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Madness: 1917

Madness: 1917

Doors of Divergence

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Following the completion of Heresy and a short break, we were brought back into the story world by our entertaining bartender and continued our version of the narrative. It’s hard to say exactly what an effect our decisions from the previous experience had on this one, as we only played through them once so but I did enjoy the beginning of this one much more. There was more of a story and build to a climax as well in this experience vs Heresy. Some of the acting scenes in the middle of the experience seemed a little long and were less interesting than the puzzles we were working on, but some of this could have been the opening-weekend awkwardness with the actors still getting used to their roles. They weren’t quite as grounded enough in their roles yet to draw the player in to their story. There was a great climatic scene where a critical decision had to be made quickly, but first an activity had to be completed and that added some excitement. The ending we got was okay, but felt a little unsupported by what had come before it. Much of this might be ironed out as the performers gain more experience, but this is where it was at the time of my play-through. Overall, definitely better than your average escape room experience and a unique experience overall.
Project Minotaur

Project Minotaur

Quest Room - Hollywood

  • Escape room
  • IRL
I appreciate what they are trying to do with this room and for the most part it is a really exciting, unique escape experience. Very light on puzzles and the ones that do exist are not presented very well. One in particular was a cheap premade puzzle available on Amazon for $20 and could easily have been done a lot better than it was. The majority of the experience was about survival and this was where the game really took off. Lots of physical violence to avoid and a scary presence to stay away from while working through a twisting maze. One really nice story element as well that elevated the ending. Overall, I appreciated what was created here, though I didn’t enjoy it overall as much as I would have liked. The other three members of my group did seem to like it more than I did. It definitely is worth a go if you’re down for the brutal physicality of the experience.
Defenders of the Sunken Realm

Defenders of the Sunken Realm

The Keepers of Balance

  • Escape room
  • IRL
From the moment our group stepped through the door we were immersed in the story and this was carried through to the very end. Great care and effort was taken to create and maintain immersion. More physically demanding than most rooms, the environment was fun to explore with great feedback from the puzzles and environment to let you know when you’re on track. Some very high end special effects with great performances by the two actors involved at certain points of the game. (Without being intrusive) A really great time.
Whatever Happened To The Garretts?

Whatever Happened To The Garretts?

Maze Rooms - West LA

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Maze rooms has always entertained me. Their rooms always seem to find ways to subvert expectations. The puzzles in this one grow organically out of the 80’s theme and will delight those that were kids during that decade. The puzzles use basic escape room logic but are presented in a fun and engaging way. Like most Maze rooms I’ve experienced they can seem a little rough around the edges but still shine brightly and have a great payoff in the end. Garrett’s does a great job in creating an immersive environment, moving the story along, and creating a story climax that truly makes the experience feel like a lived adventure.
Gold Rush

Gold Rush

The Escape Game - Las Vegas Forum Shops

  • Escape room
  • IRL
A really solid, well-designed game. One of the more enjoyable ones I have played. It is not a difficult room by any means. I went through with an experienced couple and we did it without any hints. However, I feel that this was more because the puzzles were presented very clearly and so easy to solve logically. Overall, the main thing that makes this stand above other games is how fun it was to play. There were some great thematic puzzles and a couple great reveals. Great for an experienced group of 2 or 3.
Omega Mart [Immersive Art]

Omega Mart [Immersive Art]

Meow Wolf

  • Escape room
  • Other
As others have said, this is immersive art. It has a story you can delve in to but the story is not very cohesive. There are a lot of things to find but with so many people going through at the same time, you see plenty of people going through the secret doors before you can actually discover them. For me I think what I needed to be engaged more with Omega Matt was an overall story objective. There were checkpoints that you could register on the ID card you can purchase for $3 but this seemed more like a scavenger hunt type of thing than any kind of real achievement. I wasn’t really solving any mystery as much as just marking off that I made it to a certain location. Maybe it was just overhyped to me and I expected too much. I just felt that the more I dug into the story the more I wondered what the heck my goal was in all of this.
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