Escobar: Part 2 (The Final Hour)

Time starts the moment the door was open. As GM was talking about the room our time was ticking down. So we started almost 7 mins in. GM didn’t mention anything and that did affect our time. Gameplay itself is very barebones but manageable. Some puzzles are oddly specific and wouldn’t make much sense without a hint or specific thought process. And all puzzles are hyper observational instead of critical thinking. Overall it was a fine times, just not as exciting or rewarding as other places

Your time starts as soon as you enter the door. So ask very little questions. The GM did not tell us this, so we were surprised when he the first 15 min mark. The puzzles aren’t the clearest. Lots of vagueness and missing breadcrumbs.

I like the first one better. I wish they had come up with an original idea instead of making a sub par sequel.

This is a part 2 to a room I loved and is well reviewed through the community so to say this room was a disappointing follow-up would be an understatement. The rules of escape rooms never to break anything and even the own GM’s one time use mention was broken multiple times as one key object is used many times. Also many areas are under developed, completely underclued, a massive jump from logic and would require either a hint or a wild guess. Other areas including a very important combo lock near the end was so poorly lit a cell phone light was needed which took me out of the experience. This room is pretty and well designed visually at least in the first half (the second half gets a bit lazy and rushed) but the flow and clues are very tough. 5 is the ideal number for the room but most of the time people will be standing around doing next to nothing as the max amount of people doing any work is 2, maybe 3. The rest are searching for random markers and meanings of the poorly written clues. Do part one and skip part two.

I wasn’t a fan of this game, which we played immediately after “part one” of the Escobar series. Several puzzles were clunky and underclued. Others were just … implausible. There are a couple of good ones and some clever effects. The set design is very good in the opening area, and similar to the first room, seems a bit lazy in the back half. I give the designers credit for trying to faithfully recreate the story of Pablo Escobar’s end, but for me this room was more of a miss than a hit. If you play it after part one at least you’ll get the whole story, but if you just play part one and skip this, you’re not missing much.

Escobar Part 2 is the sequel to the award-winning Escobar at this location. You do not have to play Escobar to enjoy Escobar Part 2 but if you're a big fan of the real-life drug lord, I would recommend both. If you had to choose between Escobar and Escobar Part 2, I would choose Escobar. Right when you walk in, you'll be impressed by how spacious the room looks. They leverage vertical alignment to make it feel like you're in a much bigger space. The hands-on puzzles are more hands-on than I'm sure most people are used to, and there is a script that the game master follows, so there's a lot more interaction there. We had a group of four and we had a great time but be prepared to run around because there's a lot of looking around for things versus puzzles. I recommended to them that they should have some supports for what could be a physically strenuous portion towards the end. We made it to the Leaderboard on this one but everyone on that leader board asked for at least one hint, which I think is because of the scavenger hunt.

The set is stunning. You will find it beautiful and fun. The puzzles are lacking and it feels very “put this here” but also the first puzzle is challenging and multilayered and I don’t know… I guess for the price I wanted more puzzles. I would say there’s maybe 13 puzzles in the entire experience. Again, the set is stunning and the room is fun and you should absolutely play it, but it doesn’t hold a candle to Escobar (the original).

The sequel to Escobar! While we enjoyed it, and there some of the same patterns from the previous room, but with a little more story. Something didn't feel as exhilarating, but was more active in moving around from place to place. Heavy on the interaction with your game master so be prepared to talk the talk and walk the walk.

Escobar Part 2 is a sequel to the first Escobar room at this location. It continues the story of the real-life drug lord Pablo Escobar and reveals what happened after the first one. You don’t have to play the previous one to do this one, but I think you should anyway because the first one is better and if you could only do one, it should be that one. The sequel is still great, just in different ways. Part 2 features similar verticality to the 1st one. The set looks big, but I’m pretty sure it’s a lot smaller. It features more thrilling suspenseful events though, and it played out like scripted scenes that you must follow to escape covertly. There are surprising hands-on puzzles, and the finale is very exiting. However, a big part of the game is searching for things that is tedious and not well-telegraphed. There are moments where I don’t see how anyone could get the flow without hints. And in fact, there are parts of the room that are like guided tours from the GM. It’s not scary, but there are parts that might trigger some people, so it is definitely a room for adults. That all said, this is still a great room and a worthy one to do if you enjoyed part 1. We did them both in a row and thoroughly enjoyed the Escobar saga!