Tiki Island

Harder than the average room but still doable.

Little of both

Mark was super friendly and helpful

The room is recommended for four people or experienced players. The two of us (with close to 30 rooms each under our belts) solved it within time with some nudges from the GM.

Not extremely difficult but there were TONS of locks.

One of the most immersive rooms we’ve played.

10

Gameplay was great! Everything flowed and made sense!

The room is super immersive and extremely well done!

The staff is awesome!!!

Not necessarily a lot of exercise but there will be a decent amount of bending down and moving around the room.

It's 95% boxes with all the usual types of locks on them, but every puzzle leans into the theme, so I didn't mind at all. The few puzzles that are electronic / environmental are cool and the special effects are surprising.

Escape the Netherworld always delivers the highest standard of environmental immersion, including the sets, props, and audiovisual effects.

The game master did a fantastic job of keeping an eye on us and staying in character while giving us just the occasional nudge when it was clear that we were failing to see something right in front of us. They'll tell you that you only get three clues but (a) that's not really a hard limit and (b) most of the puzzles in this room are straightforward. They want you to have a good time.

The game itself is really just a linear puzzlefest, but the theme makes it go down really smoothly and the puzzles are good. The theme is quite distinct and the ending effects took us by surprise (we thought it was great).

The story is always there in the background, but until you get to the very end of the room it's not front and center. When they need you to pay attention to something, there's good use of special effects to make sure you're looking in the right place.

The room played very linearly for us; there are a couple of puzzles that can be solved in parallel, but most of the puzzles are straightforward so we just sort of ended up plowing through everything as a group. Everything solves cleanly and there are no "guess what I'm thinking" puzzles, so we never found ourselves wondering what to do next. There is a directional lock puzzle, but the way they've clued it, you definitely know when you have the right set of information, so it's much less annoying than the typical directional lock puzzle.

Boxes with locks (some of which contain more boxes with more locks). But in a fun, Disney's Polynesian Resort kind of way.

Two people who are strong solvers (or one really strong solver) could finish this room (but there is a lot to do). With 3-5 you will still have enough to keep folks busy as there are a lot of puzzles. More than 5 and I think it would bog down since the structure is pretty linear.

I mean, the "bad guy" is a shark god and the spirits of the island speak in a booming spirit voice. But if you could handle Disney's "Moana" then you can handle this.

Mostly accessible. One person has to crawl into an enclosed space (which they can then unlock to let everyone else through without crawling). Not a ton of room to navigate a wheelchair but you can see just about everything from the center of the room. Some interactions result in information given through audio messages.

Parking at Escape the Netherworld is easy in every month *except* October. During October they are also running their massive haunted house attraction and it is very popular so parking becomes a complicated process and you'll have a short walk from the parking area to the venue (but they have a lot of staff to help direct traffic).

Mix of both. There are A LOT of locks. They tech was fantastic but more locks than tech