@jlions13's reviews on Morty

La Calavera

Will You Escape?

Escape room
IRL

Our first room experience in Tucson and we had a fun time! We took a couple friends that had never done an escape room before and they also liked it! Close, but didn't make it out - we never really got "stuck" for very long, there was just a ton of puzzle density in the room.

Obsessed

Dark Riddles

Escape room
IRL

One of our last rooms out of 20 on our trip to Athens from the USA. As with pretty much all the rooms in Athens, this bad boy is a hell of a room. We loved the lighting and sound design. Fewer puzzles, but some good ones. I think I liked the story on this one above average. Horror-wise: Never too physical with us, at most a light touch. Loud music, general chasing and screaming at us. Flashing lights, low lights. At one point there was full backside nudity if that's a turn-off for you.

Cutthroat Cavern

13th Gate Escape

Escape room
IRL

The fact that this room opened up something like five years ago is absolutely mind bending. One of the most dazzling sets I've ever seen and it's hard to know if I'll ever seen anything quite like it again. Absolutely gorgeous. The first half of the room is an absolute thrill of an experience. The second half is a little more average (almost below average) puzzle-wise. I don't think we would have gotten out without accepting hints because there were a couple things to find that would have been nearly impossible to notice with the lighting situation. We also had a couple small tech issues, but it didn't necessarily dampen my experience. This bad boy is an absolute must-do in the area.

The Asylum

13th Gate Escape

Escape room
IRL

If you took away all the impressive set design at 13th gate and focused solely on puzzle flow, I think this room would be my favorite - and it still has a pretty damn good set design. I loved how this room played out, the set was phenomenal, and the lighting and sound design really worked for me. Absolutely worth doing if you're at 13th Gate.

Spellbound

13th Gate Escape

Escape room
IRL

They called this one "one of the easier ones". Maybe we took it a little too leisurely but dang, really started rushing by the end of things. All the same kind of positive 13th Gate feedback - set is incredibly above industry standards, lighting and sound design was great, River was a fantastic GM. The only note I'll mention is that there was a puzzle that we essentially completed without doing the intended work. When it was mentioned during the recap, we were so glad that we didn't go through the trouble.

Tomb Of Anubis

13th Gate Escape

Escape room
IRL

Every complaint I've seen about this room is valid. It is absolutely a 90+ minute room to do in 60 minutes and out of all of 13th Gate's rooms, this is the only one we felt less thrilled and more anxious/exhausted by the end of it despite finishing with 5 seconds remaining. There's a few easy things they could do to fix the trouble points and considering it's been years since its release and they keep getting the same feedback, I'm assuming they're not looking to change things. The iPad was useless, the flashlights we got didn't always work, I don't love working almost entirely through journals, and I'm really glad our GM (River) contributed as much positivity to our room as she did. That said... The set - DAMN. The puzzles - DAMN. The wow factors - DAMN.

Unidentified: The Case of Mystery Gates Theme Park - CLOSED

The Escape Warehouse

Escape room
IRL

Liked Hide & Seek so much we added this room to the trip after a long day on our feet in New Orleans. Katherine crushed it as our GM and honestly added so much to the experience. Seems like they changed the name of the room - we were of the opinion that Mystery Theme Park feels like a more accurate name for the room. This game was tons of fun, we loved the set, and the puzzles were still impressive. I think with this game we came away feeling like we wanted just a little more to do, but only cause we enjoyed everything we had. Looking forward to the next rooms they put out!

The Disappearance of Flight 13

13th Gate Escape

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

Hide + Seek

The Escape Warehouse

Escape room
IRL

We were in the area for 13th Gate and decided last minute to do this one - so glad we did. This room was better than most of the ones we did in the area with an expansive set, multiple puzzle that felt really well designed, and a supportive staff (Katherine) that walked/talked us through the experience afterwards. Loved it so much we booked their other room.

The Collector

13th Gate Escape

Escape room
IRL

The rest of the group I was with liked this room more than I did, not that I didn't like it, but it felt kinda average outside of 13th Gates commitment to amazing sets. It's age shows, but its worth doing. QR codes and GMs on the speakers pulled me out of the immersion for this one, my flashlight died almost immediately, and a couple things felt like the designers of the room felt really clever.

Death Row

13th Gate Escape

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

Agent 13

13th Gate Escape

Escape room
IRL

Fantastic set design in line with all of 13th Gate's other rooms. We've seen this theme done several other times and I think this one does it much better. I know some people mention puzzles not working - we had one issue that was easily bypassed. I think the ending was meant to be a lot more intense, but it kinda dragged with some difficult tools for communication. Had fun though.

The Man From Beyond

Strange Bird Immersive

Escape room
IRL

One of the highest rated rooms in the country for a reason - its just as much immersive theater performance as it is an escape room and I only wish more rooms included this kind of experience. VIP experience was very worth it, helped build the tone beautifully and we loved our Daphne. My biggest concern was with how much of this would feel like a traditional escape room and it did not disappoint.

Dead Man's Cove

Escape Hour Austin

Escape room
IRL

Very fun pirate room, wish I had more time to do some of the others. Guess I'll just have to come back. Little bit of search and find kept us from really getting started, but after that we crushed it.

Baker Street Mystery

Escape Hour Austin

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

Escape The Attic

Big Brain Escape

Escape room
IRL

Enjoyable experience that we did as a group of four. Mostly key and combination, but the puzzles felt pretty intuitive and there was a lot of content in the room. I will suggest that you watch your head - I bumped mine on some low doorways a few times.

A Sinking Situation - CLOSED

Conquer the Chamber

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