Escape Operation: End Of Days

My friends and I made a reservation for a group of 7 on a Saturday at noon for Escape Operation End of Days A. Price ended up being $30/person. The staff was friendly and the waiting area has fun puzzles and board games you can do as you wait for those friends who are stragglers. This was the first escape room I've done in NYC, but I have done escape rooms before. While I definitely had fun, I wouldn't recommend this particular room to a large group of people who have done escape rooms before. The technology was hands down the coolest part. The escape rooms I've done before were more about physically unlocking stuff so it was a new experience to have technology more integrated. What I did not care for about this room was that you needed to solve one thing to move on to the next part, but that one thing would only require 2-3 people to do. So at any given time, 4-5 of us would just be standing around (and actually have nothing to do). Maybe it was because we had experience and picked an easier room, but that made it more boring than other rooms I've done where you need to spread out and work to finish in time. However, the clues were logical and the puzzles were fun to solve. We broke out with time to spare (maybe 20+ minutes). Overall, I thought it was an average-priced escape room and left slightly underwhelmed from this experience. I do think it was more about the group I was with (2 of them are escape room aficionados) and the sequence of the room that affected my experience. However, I'm still interested in trying other rooms to see if any of them provide a more challenging experience!

I didn’t like the linear gameplay. We had 3 players and often one or two of us had nothing to do. One puzzle was poorly designed (there was a puzzle that you had to identify sounds but some of the sounds were too similar)

Super linear room where you solve a puzzle, wait for something to open, And move on. Everything was working and looked good. Recommend for more beginners

I went into this without sleep and jet lagged. Did it with my girlfriend and her friend. Unfortunately didn’t make it, I think we would’ve had a better chance well rested. Puzzles were clever

The set and the concept were great, but I think I was missing something from the execution. Very much a technical room, but I wanted the puzzles to connect to the objective more. It felt like our objective wasn’t very clear, and the puzzles weren’t connected to anything, it was just opening various things til you got to the end. That said- we still had fun (just 2 of us in the room- I would have 3-4 max), I was just hoping for more with such a great concept!

Solid, not too special. Agreeing with some other reviews that puzzles were not really connected and felt random. Story was nothing really and there was no ending. Just pop the final piece in and the staff came in to let us out. Nice effects, props, and some satisfying hands on puzzles tho. Not disappointed! Just not wowed.

Pretty fine room overall but didn’t really grip me. The story is pretty bare-bones and the theme/setting doesn’t make a ton of sense. The puzzles are reasonable and fun but pretty same-y, there weren’t many unique memorable moments. Exceptionally linear, don’t bring more than 2-3 people. 3/5

7/10 in difficulty. We escaped in 50 min (2 people). We had some troubles getting started because we couldn't find the one gadget that jumpstarted the puzzles. Not one of my favorite rooms because all the puzzles felt random and more fidgety than brain-stimulating. They all felt random too and not connected to the story. It just felt like a room of random puzzles, and it didn't feel like there was any story progression or logic. We wish there could've been some riddles or words to guide us on what to do next, but it was pretty much a guess where these objects go kind of feel. It's pretty interactive and hands on, and to my surprise, there were no combinations and locks at all. I did like how one or two puzzles had multiple parts to it and were connected to one another rather than all the puzzles being disjoint. The staff was friendly, but a little dismissive. They seemed to want to get us in and out of the establishment as quickly as possible even though they were not busy at all (we were the only party there at that hour). There was no time to debrief the room, provide feedback, ask any questions, etc., unlike other escape room experiences I've had. For the price, I don't think it was worth it. I think there might be better and friendlier escape room establishments in the city.

Super clever puzzles ! Great with 2-3 ppl. Not hard. I would say easy to medium. We only got one clue !

A smaller room with a moderate amount of easy-medium, linear puzzles suitable for a party of 3-4 (totally doable with 2 players if experienced). The room design/setting was pretty nice, although there was not much of theming or back story. (The pre-apocalypse back story did not translate into the puzzles/flow). The puzzles were overall fun and of good variety, maybe just one of them would take slightly more effort to crack. This room is easier, less busy, and more mechanical/older than Carbon 3708 (the other room in this location). Experienced players might not find it to be too stimulating, but our friends who were doing escape room for the first time had a great time. Would highly recommend for beginners!