Having completed all three of Horton's escape rooms, we returned once more to attempt the 'Dead Man's Chest' puzzle game. Yet again we were greeted by Gina, and yet again she seemed to have no memory of either of us. Oh well, I guess we are not that memorable, haha.
So Dead Man's Chest is literally a chest that you have to work through, guided by clues from the 'Dead Pirate' (you pressed something on the chest when you need help)... in much the same way as the 'Rucksack' puzzle game in Oakham.
Things didn't start well as we failed to work out the first puzzle and after two clues the 'Pirate' told us the answer. I mean, I don't know how anyone could have 'worked it out' as the answer seemed quite tenuous, unfortunately there was a fair bit of this as things progressed.
Once we got the lid off, things improved a bit, and some of it was logical, but equally there were times where things just seemed to 'happen' without us actually knowing what we did to make it happen. I suppose if your only aim is to complete the game then that's fine, but I don't find it terribly rewarding to just randomly do things and then it works, I'd much rather apply my brain and work something out.
At one point in the game Gina reappeared and helped us open the next part of the chest as there is no clue for this apparently. I think we would have got there eventually but I imagine it's a sticking point with so many that she's just got used to jumping in.
She also had to help us with the compass and coins thing which wasn't very obvious.
All in all then it was okay, but definitely not one of our better experiences, which was a shame as I thought the rucksack challenge we did previously was fantastic. Oh well, Hortons are building a new room downstairs so we'll probably be back to do that one at some point.
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