Atlantis: The Forgotten CityHypnotic Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLAbsolutely love this room! Set design is immaculate and immersive. Great quantity and quality of puzzles, all of which were satisfying, challenging, and intuitive (a rare combo). This was by far our favorite room in the Central LA area (that is still open - RIP Inksidious). This is a must play for escape room enthusiasts in SoCal.
InksidiousEscape Room 66 - Los AngelesEscape roomIRLThis room was SO STINKIN' GOOD! We miss you and hope you open something new in LA. Definitely plan to go out Laguna Hills at some point for the other three rooms.
Wizard's Treasure60Out - HollywoodEscape roomIRLCute but super easy. Would recommend only for beginner beginners. We got out in 20.
Escobar: Part 1 (The Betrayal)The Escape RevolutionEscape roomIRLVery overrated room. Many of the "puzzles" are highly unintuitive and require large leaps in logic. This makes it extremely likely that you will hit a wall at least once. That might be forgivable if there wasn't so much red herring trash scattered all over the place, which makes it even harder to figure out what you should be working on. GM was generally unhelpful and terse, and suggested that most teams do not even solve the first major puzzle (!). I will concede there were a couple of interesting puzzles mixed in, but too much time gets burned on the bad ones to enjoy those few. The one positive is the very realistic and immersive set design, but sadly it comes at the expense of gameplay. For those looking for an immersive set with great gameplay in the area, I recommend Hypnotic's Atlantis room.
