Outpost

The experience felt pretty underwhelming for an escape room. A lot of the puzzles were very typical and felt fairly generic, so there wasn’t much that stood out or made the room feel unique. We did it in a group of 6, but it felt like the puzzles were easily confused by adding more people. The room can be solved with 2. In fact, most of us just stood back and watched 2 people work on the puzzles for some times. Not that we couldn’t figure it out, but a lot of it felt like two people jobs. I think there was a lot of potential to do something more creative with the room, the puzzles, and the storytelling. Unfortunately, it just didn’t leave much of an impression compared to other escape rooms I’ve done.

The first puzzle contains a Magic Eye style solution, which may not be solvable by all groups. Beyond that, it is a fun room and a nice night out.

I really enjoyed this room. I would recommend reading the description, immersing yourself in that world and enjoying the dialogue because once I was in that room it helped to think that way. While everyone else was more about like oh it’s just clue after clue I was more like what secrets does this room hold? I would say this room does really well for having to use every inch of it that once we got stuck it would help to just regroup and focus on a part of the room we may have missed.

This room is a great example of a Gen 1 room but the amount of locks and keys was not overbearing. The set design was simple. Not immersive like a lot of the newer rooms coming out these days. There’s a lot of elements that will be familiar to enthusiasts. Not having much context with some of the clues made it a bit tricky but not impossible. Beware of the red herrings! I definitely caught a little brain burn from those! The size of the room is alright but four would be the best. Our group had fun but we all agreed that the pricing is a bit steep for this type of room. If it was a Gen 3 room and more immersive then the pricing would be reasonable.

This is the owners first go at an escape room and he has done a great job!! Great room, the puzzles were really challenging for two of us. Would recommend 3 or 4.

Located in the beautiful Uptown Whittier with plenty of food/drink options nearby. Outpost is a hybrid/nonlinear gen 2 room set in a nuclear fallout bunker. Very fun for beginners and enthusiasts alike!