Wild West

Wild West: Locked up in the local jail, we had to make our escape before the sheriff returned. Asylum: The inmates are running the asylum and our goal was to get out fast. Perfect Crime: Like the board game Clue only better. Who done it? When? With what weapon? Where? We had to figure it all out. PanIQ San Jose is a welcome addition to the San Jose escape room scene. They had only been open a week when we played all three of their rooms. We are happy to report that the experience was top-notch from start to finish. The waiting room was neat and tidy. All of the gamemasters were efficient and friendly. We started our day in the Wild West room and were immediately impressed with the quality of the set design. This room and the other two rooms were perfectly decorated to theme. The sturdy construction made for a great user experience. There was enough searching to make the game fun, but not so many props and so much furniture to prove overly distracting. The game play proceeded smoothly in a simple linear fashion. We did not easily escape, but the puzzles were logical and relatively straight-forward. We completed each game with ten minutes or less to spare and struggled a bit as a result of our own mistakes. The game master helped guide us with hints to keep our game perfectly on pace. We really enjoyed the mix of mechanical, kinesthetic, logic, deductive reasoning and symbol puzzles. Honestly we loved PanIQ room and will highly recommend it to all of our friends. We have played so many poor or middle of the road escape rooms lately that we were pleasantly surprised by our overall awesome experience at PanIQ room. Go play here!

4 of us enjoyed it, but found it quite easy. We're very puzzly people, though.

There were several broken releases on puzzles that just never opened after correctly solving.

Pretty good room. The Wild West theme was incorporated really well. The room had a couple of minor flaws, but the highlights of the room outweigh them. Worth a visit if you’re in the area.

I found the theming of this room to be its strongest asset — it definitely transported you into the Wild West era. The way the puzzles were built into the space made a lot of sense for the theme and added a high level of immersion to the game. As for the puzzles themselves, there were a handful (which, in a room, I believe to be a lot…) that didn’t quite make sense logically. It felt like some big leaps and assumptions had to be made (in ways that wouldn’t quite be a player’s first choice). I’m still impressed by the set for what it is and what it tries to accomplish, but I do feel like some of the puzzles were more puzzling than satisfying.

This was one of my first escape rooms that I did. I found it fun. A great room for beginners or kids.

Great beginner/intermediate room with an especially fun starting task. Nothing too special but nothing to complain about, this room has enough for a large group to do although the red herrings in this room could drive anyone bonkers.