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My group of friends (4 adults)checked out Labyrinth Escape Rooms’ Mexican Cartel room in April 2018. Afternot having been to Labyrinth since September 2015, soon after they opened, wecame back to do Japanese Horror and Mexican Cartel back to back.You can read my reviews of Insane Asylum andJapanese Horror here and here.
The summary of Mexican Cartel isbelow (taken from their website):
You’re a high ranking member ofthe powerful Mexican Cartel but when a deal goes south, the rival Cartel startskidnapping your men.Your boss sends youback to his house to get his passports to move his family and all flee thecountry.
As you arrive, you get ambushedand locked inside. You over hear their leader will get there in an hour toexecute you, so you need to break free from the handcuffs, find your way aroundthe house to get the passports and escape without getting caught!
Will you outsmart the rivalCartels before it’s too late?
Labyrinth has now been open formore than two and a half years.Theypreviously had a Mad Scientist room, which we didn’t manage to check out beforethey replaced the room.They currentlyhave three rooms open – Insane Asylum, Japanese Horror and Mexican Cartel.
Mexican Cartel was our 93rdroom in Australia and our 63rd room in Sydney.
First off, I'll say what Ienjoyed most about Mexican Cartel at Labyrinth Escape Rooms:
a)we had a lot of fun.Therewere some parts that had us running around like crazy people, and others wherewe had to be quite dexterous - all aspects were a lot of fun;
b)the theming is pretty strong – the props look really good.There are some dark spaces in this room andsome aspects which aren’t suitable for young kids (I personally wouldn’t bringmy 5 year old to this room).But I thinkthis room would suit older kids (say 10+) who are mature, with supervision;
c)as with all Labyrinth rooms, there is a great mix of high tech andlow tech puzzles.Some are fiendishlysimple – the type that make you want to give yourself a forehead slap when youfigure out the solution.Others requiremore than one step and are certainly more detailed;
d)all 3 rooms that I have tried at Labyrinth have elements thatremind me of more traditional Hungarian escape room style puzzles – these typicallyinvolve lower tech puzzles that are quite manual and visual.There are two puzzles in Mexican Cartel inparticular that require players to be quite dexterous.This kind of puzzle might not suit all teams,but I personally enjoyed them a lot;
e)there were two aspects in Mexican Cartel that I had never seenused before in an escape room.It’s hardto talk about them in detail without giving any spoilers, but one related to amethod of finding drugs and another involved using a common kitchen applianceas a puzzle.The second was a real standout for me in this room;
f)Labyrinth use the voice of God system for communications betweenplayers and the game master.We askedfor one hint for the final puzzle and the voice of God system worked very wellfor us.I think this system is the bestform of communications in escape rooms (except perhaps for those few roomswhere the game master is an actor inside the room with you, but these arecurrently very rare).
As for some of the improvementsthat could be made to Mexican Cartel, there isn’t much to report here.There are a couple of puzzles, which althoughbeing really cool, don’t 100% fit the theme of the room for me.Although they look great and are a lot offun, these puzzles really are just puzzles for the sake of puzzles that couldhave been used in any room theme (rather than one specifically relating to acartel).Don’t get me wrong – I reallyenjoyed these puzzles, but they weren't a perfect fit for the room.
I also had feedback from oneof my team members that she felt like there were a couple of bottlenecks inthe room design.There are a couple ofmanual tasks in the room that require only 1 or 2 players to complete.This particular player felt like she wasstanding around watching others complete those tasks and this detracted fromher enjoyment of the room.
We managed to escape in around 35minutes and 55 seconds, which was 3 minutes off the record.Based on this time, I think the room couldafford to have an extra puzzle or two (or perhaps a more in depth final puzzle).
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Mexican Cartel is a funroom.It is a little dark for young kidsbut the quality of the theming and puzzles is very strong.
Where: Suite3/85-93 Victoria Road, Parramatta
Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: $38pp (or $152 for a team of 4)
Overall Rating:A very strong room with fun,dexterous puzzles (but not suitable for young kids)
More details: http://labyrinthescaperooms.com.au/
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