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Prison Break

Prison Break

The Escape Game - Grapevine Mills

  • Escape room
  • IRL
This room is very possible with two players, that said I think that this experience would really benefit from a 4-man team. The gimmick is starting separated which can lead to a very “solo” first act of this room with only two players. I enjoyed the theming, the sound design, and most of the puzzles but I wasn’t left as amped as I was with other experiences by TEG. They claim this is the companies hardest room, and that tracks with the three rooms I have played from TEG. You never know how an experience at a “The Escape Game” location is going to go because of the corporate rigor that is always around, but I can vouch for the team at Grapevine making this a lovely experience that would make me want to return to this location.
The Guest House

The Guest House

Escape Code

  • 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

Monsters from the Abyss

Monsters from the Abyss

Memphis Escape Rooms - East Memphis

  • 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

Lost: A Mystery Lake Camping Experience

Lost: A Mystery Lake Camping Experience

The Escape Spot

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Wonderful room for a small town escape room company, which to me is a category in itself for enthusiasts. It’s very low key in decor and story but had several engaging and creative puzzles to be solved. This is a multi-track experience which we love. No, this isn’t as high tech or elaborate as rooms from larger companies, but of you are an escape room fiend or live in the Cabot area than this is worth the money and time.
Camp Sasquatch

Camp Sasquatch - CLOSED

Ozark Escape

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Cute theme, decently decorated, lovely staff. Thats where the positives end. This room is billed as easy, and over the course of the room you only have 9 puzzles to solve. Its a bit on the light side for its $30 per person entry fee, if it was closer to $20 I would have no problem whatsoever here. We were meandering through this room and finished in 35 minutes which is pretty disappointing when you break it down to about $1/minute of gameplay. The space is also relatively cramped, 5 is the max but honestly this room would probably be best played with 3 people. It also suffers from being single track in its design and too bare for everyone to consistently have something to do. Final verdict, this is a great first room if you are just getting into the hobby, but otherwise it will you wanting and your wallet hurting.
Invasion

Invasion

60 to Escape - Milwaukee

  • Escape room
  • IRL
A really fun take on “the Sandlot” as a back drop for an escape room. The story telling and set were phenomenal, you can tell some love went into this room. With sooo many rooms it was impressive. The hint system here was unique and short of an unlimited hint system this is as good of an implementation Ive seen. Using pre-voiced hints with in game characters almost ensures a limited hint system though. From a puzzle perspective though it was pretty 50/50. Some puzzles were extremely unique in their execution. The opening puzzle in the second room was by far my favorite. Other puzzles felt tedious or didn’t work as well as intended. We spent entirely too long on a very obtuse puzzle with including “dog tags” which in the end would have been impossible for us to solve with how worn down the paint was for those specific puzzles. We ended up solving it with some brute forcing which I hate. This puzzle kind of built some frustration in my play group that soured the room slightly. I hope to find my way back to CHI/MKE to try another 60 to escape experience because I did really like the room save for aforementioned puzzle.
Special Ops: Mysterious Market

Special Ops: Mysterious Market

The Escape Game - Crocker Park

  • Escape room
  • IRL
So this was my first in person experience with The Escape Game. Firstly let’s talk about the room. It was a very well decorated and themed room that did a solid job incorporating physical puzzles and technology together. The story was very “Jack Ryan” or “Call of Duty” so if that is your vibe you will have a good time. From a puzzle perspective the first half of the game felt more satisfying and classic, the second half felt more frantic and risky. In a lot of ways I appreciate that but not every risk lands. I also could tell at times two people may not be enough for this room. All and all I am impressed with the quality of this experience being for all intents and purposes, out of a box. Now for my new TEG footnote that will be copied and pasted into every room of theirs I do until proven differently, which I probably will do as many as Im able to because the quality is there. I hate how sterile everything felt from a customer relations perspective. The inability to have a private experience without paying an exorbitant amount is miserable for someone with social anxiety, and/or those that enjoy doing puzzles with friends. I understand the business model, more player slots filled, more money, but it sucks at an individual level. And over the course of our experience we were passed around between three different employees, which wasn’t great. I will note all three treated us well it just made the whole place feel impersonal.
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