Escape From Alcatraz

Overall an average room. A little dated. The theme is a bit trite. The space looks good and is large with multiple rooms. You could hear people in the lobby which detracted from the experience. Very lock and key heavy. Nothing particularly novel. Would be hard for beginners. Not really scary, just one sort of jump scare.

really nice room! the setup and design of it was very cool. one of my favorite rooms there so far! spoiler below: live actor at beginning, he only talks to you. doesn’t make any physical contact. a couple loud noises but honestly not that bad once i reached the end. once the actor leaves he does not come back.

Of the 5 games we played at North Valley (Fall Mountain, Steampunk Railway, Big Top, Shafted, Alcatraz), this was my favorite. Amusing actor interaction, a convincing set, and a good finale are always good things. My biggest issue with the game was pacing and red herrings. The beginning of the game was very slow, though this was partly made up for by the actor interaction (and to be fair, was largely our fault for missing something obvious). The early midgame was also very slow because we kept focusing on something that turned out to never be used - I would have preferred if it was just removed, though the game is probably pretty set by now. The end of the game felt rushed - we were crunched for time.

We attempted with just two of us. It is a BIG room and has a lot of tough puzzles. It is a very fun room with a lot of creativity! Hands down the best prison game I've done but you really benefit from more minds. It's fun and I highly recommend!

This was by far my favorite prison rooms we have done. We loved the live actor in the beginning. It was fun playing along with someone and creating a great experience. Each room and had a different fun element that definitely pushes you to stay on your game till the end of the game. I do agree with some comments that it felt like the game kept going and going and going. Some improvements can help improve 2 rooms and it wouldn’t feel as though it dragged on. We did love the escape room, and did love the amount of work that had to be done to escape.

Tier: C+ (see bio) Well… this game is ambitious I’ll give it that. This is a massive game that I kinda wish ended after the first 30 minutes because after an interesting proof of concept beginning the game just… keeps going. And from that point on each room feels more monotonous and pointless than the last until it eventually just stops. And this 2nd half of the game just isn’t fun. The setting feels gritty and realistic not in a way that makes it stand out but in a way that makes it feel drab and boring. I’ll give it a thumbs up for pure ambition but I don’t know if I really recommend this.

Incredible room. Team based. Sooo fun. One of the best in the valley.

Excellent room, one of the best I've done - the actor in the room was a huge addition and made it a much better experience!