Escobar: Part 2 (The Final Hour)

I think I’m in the minority of players who think this follow-up is a little more fun than the original. The setting is just as good as the first, the layered building-style of these rooms always amazes me. Puzzles to me made a little more sense but that can be argued for any escape room. My biggest downside, and one I had with the first room too, is how small some of the details hidden in the rooms are. Our game master is always delighted to give us hints but I would’ve liked more things to be noticeable, or lit, or even give us a flashlight at some point. A dark room is fine if the puzzles involved don’t require sight, but if there’s information I need to see and it’s obstructed just because I don’t have a light, I feel a little cheated. That didn’t ruin the experience though, a lot of puzzles stood out for good.

Enjoyed the room. Looked like we were on the streets of Columbia.

Part 1 is a lot better than this one. This room seems like it was thrown together quickly just to keep the story going. Puzzles were very mediocre at best. 3/4 max in this room.

I liked some of the elements of this room, but I think part 1 was an overall better experience. One of the best things about the rooms at Escape Revolution is the production value.

Where to begin! We just played Escobar 1 with two players, and we did very well. Now, we were joined by 3 other players (who had played the first one already) to try out this brand new experience, and what a let down it was. The set design is great, but the puzzles is very much sub par. Things trigger without good signs, so you think you have completed the puzzle, and you think you might have heard a sound, but you have no idea what to do, as there is no help in understanding where to go next. You are breaking multiple of 99% of escape rooms ground rules, and we felt so bad after doing it, that we ended up being a bit stressed out for a while, until we understood it was the correct thing to do. The GM was also not very helpful, giving hints that wasn't very clear, and making an already frustrating experience a lot more frustrating. It was almost like the GM was also frustrated with the game. A total letdown, and we all left very much frustrated and sad. Would not recommend this room.

We played Escobar Part 1 & Escobar Part 2 on the same day. In Part 1, we barely needed help as experienced players (me 60 rooms and him 80 rooms). In Part 2, we had to ask for help for most of the game. The second room had very minimal decor and the clues are placed elsewhere very high and very low. Not ideal for someone with poor vision. For some of the clues, you can only solve it by doing strange things to activate it. You’ll see what I mean in the “XOXO” puzzle. Our game master was definitely frustrated with us as her hints didn’t make much sense to us. So rather than rewording, she just kept repeating the same clue in louder volumes. We were going to book a third game for the same day but after playing Escobar Part 2 and our experience with this game master —— we decided to save it for the future.

Really enjoyed it. Puzzles were fun and the perfect mix of hard yet solvable.

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.