Jillian Raymond
Sep 15, 20212 min
Updated: Apr 28
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Company: Complex Rooms Inc.
Game: Legends of Canada
Country: Canada 🇨🇦
Language: English
Type of Game: Digital Escape Game 💻
Genre: Family-Friendly, Historical
Date Played: September 14, 2021
Difficulty (based on 6 players): 5/10
Size of Team: 1-4 Players
Time: Unlimited
Price: $15 CAD + HST/Game
In "Legends of Canada", you are stuck inside of a four wall room with a bunch of locked boxes and Canadian memorabilia. There is only one door to exit, but you must piece together some of Canada's greatest historical moments!
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This is a digital point and click escape game that consists of four walls of puzzles, each providing interesting facts about Canada from information about the CN Tower to national heroes and beyond. Underneath certain displays you will find chests that are locked with your standard escape room locks from number locks, directional locks, letter locks, and a mysterious question mark. Your goal is to collect a series of colourful geometric shapes that seem to be the clue to unlocking the door out of the room.
This game is best played using a single screen, either screen sharing on a video chat or using a single screen with all players in the same room. There is a three-part hint system available in the upper left corner of the screen that will provide hints for the puzzle your screen is facing. Make sure your sound is turned on for this game.
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I found the puzzles to be enjoyable and some had really interesting twists to them. They are fairly non-linear with a few gating moments using the chests. The puzzles require no outside knowledge of Canada as this information will be provided over the course of the escape room, if required.
One interesting element to this game was the use of an inventory system. Each time a chest was opened you gained various items that would aid in solving another puzzle, which helped stagger the puzzling. The puzzles themselves had a good variety that allowed all players to show their strengths. The audio-based puzzles and one other one (no spoilers!) were my favourite because they really utilized the digital space well. This game encourages interacting with the displays so feel free to use your mouse to find things you can push, drag, and pull!
Legends of Canada provides a fun hour-long experience great for friends looking to meet up over fun puzzling. If you’re looking for a game that you can casually pour over with friends while also learning some fun Canadian facts, then you might want take this room for a spin!
Check out our interview with the creators to understand more on the development side of their game:
(If you do decide to try this game, please remember to let them know that you heard it from"ESCAPETHEROOMers"!)
Disclosure: We thank Complex Rooms Inc. for providing us with a sample of their game. Although a complimentary experience was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.