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marcsmanship

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    Gold Rush

    Gold Rush

    The Escape Game - San Francisco

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    I could see why this game won awards before, but two of the really unique puzzles were broken. Everything else was very… normal. Without those two puzzles working, the price is not justified. I would not recommend this room.
    Scooby-Doo™ and the Spooky Castle Adventure

    Scooby-Doo™ and the Spooky Castle Adventure

    Escapology - San Ramon

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Not a particularly inspired experience. You could easily change the appearance and call it the Transformers room, or (insert-nostalgic-cartoon-here). It’s okay, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone but the folks who just like doing all the escape rooms that are out there for the heck of it. It’s passable.
    Gold Rush

    Gold Rush

    The Escape Game - San Francisco

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    The Alchemist

    The Alchemist

    Escape Oakland

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Just an okay room, I’d say - nothing particularly novel or exciting. If there was a neutral thumb, I would give it. I’m leaning down just because it ultimately cost us about $150 for three people, and I don’t think that was worth it. Additionally, they rate this room for up to 6 people, but I would play this with 4 max. There just isn’t enough opportunity to parallelize the different tasks.
    Alone

    Alone

    Xcapade - Newark

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    A malfunctioning device and an inattentive GM made for an extremely lackluster experience. There was one point where we were asking for hints, but since he lost his walkie talkie, we had no one to help. The fact that he is role playing a specific perspective as your game master also implies that he is a biased source of advice (he specifically made this point before we began). There were times we were stuck on a puzzle and it was no longer fun, but he wouldn’t just give us a straight answer. I’m also not a fan of poorly lit rooms. I could see this being more enjoyable with working machinery and a GM who wasn’t overworked with having to attend multiple escape rooms simultaneously. Overall, terrible experience. I would not recommend this room to a friend.