@jenwei's reviews on Morty

Voyager

Portal Adventures - Beaverton

Escape room
IRL

Very high tech and unique, but too much reading with volumes of instructions made the gameplay tedious. The puzzles were pretty disjointed. Some of the players won't have much to do at certain points.

Tales From The Attic

Escape Games PDX

Escape room
IRL

Unique concept, terrible execution. Room is "difficult" purely due to poor game design. Puzzles were very unintuitive and don't make sense. Room was as cold as a freezer. One of the puzzles was broken and the GM wasn't paying attention for a good 5-10 minutes so we wasted our time searching. I've played all the games at this venue and this is by far the worst here, if not one of the worst I've played.

Amnesia

Escape Games PDX

Escape room
IRL

Two of the puzzles in this room made no sense at all, one was especially so unintuitive that it still didn't make sense after the GM explained it. These 2 bad puzzles ruined the experience because you know the room is poorly designed. Rooms shouldn't be "difficult" just because the designers did a bad job.

Batman™: The Dark Knight Challenge

Escapology - Stonestown

Escape room
IRL

Batman was one of the worst puzzle experiences I’ve had here. The puzzles were incredibly unintuitive, relying on huge leaps of logic where the answers barely made sense. Instead of feeling clever, it just felt like guesswork. Everything was tedious and dragged out, and nothing about it was actually fun or rewarding. Overall, just a frustrating, poorly designed time-waster.

7 Deadly Sins

Escapology - Stonestown

Escape room
IRL

7 Deadly Sins is one of the worst puzzle experiences I’ve played here. The game rely on dumb, tedious puzzles that feel more like guesswork than actual problem-solving. The logic leaps are wild, answers often make no sense, and nothing feels intuitive or satisfying. To make it worse, locks don’t consistently trigger even when you input the correct answer, so you’re left fighting the game instead of engaging with it. Overall, just frustrating, time-wasting, and not fun.

Steampunk Alice

Maze Rooms - LAX

Escape room
IRL

Interesting theme and set design, and the room is definitely playable. However, a few things were glitchy—sometimes we had the correct solution but the mechanism didn’t trigger, which seemed to be due to the room being older. Some of the puzzles also felt a bit random rather than intuitive. We were given a broken flashlight and the room was very dim, which made it difficult to see instructions and clues. Overall an interesting concept, but the technical issues made the experience a bit frustrating.

Red Giant - CLOSED

Quest Room - Hollywood

Escape room
IRL

This was a really disappointing escape room experience. Our group of four was only given two working headlamps because they didn’t have enough functioning ones. The room itself is extremely dark, and you need light to read instructions and complete puzzles, so this made the experience frustrating right from the start. The room also feels old and poorly maintained, and some of the puzzle mechanisms took a long time to unlock or respond, which slowed everything down unnecessarily. On top of that, many of the puzzles were not intuitive and required big logical leaps rather than satisfying problem-solving. Instead of feeling clever when you solved something, it mostly felt confusing. Overall, this room felt outdated and poorly prepared for guests. I wouldn’t recommend it.

Saving Frankenstein

Clockwise Escape Room - Pleasanton

Escape room
IRL

Would've been an ok room but the Frankenstein was finicky and did not trigger despite getting the puzzle right. GM erroneously told us we got it wrong when it in fact just didn't trigger properly. There was one puzzle that was a time wasted (reaction time game).

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿

The Room Three

Fireproof Games

Escape room
Virtual

Very frustrating gameplay. The biggest issue with these games is that they're completely illogical and unintuitive as to where the next puzzle is or where to input the solution or objects you've found. The puzzles don't flow and it's not clear where to go next or what else has unlocked in the room. Game is mostly probing and searching, with some puzzles mixed it. Puzzles are mostly trial and error style, coupled with the constant probing and searching of rooms, makes the gameplay extremely tedious. Game is way too expansive and way too long. Hints are not helpful when you are lost in the building and don't know where to go next. No progress bar so the game seemed to just drag on and on forever.

War of Rogue Machines (W.O.R.M.)

Breakout Studios - San Jose

Escape room
IRL

This game is very poorly designed, puzzles are unintuitive and illogical, leading to frustrating gameplay. Items you unlock from solving puzzles do not flow to the next set of puzzles, you end up having to carry them throughout the rooms and are at a loss of what to work on next. Puzzles don't have clear markings as to what items go into which puzzles. This may be an attempt to make the puzzles seem "hard", either way, terribly designed game.

Le Palais De L'horreur [The Funhouse]

Deep Inside

Escape room
IRL

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿

Steampunk Adventure

My Escape Club

Escape room
IRL

One of the most frustrating and unintuitive room. Puzzles didn’t flow well, and was not particularly fun or creative. Had higher hope from the reviews but was disappointed. Skip this one for much better rooms in the area.

The Room

Fireproof Games

Escape room
Virtual

Extremely frustrating gameplay. Some puzzles are very unintuitive. Other times I’ve deciphered the code but would have no idea where to enter it or what to do next, and this is because I can’t see what other area might’ve opened when I solved the puzzle. Hints are pre-programmed and are no help whatsoever when you’re stuck and don't know where to go next. There’s a ton of searching and examining intricate details which is tedious.

Motel Molly

Omescape - San Jose

Escape room
IRL

Love this room for the decor, theatrics and atmosphere. A little spooky in parts. Puzzles were pretty easy.

The Hacker of Silicon Valley

Breakout Studios - San Jose

Escape room
IRL

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿