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L'Examen Final [The Final Exam]

L'Examen Final [The Final Exam]

Sauve Qui Peut - Saint-Jean

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Game was really fun, physically demanding, and unique. Some climbing, back and forth crawling required, good use of communication skills needed, and patience. Some of the puzzles were plain as day simple while others were pretty complicated and multi step, some required search and gather skills. My one issue is we were able to escape without fully completing the room, and needed the GM to tell us to go back and complete a task. To be fair it was us missing a storyline component but still felt off.
La Forêt de Falderon [Falderon Forest]

La Forêt de Falderon [Falderon Forest]

Sauve Qui Peut - Saint-Jean

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Very unique experience - this game was hilarious and magical all at once. Each of the roles were individualized but also able to be played in tandem with the other roles. Very unique. Our GM did warn us that the AI is intended to make you take up the whole hour and adjust the difficulty based on your progress, but I really couldn’t tell the game was modified at all. The hint system is hysterical and poked fun at shortcomings in a way that made you feel like you were racing the clock nonetheless. I wouldn’t recommend for a first timer because it sets a false precedent, but still a fantastic experience.
Le Bar Clandestin [The Clandestine Bar]

Le Bar Clandestin [The Clandestine Bar]

Sauve Qui Peut - Saint-Jean

  • Escape room
  • IRL
The room has a section with mature themes but that honestly was the only noteworthy part of it. Lots of leaps in logic were needed and it all felt like guessing. If there was more direction within the elements, or within the bar I would have felt more satisfied. There is a whole red herring puzzle that is never able to be completed and it left our whole group frustrated. Once you get through the 18+ segment, the final puzzle felt like its difficulty was on a whole other level and ripped the novelty away from us. I will definitely talk about the 18+ segment of this room for a long time to come but I will warn anyone that it’s not intuitive or for beginners at all.
The Countdown: Covert Ops

The Countdown: Covert Ops

Axxiom Escape Rooms - Newark

  • Escape room
  • IRL
It was a very fun room, and really mentally challenging, it was very fun and each part was rather unexpected but still fit together. I do believe a group of 4+ would have a really great time with this room and able to pace it appropriately. However, it is pretty much impossible with only two people and I felt a little discouraged because we were not told that. We did however get a MILLION hints at the beginning (before we felt we needed them) and then towards the end when we were struggling we got NONE and we could hear the GM resetting the part of the room that we couldn’t access anymore. After running out of time the GM expressed that they were VERY impressed we made it as far as we did, since no other group of two had made it past a checkpoint that we surpassed with 6 minutes left. My only other complaint is that some of the effects are SO LOUD that you can’t move on for almost a full minute but add nothing to the puzzles or gameplay, they add to theming and immersion but they could have been a bit more succinct. I waited to write a review because I couldn’t tell if I was bitter about not escaping or if it really was a damper on the experience.
What Happened In Vegas?

What Happened In Vegas?

Escapopolis

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Very novel but also didn’t flow very well for us. To be fair, the setting is a trashed hotel room, but there was so much going on and it was very non-linear puzzling that it was hard to kept track and communicate what had already been done. We had broken time records for the other two rooms we did today but almost didn’t escape this one (although that was our own fault). There’s a lot to get hung up on and you just gotta keep moving and hope that you’ll get back to the parts your missing
Nevermore

Nevermore - CLOSED

Escapades LLC

  • Escape room
  • IRL
The vibes were good, I felt very welcome and invited. But the game master didn’t start the timer after leaving the room until we asked if we should be starting or if there was a video/voiceover intro. It didn’t really flow, I felt like I was left guessing a lot and the props felt like they were on the verge of crumbling in my hand. I can see the effort put into the room but it felt a bit low budget to me. I get as if a friend was throwing an escape room themed birthday party. Outside of the escape room itself the facility also felt very cramped with stuff adding to the basement vibes.
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