The Whispering Halls 2: The Stolen HourEnchambered Live Escape Room AdventureEscape roomIRLYet another excellent room from Enchambered! Amazing set and props that made for a very creepy atmosphere. None of the puzzles were particular stand outs but every single one was super solid, very satisfying, and fun. We all loved this room!
The 4 Dreams4 DreamsEscape roomIRLThe room wasn’t the worst but the puzzles were both very repetitive and yet still somehow counter intuitive. There was only maybe one enjoyable puzzle per dream. The sets were extremely minimal and basically only had isolated stations for each puzzle. There were also a fair number of technical difficulties.
AtlantisEscape MateEscape roomIRLThis is a super cool room! A huge variety of puzzles, and a lot of them. The set is also very, very well done and looks amazing! It is only a 60 min game not 90 though. The max people is also definitely too many. We did it with five and it was pretty full most of the time. You could have a couple more without too much trouble but not 20. All in all, great room!
Lost Without HueEscape Artists ChristchurchEscape roomIRLI did the room as a team of two and it felt like the perfect number. There weren’t a ton of puzzles and it was very linear but very enjoyable for two people. I really liked the theme and how all the puzzles were on theme. There were a couple that weren’t very intuitive though.
Memories of NikolaEscape Artists ChristchurchEscape roomIRLThis is a very franchise/corporate style place. The room was pretty much bare of anything you didn’t need to solve the next puzzle, it was fairly linear, and the puzzles were (for the most part) nothing you haven’t seen before if you have done a few escape rooms. There is one very clever part that did save the room from being entirely below average though! Their rooms are probably very fun for kids or groups of new players but like most corporate style places, they aren’t really for escape room aficionados. I will probably not be trying their other rooms unless there are no other options.
RedemptionEscape Dunedin - Dunedin PrisonEscape roomIRLThe rooms here are fantastic and by far the best I have played in NZ. The converted prison makes it feel so real and the most genuine (obviously) of any room I have ever done.
Room 238Escape Artists DunedinEscape roomIRLLike the other rooms at Escape Artists Dunedin, this is good for a more franchise/corporate style escape room place. There was some great atmosphere in this one and a couple cooler puzzles!
OutbreakEscape Dunedin - Dunedin PrisonEscape roomIRLAnother fantastic room from Escape Dunedin! Wonderful set and very cool puzzles. I am looking forward to doing every other room they offer.
Dark Wizard - CLOSEDEscape Artists DunedinEscape roomIRLFor being a more franchise/corporate style place, Escape Artists Dunedin still has fun rooms. They are a little bare in terms of sets and a little light on puzzles but they are still a good time! These can be good for new time players as the puzzles are more linear and the rooms are more straight forward, even if the majority are easy or similar to puzzles escape room aficionados have seen before.
Path of the GodsConundrum Escape Rooms - ArvadaEscape roomIRLThis room was fantastic! I’m not sure what the negative reviews are about but they did say they redesigned it. We had a blast in this room! The set was fantastic and the puzzles were super fun!
EVIL RobotsThe Nemesis ClubEscape roomIRLThis is a seriously fantastic room and Nemesis Club is just great! They know what they are doing and their rooms are top notch. The set in this room was particularly memorable and really well designed and dressed. Please do this room!
Haunted TrainNeo Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLThere were a couple cool ideas but there were only a few puzzles in the room and given to you one at a time. They were not at all intuitive and we needed hints to tell us exactly what to do for three of them. The person running the room was great and the atmosphere was fantastic and super creepy at times. The rooms were all fairly bare but that is mostly because of how few actual puzzles there were. It is disappointing because their other room, Capitol Treasure, is really great and a ton of fun with great and unique puzzles! I would recommend doing that one instead.
The Time MachinePanIQ Room - SacramentoEscape roomIRLThe room had some cool sets but was fairly bare as a whole. The puzzles were ok but PanIQ Escape Rooms kind of relies on doing the same thing multiple times to complete one puzzle which makes them feel like time padding. The puzzles are almost all just one or two small tweaks away from being inventive and really fun but they stumble over a few design decisions.
The Whispering Halls - CLOSEDEnchambered Live Escape Room AdventureEscape roomIRLThis room was fantastic, as are The Skull Witch and Containment Breach. Enchambered just makes super fun, very well designed, atmospheric rooms with wonderfully inventive and complex puzzles! I can’t wait to do their fourth room!
