The Voodoo CemeteryClue Carré - New OrleansEscape roomIRLThematically a nice touch for New Orleans, but a little tired escape room at this point. The new location opens in September and I hope they update a couple things: better soundproofing (we could hear the other room easily), maybe a little larger rooms would help the theme sit well, and an update on a lock puzzle or two as it is a little dated by being mildly lock heavy. But really, it was fun, glad we did it, and a nice little reveal or two. Great time.
Lost TreasuresRed Door Escape Room - EmeryvilleEscape roomIRLReally more of a multiplayer video game experience than an escape room. Admire the ingenuity but it just doesn't really come off well. Additionally, the lobby is sparse and soulless and the audio in the room was low enough it made it hard to hear the narrator. I love new folks trying new things, just didn't quite work this time.
Jazz ParlorEscape My RoomEscape roomIRLI'm always going to be inclined to love a locally designed room that cares about immersion & good design. Jazz Parlor is intermediate, dense with information, and thoroughly enjoyable. Do it! One note we did this with 7 and it should be max 6 person room. I wouldn't call this hall of fame level room for modern age, but a solid gold star, and a great destination especially given the whole house is tied together thematically and there is obvious attention to detail.
Inksidious - CLOSEDEscape Room 66 - Los AngelesEscape roomIRLDesign & theming are fun. Atmosphere and team are great. Only downside is that it is remarkably combo lock heavy puzzles, so feels a little last generation. Although to find the numbers there are some nice environmental puzzles. Overall we liked it, I hope Tuesday and her family keep increasing their ambition with future rooms. Think they could make some legendary rooms over time.
Special Ops: Mysterious MarketThe Escape Game - ConcordEscape roomIRLgreat puzzle but we did accidentally brute force through a part of the puzzle because it was a little worn a broken. could use a touch up.
The Matrix: Loaded - CLOSEDRush Escape Game - South YarraEscape roomIRLThe theming is great and you start separated (red pill blue pill) which is a nice touch. But the puzzles themselves are pretty last generation.
The Missing Season - CLOSEDSteal and EscapeEscape roomIRLWonderfully inventive. This is a storybook of an escape room, in a good way. A little bit of a creative stretch that went a bit too far at times, and I wish the audio nudging wasn’t so aggressive, but a great time.
Flashover! - CLOSEDThe Crooked KeyEscape roomIRLThis is an inventive, wonderful theme from a set of owners that clearly love their craft. We did all three rooms because we loved these folks. Flashover was the most ambitious and had the fewest old school simple lock puzzles of the three rooms if I remember. The inventiveness and fun is more on the theming and clever riddles than the puzzles. Not too hard, not too easy, great pacing. Hope this team keeps trying new things!
