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Sean Molley | Atlanta, GA
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The Observatory
The Gate Escape
Escape room
IRL
Full review TK but this room has one of the most jaw-dropping moments I have ever experienced in an escape room. It is a pure puzzlefest from start to finish.
The Assistant 2.0
The Gate Escape
Escape room
IRL
This was an enjoyable room with an amusing blend of high-tech props used in low-tech ways. You’ll learn more ways to repurpose an old circuit board than you probably ever imagined. Overall the gameplay flows smoothly. One very ambitious physical puzzle is a bit fiddly to get everything aligned just right but the GM (and owner/designer) was able to help us nudge the right pieces into the right places without spoiling anything. We had a lot of fun. Recommended.
Project Minotaur
Quest Room - Hollywood
Escape room
IRL
Legend of Pepe
PuzzlEscape Hudson
Escape room
IRL
We did not know the evidently extensive backstory of Pepe Le Scuzz, but that was no problem in terms of completing the room. There are a series of puzzles to solve, each of which concludes by giving you some information about how Pepe has (or has not) been able to pull off his nefarious schemes over the years. I am sure it would have been very entertaining to experience the series of rooms that have told the story over the years. For this room you reach a decision point where you can choose an easier finale or a harder finale. We had 30 minutes left so we chose the harder finale and barely finished (I think we were technically a few seconds over time) so this is more like opting into an entire second escape room, which we enjoyed very much. Good use of the environment for puzzle content and a nice variety of puzzles. This is clearly a family business and a labor of love, and we appreciated it for what it was rather than trying to compare it to other high-budget or high-tech rooms we have played in the past. On that basis, I give it a thumbs up!
D.J. Death
The Gate Escape
Escape room
IRL
The owner said that this was originally intended to be just a seasonal Halloween room but it was popular enough to stick around, and I can see that. This is a pure puzzlefest: there is a story (you need to assemble the playlist for a house party being DJed by the Grim Reaper) but in terms of gameplay it is just a series of independent puzzles to solve, each of which gets you one “track” for the playlist. The room is deliberately designed so that each puzzle is both physically and visibly self-contained. You can do the puzzles in any order you want, so a larger group could finish very quickly by dividing the room up, but where’s the fun in that? I suggest playing with 2-3 tops so that everybody gets to work on everything. The puzzles are mostly easy, but there’s a good variety and the final metapuzzle was entertaining. Recommended.
Sherlock Holmes - Phantom's Hour
Wolf Escape Games-Online
Escape room
Virtual
I’m not sure how I feel about the Wolf Escape online games. I have played all three of them. If I compare them to an in-person escape room they are a great deal (20 bucks for 60 to 90 minutes). If I compare them to a computer adventure game they are a terrible deal (a $60 game will have many more puzzles and take a lot longer to finish). But I do enjoy the Wolf Escape games and will keep playing them as they come out, so that’s a thumbs up for Morty purposes. I would put Phantom’s Hour in between the two previous offerings. We liked it more than Hallows Hill and less than Miami Bay. The graphics are excellent. I still think their “backpack” system for letting everyone look at props on an individual device is brilliant. The voice acting is fine (nothing special, but nothing bad). The puzzles are pretty good overall if a bit on the easy side, but with some good variety. There are maybe a dozen puzzles total. The hint system is the same as in the other games; you can get anything from a nudge to a spoiler and it just adds to your time taken. I thought the story was reasonably interesting and it did feel like the sort of case that Sherlock Holmes would take on. Overall, we enjoyed it.
Horror Circus
Game Over Escape Rooms - Atlanta
Escape room
IRL
A perfectly adequate escape room of the sort that I would not go out of my way to play. Nice lobby, though.
Temple of the Skull
Game Over Escape Rooms - Atlanta
Escape room
IRL
This is a perfectly adequate escape room of the sort that I would not go out of my way to play. Nice lobby, though. It’s fine: the set is decent and there are a couple of interesting puzzles. But it isn’t anything special. If you like to be locked in a room and given sixty minutes to escape, this will provide some measure of entertainment (albeit probably not sixty minutes’ worth).
Runaway Train
Breakout Games - Atlanta
Escape room
IRL
Pretty much par for the course for older Breakout rooms: not a lot of story, but a decent set, some nice effects, a mixed bag of puzzles (at least one of which must include annoying arithmetic), a good variety of puzzle types, not too difficult but not super easy, a friendly and helpful gamemaster, and at least one cool moment (really just one in this game, but it is cool). Recommended but go in with modest expectations.
13th Basement
Exit Game OC - Anaheim
Escape room
IRL
It’s fun, it’s funny, it’s self-aware in the best way. Highly recommended.
The Secret At Whitmore Estate
Breaking Point Escape Rooms
Escape room
IRL
I enjoyed this game. The set design is great in the starting area but that seems to be where they spent most of the money as it gets a little spartan as you progress through the game. Still, there are some nice props and a couple of clever puzzles (the other ones are not “non-clever,” but they are mostly very easy). The voice actor for the main NPC is suitably hammy, as the situation most certainly demands. Recommended but with the caveat that two players would be better than four as there isn’t all that much to do.
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