Dream Constructor Escape Room - Mount Roskill
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Contact Dream Constructor Escape Room
| Address : | Dream Constructor Escape Room 5 Tyburnia Avenue, Mount Roskill, Auckland 1025, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +88 |
| Postal code : | 1025 |
| Website : | http://www.dcescaperoom.co.nz/ |
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Quinn MacKay on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We were a bit spooked walking down a long driveway towards what looked like a cheap Bates Motel. Luckily, we were met with a lovely host and well made puzzles. The escape room itself was very good, but very challenging! Wouldn't recommend for beginners as it took us all 90 minutes of our allocated time to get through only half of the challenge, but for more confident players, this is a great activity.
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Konni Woods on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Welcoming and friendly host, located in residential house down a long driveway with small signage, would be hard to find at night. The story/mood set up was detailed and well motivated. The puzzles were challenging and creative and fun to solve, but our ability to engage effectively with the room was negatively affected by two main things
1. It's pitch dark in the rooms. The torches provided are so dim that it's hard to read the clues even with the torch right up against the clue. When multiple clues fall from the suddenly unlocked boxes while loud music is playing, the small dark coloured items are basically impossible to find on the floor. If you weren't pointing a torch at the box as it opened, you'd never know to look for it. I know the darkness is part of the challenge and sets the mood, but a bit more spooky red background lighting would really add to the experience.
2. The mechanisms require a little finessing, they're not idiot proof, and with the high challenge level of the puzzles, it's very frustrating to have solved the puzzle correctly but spent another 10 minutes looking for other solutions, because the mechanism didn't trigger how it was supposed to.
The concept, story and puzzle style is great, just needs some polishing to be playable.
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Xiaowen Lin on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This escape room is way much better than I expected. It is beautifully made in a residential house but it surprised all of us in every level. I have been to other escape games in the city but I never would have thought we can do it in a house where it combined both mystery and darkness together so well. The host Richard designed the room all by himself and he was very friendly and happy to help when we were stuck. I cannot believe all of those hits were triggered by something we did instead of guessing a few digital numbers. There were six of us and we all puzzled and worked together. It was a great team building and fun game for a night. Very recommended. Thanks for a lovely evening! Vivien Lin
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Brooke Carey on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Should come with trigger warnings.
First, the good stuff: the employee looking after us was amazing. Really patient and helpful.
The problematic stuff: The story behind the escape room is going to be too close to home for many. These are the trigger warnings that any potential customer needs to be aware of: contains themes of caregiver burnout; violence by caregiver; relationship violence including reenacting said violence; religious imagery and themes; small spaces; darkness.
The rooms are small and you are in the dark with some potentially triggering stimuli, so bear that in mind.
The escape rooms are part of a larger house in a suburban area. People live in the house, so that's a bit unusual. I could smell their pet rats/mice/rabbits/guinea pigs. Also, one of the escape rooms smelt like cigarette smoke.
The puzzles were too hard for us, but more seasoned players will likely enjoy the challenge.
But, like I said, the personnel was great.
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Doreen Smith on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This was fun! I went with my two adult children and their partners for my birthday (I didn't have to pay as it 2as my birthday, which was awesome). The puzzles were challenging and very cleverly put together, with secret doors that popped open, laser beams to activate clues and lots of other fun mechanical components. I highly recommend this as a fun activity for groups 14yrs+.
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Jana Banana on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Really enjoyed this! The puzzles are clever and it was fun to have different mechanisms as opposed to just your standard padlocks. Wouldn't recommend going with a large group (4-5 max) as it would get cramped. We finished in an hour but did use all three clues. I quite liked the vibe in the residential house.
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Laurence Ford on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Went there last year with 2 adults and 2 kids. Narration is unintelligible and very hard to hear. Was difficult to solve as there was no real logic between puzzles to assist the story.
Based in a residential house which was a bit weird and production was lacking. We spent ages on a puzzle that required US date time entry which was frustrating. It is about 3 times the price of what it should cost imo, having completed dozens of escape rooms globally. However, the staff were friendly (+1*) and the automation and mechanics were cool.
Would recommend if it was $20 a head....maybe..
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Eileen Bailey on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I think the premise was interesting, some of the puzzles had potential, but also, it's not a professional place and not very well executed. You go to the guy's house, the escape room is in a residential area and basically he had some spare space in his house and he created the escape room. You can hardly understand the voice cues because the recorded sound was TERRIBLE. Some of the puzzles had absolutely no logic to it or guides to get you there. My hubby and I have done many escape rooms and this one was just not great. I have it 2 stars for effort and story line
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