BOOM! Room (Game duration 60 minutes)
Fury team: Nikola Patrikov, Tsvetelina Patrikova, Dimitar Smilyanov and Nadezhda Danabasheva
Date: October 22, 2023
Our time: 45:49 minutes
It took us some time to become sappers. We usually dive into playing early, but I wanted to conduct a test for myself. Over the last year, the criteria I use for my personal ranking have shifted, and the maintenance of a room has become almost a top priority. Of course, puzzles, ambiance, the game master, and their attitude are important, but I realized that many places I had written about and liked became disappointing for teams I recommended them to within six months. There’s nothing sadder than seeing the original shine of a room obscured by dirty surfaces, broken or peeled furniture and decor, puzzles fixed with epoxy resin, or even worse – silicone. Finding parts of puzzles that existed in the past are now removed from gameplay because no one maintains them, but some remnants still confuse players. Being told the code for a padlock because ‘you can’t figure out the code as the puzzle no longer works and we’ve bypassed it.’ There are rooms that, if they were horses, I would shoot them on the spot to spare them the misery.
The 3key rooms are traditionally strong, both in terms of the immersive environment they create and their attention to detail, logical, and interesting puzzles. When the room named “BOOM!” hit the market, we knew the gameplay would be familiar to us. We had no objections; what mattered for our enjoyable experience was not an original concept but rather the implementation of an idea. Let me tell you, 3key’s implementation did not disappoint us; in fact, it exceeded our expectations.
“BOOM!” is like a book adaptation. Not all adaptations are successful. In fact, I would say that in most cases, if you are a fan of the book and have read it like a hundred times, watching the adaptation can be challenging. You watch with a critical eye, with expectations. However, sometimes you come across something like ‘The Lord of the Rings’ – sure, the book is a classic, but the film is a masterpiece in its own right and holds a place in the world of art.
It is the same feeling with this room. Even if the puzzles are familiar to us, the experience feels new. Everything in the room is perfectly placed and appears authentic. From the moment you enter, you can sense the distinct style of 3key – there’s no inventory bought from a generic store (especially now, when buying cheap stuff from Pepco becomes a pandemic). Everything is solid and heavy, giving you the genuine feeling that you’re in a war room and someone’s life depends on your decisions. Cutting the wires truly gets your heart pumping. Their decision to allow the team to switch roles is brilliant; it may not be the most efficient for the bomb squad’s success, but it allows everyone to experience all the roles. We decided not to chase time but to seek an experience, especially since the Patrikov family always seemed to hit a dead end in finding a decent room. We wanted to show them how the professionals in the industry make rooms that last and truly matter. Part of that experience was being greeted, feeling the tension, having me shout through the wall, making a mistake, blowing up one of the bombs, and then escaping barely on time. And, of course, taking epic photos afterward.
We will return for level 2 of the game. Oh yes, the game has a replay value 🙌. And there’s a harder level. We at Fury applaud this decision and will soon come back to try again, hopefully this time without sudden explosions.
P.S. Thank you for the discount; it wasn’t necessary, but it was a lovely gesture and highly appriciated😘.
3key about us:
3key for us:
💥 Team: Fury
🤯 The Room: BOOM! Room
🔝 Top 3 KEY qualities of the team: speed, organization, energy.
⚡ 3KEY Agent Nelly about the team: “Wow, agents, you literally managed to blow up the room!” 💣 ⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐
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