Dark LullabyEscape Artist Greenville - Hampton StationEscape roomIRLThe immersion was sooo good. There was one moment where I swore we had moved outside. The live actor adds so much to the room. I'm not a huge fan of scary, and this definitely has the scary moments, but it is worthwhile. I love puzzles, and this room was filled with a wide variety of them.
The Starlight MotelEscape Artist Greenville - DowntownEscape roomIRLIt was a very good room. I am not a lover of scary rooms, and while that did detract some for me, I am glad we played it. I am a lover of the puzzles in rooms, and those were a bit meh. The live actor is what makes this room special. It is absolutely an immersive experience. I really enjoyed the fact that there wasn't an obvious clock counting down the time. I also loved the hint system that really just added to the immersion.
The Jurassic ProjectMemphis Escape Rooms - South MainEscape roomIRLSuch an amazing set! If you've seen Jurassic Park the movie, you will feel as though you are there. There are animatronics too. So much good…but then too few puzzles and a we finished in a very short time. There was one lock that they said always needed a hint (for us, too) which makes me think it just isn't a good puzzle.
Teleporter TrialsLock, Clock, and Peril Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLUnique room in many ways. From the first station it grabs your attention. Neat puzzles that are easy to follow. A number of AHA! moments, and a fun hint system. Highly recommended.
Help WantedEscape Artist Greenville - Hampton StationEscape roomIRLYou should go to any Escape Artist Greenville room for the immersion and the character interactions. Help Wanted is no different. The puzzles here were well done and unique. This room's story is tied to the Dark Lullabye story, but this one is not as scary.
Shipwreck CoveMemphis Escape Rooms - South MainEscape roomIRLThis had a great set, which is true for all of the Memphis Escape Room rooms I've played. There were at least 2 puzzles that required completely unique equipment/ways to solve that I had never seen in an escape room. It was also a bit short and with easier puzzles than I would have liked. Still recommended.
Classified: Operation Nine LivesEscape Artist Greenville - DowntownEscape roomIRLEscape Artist Greenville has a lot of top rated rooms. I am not a big fan of scary, so this is actually my favorite room here. I haven't experienced anything like the first act in the 70+ rooms I've done. This rooms is cute and funny and has some excellent physical challenges. As with all Escape Artist rooms, the live actor characters are tremendous and really add to the theme.
Pirates Curse60 to Escape - MilwaukeeEscape roomIRLHad great theming and atmosphere. Also had some quite challenging puzzles, and clever ones. The "Escape" itself was fairly short, but then there were 5 extra puzzles that took up the time and could all be done in parallel, which created options for everyone. Fun tech, like an animatronic parrot.
White Rabbit SocietyThe Exit Games - Front St.Escape roomIRLThe magic theme was good. Lots of maglocks and distant effects. I never felt like *we* were doing magic though. The puzzles were often multi-step, which was refreshing. You'd look one place to get a sequence, and then turn that sequnce into a code, etc. somewhere else. We were told it was linear, and it was, which was less than ideal for our group of 6.
Heist HavocRedacted Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLI loved EVERYTHING about this game. You start with tools that will be useful in a Heist. That's such a simple idea, but so very immersive. It had fantastic attention to detail. The sets were so well done. There were straightforward puzzles, and others that required like 3 layers of work to solve. I'm so glad we discovered this new gem. Most of the best rooms (out of 87) I've done are in Orlando, where former Disney and Universal employees create rooms with theme park attention to detail. This room joins them. They have a customer for life as long as they continue to make new rooms. I just need to get a few more rooms under my belt before I could nominate and vote for them in TERPECA.
