Prison Break

worth every penny

Rating: 4/5 This is a great room, probably my favorite prison/jail escape so far. The prison set feels so real, everything looks so dirty and weathered (in a good way). I like the aspect of splitting up into two different cells and having to work together to escape. The progression of the room was also pretty good. I'd recommend 4-5 players. I've updated this review in 2024 after playing almost all of TEG's rooms at several locations, here is my personal ranking from best to least favorite: 1. Cosmic Crisis 2. Ruins: Forbidden Treasure 3. Playground 4. Timeliner: Train Through Time 5. Prison Break 6. The Depths 7. Special Ops: Mysterious Market 8. Gold Rush 9. The Heist 10. Mission Mars

As with other room as TEG, the theming was spot on and included some pretty unique puzzles. I had a gripe with two of the puzzles but it didn’t negatively affect the experience. We were a group of two and found the room to be pretty challenging in a good way. Would be pretty difficult for newer players.

In typical prison-themed escape room style you start off in separate cells. There were 8 of us I think that did the room and it was a bit tight in some places. There are plenty of puzzles but maybe not quite enough to keep a group of our size busy. There were definitely moments where we were all just stuck on 1 puzzle to proceed but only one or two people could look at it at a time so there were 6 of us just waiting and aimlessly searching. One prop was a bit beat up and nearly impossible to use/read properly so that held us back for a while. Still it was a fun room and like the other rooms with this franchise was really well made.

A large space for a big group, but the perfect game for a group of 4 enthusiasts. The game starts with members of the group split into 2 cells, so choose your cellmate(s) wisely!