Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased this game for a friends birthday party. After reading hundreds of reviews, I thought this would be the best for the group. One of the reviews mentioned the game was purchased for a 13-year-old birthday party and they completed the game with time to spare. Another mentioned it was purchased for a family with kids aged 9 and 11 and they were also able to complete the game. So there we were a group of 30 and 40-year-olds (one a doctor) preparing to dominate this game. We were eager to take a group photo with our personalized coozies and the decoder displaying the time we had left. But this game had other plans. We read most of the instructions put the batteries in the decoder and began to play. I was under the impression most of my guests were escape room connoisseur’s. But boy was I wrong. We had one team member carry the entire team, another intoxicated member who forced us to reset the decoder because they kept inserting keys incorrectly. We could’ve possibly had more people than the game recommended but a few of the players were really just there for moral support. And others who frequently left for bathroom breaks and drink refills. We finally finished the game going over by 2 minutes, but if you count the reset then we went over by an entire hour and 2 minutes. This however was enough time for Karen and her 13 year old to finish 2 escape rooms. Thanks Karen for your unhelpful review. Maybe you should have mentioned that little teenage Susie was an idiot savant and had an early admission into Harvard! You and your husband must be so proud Karen!!!! This review isn’t really about the games difficulty but more of a warning to those looking to “drink and game”. Alcohol has been found to adversely affect the information process leading one to believe they know what a clue may mean. This little piece of information would’ve been great to remember when playing the game but as I mentioned before “Alcohol has been found to adversely affect information process.” The “escape room crew” as we call ourselves are looking forward to play another one of the games but will be sure to begin playing prior to drinking or have at least 1 player sober for the event, to make sense of the gibberish the other players come up with. Thank you for this challenging game and stay tuned for my second review after we attempt the next escape room game.