An absolute must play if you’re in LA and a one of kind escape room experience. Appleseed Avenue is quite possibly my favorite room I’ve played so far! The staff is wonderful and hilarious and the room is incredibly immersive and well designed. It was an absolute blast and had us prying for details on their next room. Very well worth the ticket cost and a 100% recommendation from our team.
Gameplay was very fun! The investigation elements were great however some people may not enjoy the computer segments and mini games. Additionally there were times where we were waiting on the other half of our group to finish their segments and puzzles before we could move on, but I didn’t mind that.
The set of Appleseed is remarkable, the rooms are very well decorated and the set is incredibly immersive, truly like you stepped into sesame street.
Our GM was fantastic! We were his last group for the night so we chatted for a bit and he showed us some cool behind the scenes bits.
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
The premise alone is interesting and different, but the set and puzzles were also very different from other rooms I’ve played.
The story was great! Overall pretty standard political intrigue story but with puppets making much more engaging!
We didn’t struggle too much and didn’t run into any significant road blocks
Very high tech, lots of computer work, buttons, scanners, and do dads
We found 4 to be perfect as we could work in pairs and nobody was ever doing nothing. For less experienced groups up to 6 could work.
Despite the subject matter, I would not suggest this for small children as it is pretty hands on.
Puppets! + your GM at the beginning
Physically active
Not at all
Multiple rooms but no strenuous activity like running or climbing
Accessibility
Your group needs at least two people (or ideally half the group) who are not a. Color blind or b. Sensitive to flashing lights, GM will ask about this while splitting the groups up. There is seating available and the hallways are likely wide enough for someone in a wheelchair or using mobility aids, but it may be tight in the offices (in particular the detective office)
The building itself is easy to find but you need to be buzzed in and the GM will come open the door for you, it took us a bit to figure out where the door was.
