UnseenLost in Melbourne - Exhibition StreetEscape roomIRLGreat room with solid puzzles and great use of space! I really enjoyed this one, the puzzles felt great to solve and I like when rooms force communication between players to proceed. Some of the puzzles are a little disjointed but not enough to derail the flow. The set is really well done as well and houses a crawl space as well. One small thing to improve for the space is just let people know that only one person needs to traverse it so the others don't have to because crawling back can be a bit strenuous and somewhat dangerous since there is only one light shared between your group and it is pitch black without it. Other than that, this is a fantastic room!
Bella [prev. Annabelle]Lost in Melbourne - Flinders LaneEscape roomIRLPersonally this is the best room that the Flinder's Lane venue has to offer with a great mix of puzzles and great use of the space as well. The puzzles are nice and varied and make use of cool tech to make them flow very well. I only had an issue with the skill based game towards the start of the room because the item we were fishing for got stuck in an unreachable spot which could be avoided with a little adjustment. The set is really cool as well and makes use of the verticality of the venue. I love when rooms do this! The room has been operational for a while now and there is a bit more obvious wear and tear in places but nothing that detracted from the experience. Definitely do this room if you're looking to a room at this venue!
Meat GrinderEscape This - Melbourne CBDEscape roomIRLA really good room with a great quality set to match! Escape This do always have good sets and it is no exception for this room, the room is decorated very generously and is actually quite large as well. The puzzles are great as well and make very good use of mechanics and high tech. I only had frustrations with a skill based stacking game which ended with the blocks falling over and landing on my arm (ouch) This room is definitely the best Escape This room I've done to date across all venues!
Before MidnightLost in Melbourne - Flinders LaneEscape roomIRLThere was bit in this room that felt very rough and I was a bit confused about the theming in this room. From the start, the theme was described to be an abandoned studio but the first room was a Chinese cemetery which left me quite confused on the theming for this room. The puzzles are quite rudimentary but passable. The room was relatively dim at all times so we had trouble seeing a lot of clues. The set was also quite poorly maintained, there were several holes in the walls (which I assume were caused by rowdy customers) and a lot of the props on the walls which seemingly looked like they had been punched? A very confusing experience and I think you'll have a better time with the other rooms at this venue.
FracturedEscape Room Melbourne - ERMEscape roomIRLSo funny thing, we only had expected to do Kellar's that night but as we were walking back to the station and planning to do another room for the night, our gamemaster called us and asked if we wanted to do this room as well. I am so glad he did because this room was great. The room is a old school style room but the puzzles were so thematic and tied in with the story very well and made the game flow seamlessly. The set is not large but a lot of care has been put in to make use of every part of the room and the room benefits a lot from it. If you're in the South Yarra area this is definitely one of the must do rooms!
Kellar's Magic EmporiumEscape Room Melbourne - ERMEscape roomIRLI really liked this room and the puzzles from room to room were great. The puzzles were generally themed very well in this room and I enjoyed how they bolded important information to help you stay on track. I also enjoyed the personalised touch added to this room and that's something I always love added to rooms. The theming in the room was a little strange it does go from magician themed to serial killer themed? Please be aware when booking this room if you are sensitive to gore. I still think its a solid room though and personally the theming didn't detract from the experience at all.
BurlesqueEscapeXperienceEscape roomIRLI love multilinear rooms and Burlesque is a perfect example of one. Whilst the set isn't that large, the designers made excellent use of the space they had to create more engaging puzzles. Speaking of puzzle they are littered everywhere within the room and I had a great time tackling all the varied puzzles. Set was also great and all the rooms were decorated and themed very well! This is a must do room if you're in the area!
AmnesiaEscapeXperienceEscape roomIRLA good room with a good variety of puzzles scattered throughout The puzzles in the room are good with a good mix of logical thinking puzzles and pattern recognition puzzles. There were some cool science based puzzles that stood out as well. Our team did find the room a bit easy and we only used 42 minutes out of the allocated 60 minutes. The set is a little bit worn down but not to the point that it detracted from the experience. solid room!
ClockworksEscapeXperienceEscape roomIRLA great room with a good assortment of challenging and abstract puzzles The puzzles are quite varied and some of them require a lot of out of box thinking. I do think the puzzles provide a great challenge and I enjoyed trying to rack my brains. The set is decent but nothing to write home about Great room if you're up to the challenge!
The Hidden TempleNarrow Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLNarrow have really stepped up their game with room just providing an awesome experience from start to finish. The set is so lovingly crafted and every detail in the room flows super well with puzzles as well. There were many times where we were wowed by the mechanical components in the room. The puzzles also seamlessly flowed from one another and we were never left guessing what to do because everything was properly labelled. This is definitely a must do room if you are out in the western suburbs!
The ButcherScram Escape Rooms PenrithEscape roomIRLThis is an awesome room with a lot of memorable moments! The set for this room is great, I am usually a bit apprehensive about pure darkness in rooms but it works really well in this one and the puzzles match the darkness very well. The rest of the set progressively unnerves you and the personal touches in the room were great as well. The puzzles are extremely varied here and nothing felt the same, the live actor also added a lot of tension and hilarity to the room as well. I think this room is probably the best room that Scram has to offer across every venue they have (until they release more rooms at this venue)
PlaguedScram Escape Rooms PenrithEscape roomIRLPlagued is a great room with a good variety of puzzles The set is really cool and did feel like we were in a village and going from house to house trying to find a cure the town. The actors do interact you a little bit but they are timed very well. The puzzles are on the medium side in terms of difficulty but there is a good variation of them and a decent amount of them. Honestly just a very solid room, the flickering lights are a bit annoying at times though.
Mission IdentityNarrow Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLI played the original version of this game at Expedition Gladesville and I can confidently say the changes that Narrow have made to this game make it work playing again as they have added and removed some puzzles from the room. The set is more or less the same and you will be greeted with a plethora of safes, I think the new puzzles they added are definitely an improvement over the previous puzzles they had!
KidnappedUrban EscapadeEscape roomIRLThe set is very pretty and definitely feels very immersive and you can tell a lot of care has been put in the set of the room. The puzzles are definitely on the more challenging side and can be a bit abstract at times. You are given a notebook which generally are hints for puzzles and relevant pages are labelled as such. However the marked pages are given in no particular order and can sometimes be confusing which page is meant for what puzzle. Overall this is a solid room with challenging puzzles and great atmosphere!
TurbulenceUrban EscapadeEscape roomIRLThe set for this room was fantastic but I did have a couple of hiccups with the puzzles. I think the puzzles in the first part of the room were solid but once we got into the second part of the room there were a lot of "what do we work on now" moments. With some additional prompts on where players should be looking I think it can improve the room. The last part did also bug out as well so we were left a bit confused when nothing was happening. The set is definitely the star here as it's been set up to look like a terminal and plane. Still a good room that could benefit from a bit more signposting.
Assassin in the PubEscape Hunt - SydneyEscape roomIRLThis room is very barebones and felt more like we were in a empty room than any sort of pub. The attempt to make it look like one was a singular (very low resolution) wallpaper on one the walls. The all the props and mechanics of the room are very evidently worn down and to the point where we needed to input our answers multiple times for the mechanics to trigger. The puzzles are fine but generally felt more tedious than satisfying to solve... The murder mystery part of the room was ok but still poorly executed.
Seoul HauntBE EscapeEscape roomIRLI will preface this review by saying that the room is more like an experience than an escape room despite being advertised as their "puzzle room". Despite being a puzzle room, the puzzles in the room are more like tasks that you have to complete to proceed. The video briefing informed us to stay in the light but the very first puzzle in the room required us to look in the dark part of the room to find the clue. There was also a trial and error puzzle in the room which lasted significantly longer than it needed to. The gamemaster is also constantly telling you through the walkie what you need to do next making the immersion and flow of the game almost nonexistent... The set does save it a little bit and some of the mechanics of the room are cool at times. The live actor also does a good job with their performance but honestly not enough to save the room. Think of this room as a haunted house with a story instead of an escape room.
AsylumEscape This - Sydney CBDEscape roomIRLThis was a solid room with some cool elements! I did feel that there were too few puzzles in the room with the 70 time that was allocated but that is probably to factor in the darkness in the room that is intentionally there to slow you down. Puzzles that we got were good but did feel a bit on the easier side. They do give you a pair of socks to wear in the room and keep (and are actually quite comfortable.) The room is also what you'd expect from an asylum type room. Definitely one of the better asylum type rooms!
The Curse of Davy JonesScarborough Fair Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLA good room with a multitude of puzzles! I like all the nautical themed puzzles in the room, the room is multilinear as well so your team can work on multiple things at once so no one is left doing nothing. The puzzles are nicely varied though and no two puzzles feel the same in the room though they are definitely on the easier side. The set could be improved a little, it didn't feel like a boat more like someone's living room and the second room turned into a modern ship which felt a little weird considering Davy Jones theme and I could barely see anything in the last room. Still a very solid room with great puzzles!
Saknussemm's TrailScarborough Fair Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLA solid room with a good use of themed puzzles. The puzzles in the room are all centered around geography, with a good signposting to let players know what to do next. The world map on the wall did get a bit repetitive since a couple of the puzzles involve using it and the linear design of the room allows for only a few people to work on it at once. The set in the first room was okay but once you get into the crawl space, it is massive. Like a McDonalds playground type of massive. My only complaint about it is that there were little rocks that jabbed into my knees when I was traversing the space.
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