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The Sins of Doctor Faustus
Captivating Worlds
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IRL
Easily one of the best if not, the best escape room I have done. The gameplay was nothing short of exhilarating. With a nonlinear structure, and a variety of different puzzles that weren’t too easy but weren’t annoyingly hard, our whole group was enthralled the whole time. The atmosphere was truly incredible, with the many unique ways they incorporated technology, sound, and lighting to truly make this room levels above the competition. I always wanted escape rooms to have a more immersive, deep story behind it, and this is the first room that finally delivered. The service was also amazing, we were here on a business trip, and none of the times had worked for us, but I was able to reach out to them and they were able to accommodate us and make a later time so that we could do this room, with no extra charge too!
Magician's Workshop
Escape Room Herndon
Escape room
IRL
TLDR: great room with amazing gameplay and a good atmosphere along with having my favorite clue of any escape room of all time. After doing six rooms by Raven Chase, it’s clear that you can never go wrong with any room they create. Gameplay: the gameplay was awesome. There was a lot of fun, diverse clues. Some mechanical, and some with tech. And after doing 20+ escape rooms, this room (the first room specifically) easily has my favorite clue of all time of any escape room I’ve done. The finale was also very fun to watch. A lot of ooos and aahs from our group overall. Gameplay wise, this is in my opinion the best room here at the Herndon location (writing this review without have doing the new room cryptic grove) Atmosphere: I was also surprised about how well the atmosphere was. Well, nothing stood out compared to some other amazing atmosphere rooms I’ve done, I was surprised that they were able to make a pretty good atmosphere with such a basic theme, especially after seeing other places flop on themes that should be very easy to building a room around.
Welcome To The Machine
Captivating Worlds
Escape room
IRL
I have written reviews about the other two rooms of this place, and this room is yet again again levels above the competition. The puzzles were harder than other rooms, while still being fair. It was nonlinear, so people could be doing different things, and we didn’t have anyone really standing around doing nothing The atmosphere was cool at first, and it only got better as the game progressed. They do an insanely good job of giving you nudges if you’re falling behind, so you escape at the last minute, but you will always escape. Overall it was an insanely fun time! One of the better escape rooms I’ve been to, definitely top 5!
Deep Underground
Captivating Worlds
Escape room
IRL
TLDR: gameplay was good but it’s the atmosphere and effects that made this a truly memorable room and one of the best experiences I’ve had. My group was lucky enough to have the owner and builder of the rooms be our game master for the night. I got to talk to him about why he created this, and he said it was his passion project. After doing this room, I could tell. Gameplay: I did this escape room with a group of five people. It ranged from people who have never done an escape room, to people who have done about 20 escape rooms. It was good to see clues that everyone was able to get. I also have never seen this before, but the first clue scales, depending on how many people are in your group, which was a really cool idea and is executed well. Overall the clues were good. While nothing about the clues really stood out, it’s the atmosphere that makes this truly memorable. Atmosphere: you could tell the game builder spent a lot of time, making sure this was an adventure, rather than just a couple puzzles thrown into a room to solve. From the props, to the special effects, to the immersive story, it was awesome. This was my first escape room, where there was actually a decent story, where you discovered more about the story as you solved the clues. We also appreciated how the clues were realistic and logical to the story.
Maritime Mutiny
Escape Room Herndon
Escape room
IRL
Good room all around. Puzzles were good but it’s the atmosphere that made this room memorable Gameplay: the gameplay was very fun, and I was very happy to see a bit of the story, kind of woven into the puzzles. I feel like a lot of rooms today give you a background of a story, and then you just saw a whole bunch of puzzles that don’t really progress the story. While this room did not take great strides in doing that, it was nice to see them try it. Puzzles were fun and diverse as all raven chase rooms are. I will say this is their easiest room (not played cryptic grove) so parties with people who have done a lot of rooms and are good at them, maybe have a max of like four or five. We had six and got out in 35 minutes. Atmosphere is what really brings this room up in value. I’ve done a couple pirate theme rooms, but this one has done the best with the atmosphere with how much they made it feel like you’re on a pirate ship, as well as all the props that are used.
Supervillains
Escape Room Arlington
Escape room
IRL
TLDR: a good room with fun puzzles, but disappointing in atmosphere. Raven Chase has proven themselves to be a giant in the industry here in the local scene for escape rooms. All of their rooms are incredible, and this one, for the most part, lives up to that. Gameplay: the gameplay was great as always. There were some really clever clues I’ve never seen before, and a good mix between cool technology, and some classic lock combination puzzles. It was a bit easy, as we completed most the clues within 30 minutes, which, with the same group, is faster than normal. Atmosphere: this was the part I was a little let down on. Raven Chase is known for their really immersive experiences, whether you really feel like you’re in a classic arcade, a pirate ship, or a killers house. This one, however, fell flat compared to their other rooms. It just felt a bit dull and empty. While this may be my least favorite of all ravenchase rooms (Arlington and Herndon) it’s still a very strong room compared to most you will find in the area.
Retro Replay
Escape Room Arlington
Escape room
IRL
TLDR: fun room with decent puzzles and a great atmosphere. I was a bit worried when I saw this was a smaller room, but wanted to try it since Raven Chase has yet to put out a bad room, it actually turned out to be very fun with plenty of clues. (For a group of 4, all with escape room experience) Gameplay: the gameplay was very fun. While none of the clues heavily stood out, they were all still fun to solve. The four of us didn’t get caught up too much, and we had about 10 minutes to spare so there was enough to do in the small room and was happy with how dense it was. Other reviews have mentioned this but I will also agree with there being one clue that was very vague on how you were supposed to figure it out. It was an awesome idea, but definitely a small nudge somewhere to help would have been nice. Atmosphere: raven Chase has always thrived in this category. All there rooms (for the most part) make you feel like you’re in whatever theme it’s supposed to be and this is no different. You step in it feels like an arcade you went to as a kid at a bowling alley or movie theater. From the retro carpeting, to all the arcade cabinets, to the music playing in the background, it was definitely a cool room to be in. Also, a big plus that all of the clues revolves around the retro theme, with a very cool ending that we were all talking about afterwards.
Saddlewood Saloon
Bond's Escape Room - Arlington
Escape room
IRL
The room as a whole was pretty average. It was a single room with average props, slightly above average puzzles, and a pretty average atmosphere in general. I will say there was at least a bit of a story compared to their other rooms, it wasn’t just a single introductory video at the beginning and nothing else, but again very average. The room is almost entirely linear, except for one part, so small groups are encouraged. If you are all really good, I recommend maybe two or three people.
2233: EVIL A.I. / 2233 Fighting for the Future
Bond's Escape Room - Fairfax
Escape room
IRL
TLDR: good challenging room with a disappointing atmosphere Gameplay: the gameplay was pretty solid. Even with a group of six people, with varying levels of experience, we definitely had our work cut out on this one difficulty wise. A good thing about this room, it, even though it’s hard, it’s not unfair. I’ve done rooms before that said they were hard, and they were only hard because the clues were vague and dumb. Luckily this was not the case. Atmosphere: this is where I was very disappointed. All the rooms felt very bare and lifeless. I get this is a hard theme to make a cool environment with, but it felt like they didn’t try too much. I felt like if this room had a good atmosphere, it would’ve gone from good to great.
Western Frontier
Escape Room Hershey
Escape room
IRL
TLDR: slightly above average room with good puzzles and a good atmosphere. Gameplay: I did this room with three other people, all the varying experiences with escape rooms. Overall, we had a fun time and we all agreed that clues were pretty fun as well. This room is pretty heavy on combination locks, which a lot of times can be a bad thing, but this room made it work with some pretty fun clues on how to get the numbers. It also had a few fun tech clues as well. Atmosphere: the atmosphere was good as well. They did a good job of making it feel like a western themed room, and enjoyed how the atmosphere/story of the room played into the clues as well. Overall this was a slightly above average room, good if you have a small group and haven’t done many rooms before.
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