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Read all reviewsOperation Longbow is a top 20% room and now my #1 favorite in the Treasure Valley...
Matthew F.
Set design (+ props): the very best currently in the Treasure Valley, and will be hard to top.
Mechanics, Tech, & Special Effects: the best and most elaborate currently in the Treasure Valley. Working tech is very important to the Labyrinth team, and I'm happy to report all tech worked perfectly.
Clue Distribution: one of the best I have encountered, very clever and hopefully maintainable. We didn't need to really use it, but it really fit the WWII theme well.
Searching: kept minimal, which is ideal, especially for veterans (thank you).
Puzzles: very logical and required little [if any] guessing. Excellent progression feedback. They were the perfect level of difficulty for beginner/intermediate players, but possibly too simple for veteran players and enthusiasts. That is a tough balance to strike for an ER, and I understand why they erred towards the easier side for this room. I'd love to see some development to allow for a quick-to-implement option to increase the difficulty here (my team of 4 got out in under 28 minutes with no clues).
Lighting: Dim, but not low enough to need a flashlight.
Bottom line is that this group took their vast experience, discovered what they liked and didn't like, and used that knowledge to build a terrific room that offers an excellent experience. I'd recommend this room as #1 for enthusiasts visiting the area, and would just caution local 1st timers to not expect the exact same level of excellence at most of the other local options.
We also did the 60 minute version of another one of their rooms called Revolution (they typically run this with a 30 min version of the room). Set design was excellent, use of tech/mechanics were great, clue distribution was unique and fun and fit the period perfectly, puzzles were mostly fun and unique, but their final puzzle I feel could use some more thought as that could definitely be improved upon and still keep the period authenticity they are hoping for.
If you're going to do a few rooms in the area, absolutely do Operation Longbow, but save it for last.
I'll for sure be back to try their Excalibur room that they expect to open in a couple months.
Description:
Your team will be sent back to…OCTOBER, 1944. A zombie apocalypse has destroyed our present world, and humanity can only be saved by traveling back to the past – to when we believe the virus was first created. Your team must infiltrate an enemy medical research facility under cover of darkness and come face to face with the truth behind the terrifying zombie soldiers…before you are exposed and become one of them!Discover the cure, escape with your lives, and SAVE OUR WORLD!