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A woman named Josie has recently passed away, leaving behind a storage room filled with decades of collected memories and cryptic secrets. Remnants of her entire life are all here in one place - left for you to discover. As a young girl growing up in the 1960s, Josie was gifted a tape recorder and began documenting every part of her life. But in her old age, she has become almost unrecognizable, warped by the tragic events of her past. The Nest is an intimate, live experience for two audience members at a time, combining elements of immersive theater, narrative video games, serialized podcasts, and escape rooms into a new way to experience a story. Equipped with a flashlight, search through personal effects, explore your surroundings, and listen to audio cassettes to piece together the dramatic narrative of Josie's life.
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Overwhelmingly positive
Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive
86 escape rooms
#1 - This is not per-say, an escape room, but more of an immersive experience that has escape elements. #2 - This is the first time that I have ever teared up in an experience. I had an employee that always raved about The Nest & when he heard that I was heading to LA he said I HAD to do this. So, after some thinking I booked my ticket and headed on my way. I didn't know what to expect and I didn't want to have any expectations because I wanted to have a clear mind going into this. Even if I did, I still don't think I would have conjured up what I had experienced. From beginning to end this was an immersive MASTERPIECE. As someone that loves to play video games, they captured this concept of exploration & searching down to such a creative science that there were so many cleaver ways to find the exact items we needed to progress the story. A story which had so many layers & was beautifully told that, I didn't want it to end. How they were able to create so many intimate spaces that told an incredible story baffles my mind. The lighting, the music, the special effects, were nothing short of amazing. I could write for hours about this unique, one-of-a-kind experience, but there's only one thing I'll say. Go experience this for yourself. Don't go expecting to be an escape room, because it's not. It's a story that you get to discover piece by piece and the more you find, the more you get to explore. At the end I almost died when I heard that there was still two parts that we didn't discover and I almost wanted to go back and play again just to experience it all over. My only regret is that we didn't take our time to just explore and be in the moment rather than move once we've finished a segment. Lastly, it was the finale that put me to tears. Such a beautiful, touching, & interactive way to end such an experience that it almost heals you. I'll say this, if I'm ever back in the LA area again, I. WILL. BE. DOING. THIS. AGAIN!
67 escape rooms
This experience will hit you in the "feels". I can see how doing it by yourself would be even more somber and powerful. If you can, experience it in that manner. Take your time, this is not an "escape". Live in the moment during any audio (don't try to solve puzzles while listening to a cassette).
13 escape rooms
Contemplative and emotional journey. Go alone, if you can!
12 escape rooms
Such a great experience! It helped to think of myself as a video game character - you’ll interact and solve light puzzles, but overall this isn’t an “escape room” with the goal of escaping. Highly recommend!
12 escape rooms
Going into this you really need to get out of the idea that you’re going to an escape room. You are having a theatrical experience and an exceptionally well done one at that. I encourage you to take your time. Don’t worry too much about looking for clues/the next room or finding the locks or looking for anything. No rummaging needed just doors. Whatever is in front of you is what you need to experience. Beautiful room and incredibly immersive experience. Exceptionally carried out. It is up to the experience-er? to decide what to get out of it. Go with someone you can be vulnerable with honestly i could even imagine doing this alone.
106 escape rooms
not a proper escape room, puzzle elements but its like environmental story telling. its an emotional story and has very creative set design. its crazy immersive.
54 escape rooms
This isn't the kind of room where you "escape"... this is an interactive story with some puzzle elements. It's all about production design and set design... and acting. The story is told mostly through audio, though you also have to figure out a few challenges here and there to get to the whole story. Without giving too much away, by the time we were done, my whole family was in tears with how beautiful this experience is. By far one of our favorite "escape room" experiences ever. Completely immersive, very interactive, very beautiful.
322 escape rooms
Poignant and thought-provoking, The Nest is more immersive environment experience than puzzle-driven escape room, and I love that about it. It’s reminiscent of video game walking simulators like Gone Home, but with actual walking. In the room, you follow a guided path through corners of a woman named Josie’s apartment. You can see her treasured items, figments of her past, and you can also listen to narrated tapes of her personal story. It’s as much a trip through her memories as much as it is a tour of her hoarded apartment, and masterful use of lightning and set designs show more than tell. The immersion comes in a different way from traditional escape rooms. I didn’t just feel like I was somewhere else entirely; I also felt like I knew Josie personally. There are actually a few puzzles, but they’re never overbearing, and there is no time limit really. You are meant to soak in the story, which is deeply personal and emotional. Be prepared to feel, to cry, to think about your own life. This room affected me in big ways, and I’m glad I experienced it with my love.
86 escape rooms
This escape room is truly a masterpiece. Even From the start you can see how much thought was put into designing the room and coming up with the storyline. Me and my husband went in unprepared for such an emotional experience, and we came out both with tears. I think the whole walk through really puts you in a world of the women’s life, from the start to end, to experience each step of the journey. I really loved the part where in the end they asked you to write down a memory that is fading away, and also read what other people wrote. Reading through them really hit home. Cannot recommend this enough, I think whether or not you like escape room you should try this out. It’s not nothing you experienced before.
23 escape rooms
The Nest is not an escape room, but rather an interactive immersive theater piece - scratch that, not even theater, more interactive, immersive story telling. There are no actors, and there aren’t a whole lot of puzzles to solve. There’s no time pressure, but it won’t take too long anyway. Instead of a thrilling adventure, you leave thinking about your life and those around you, a profoundly different experience than an escape room, and even different than theater, because unlike immersive theater where you’re still ostensibly an observer, just inside the fourth wall, at The Nest, you are very much a part of the story. The fact that this story takes place in a storage unit, that is housed in an actual old storage facility, makes it that much more amazing. There is heart and soul to this experience, and one that all should do.