- There is a parking lot.
Book your hour with Rabbit Hole Recreation Services’ Mystic Temple, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
Disclosure: Rabbit Hole Recreation Services comped our tickets for this game.
Disclosure: Our trip to Denver was sponsored by the Denver escape room community. Contributions were anonymous.