La Famiglia V2.0

What a great experience! I’ve had this on my wishlist for a long time, and I am glad I finally had the opportunity to do it. The rooms were some of the largest I’ve ever seen. Theming was great and the gameplay was as well. Highly recommend.

For Sanctuary Escape, the rooms are designed to be fast-paced, with a constant emphasis on movement and action. While the themes are strong, it often feels like you would need more time to fully appreciate the experience. I heard from other return visitors that they should have booked two time slots as to not feel rushed. The decor and the puzzles are well done (in some rooms better than others), but paying too much attention to detail can actually slow you down in ways that work against the intended pace. The owner clearly takes pride in the rooms’ high fail rate, which says a lot about the challenge level. Personally, I prioritize atmosphere and experience and I found it interesting how interconnected the spaces were - often requiring team members to split up and communicate across different areas to progress. Ultimately, you can’t approach this venue like a traditional escape room. It’s better treated like a video-game speed run: move quickly, focus on progress, and save the appreciation of the set design for afterwards. La Famiglia specifically had a smell that made me nauseous afterwards. If you are also afraid of heights, there is one portion that requires climbing a set of stairs. My group played this room with an Italian accent the whole time, which made the whole experience a memorable one for us.

La Famiglia was a very solid room. Great progression and set design. Felt like we were never going to get to the end! Large sprawling sets, fun cinematic moments and good direction. Some puzzles felt frustrating and could have used more signposting. Various parts of the game felt unpolished and rushed, while other parts felt the opposite. Some puzzles were solved too early before they were supposed to be active in the story, leading to confusion. Be sure to bring your A game, this one is quite the epic adventure! Definitely not my favorite at Sanctuary, but the scale and sheer size of this ambitious game make it a definite good pick.

SO COOL! Loved it

Just played this tonight on 4/17 for the second time! I will never get tired of these rooms! We have so many positive experiences here and I can’t WAIT for the new room!

Amazing game! We were so close to finishing! Definitely need to go back and finish it! The story is amazing and the puzzles are fantastic as always. I love this place for escape rooms

We LOVED how immersive this room was! It’s so creative and the puzzles were great! Our game master was Jaydon and he was a great help! We drove from DFW to come do these and it was so worth it! Definitely coming back 🎉

Such a fun game! The surprised we found and the game play were great!

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