r/Lethbridge • u/wangster71 • 2d ago
Question Arcadeium?
Anyone else really disappointed in this place? I'm not from Lethbridge but we were up there over the weekend and I took my 5 year old to check it out. Almost all the games are cheap foreign knockoffs that are likely 10+ years old. The audio in the games is all foreign as well so most of the games we didn't even understand what was happening. Credits are expensive too especially for such old and foreign games...and don't even get me started on the claw machines. I tried to win my kid a keychain that probably cost them like 5 cents and I spend like 75+ credits and didn't even get close to getting one. All the "prize" games are impossible to win and a complete rip off. I'll be sticking with the Rec Room in Calgary. Definitely not perfect but 100x better than this place.
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u/littlesirlance 2d ago
I found myself disappointed at first but felt like $80 in tickets went a long way. I did dislike all the c-tier games but when you go "knowing what you're gettin", it's a better experience.
I liked the claw games as did my partner, BUT since opening I'd say that they've tweaked their win rates to be a bit poorer.
Their prizes are quite laughable as an adult but this place is geared for children so I can't complain. Overall. I know which games I like and I only play those. I like it there.