Haunted House

This game is a mess. The room is so dark that we were told to use our phone flashlights to help us despite the safety video prohibiting it. The reading materials they give you constitute a short novel. One puzzle involving audio prompts has the promots playing over each other, and one speaker is so quiet that the audio is unintelligible. Overall, the puzzle designs feel like you need to read the mind of the puzzle designer in order to solve them (read: serious lack of clueing). In over 300 games, I don’t think I’ve ever had to use so many hints. If this game is being described as an improvement over Escapology’s other games, I can only imagine how bad the other ones are. The set design was the only redeeming quality.

I'm mixed about this one. The story, decor, and puzzles were decent, but some of the tech was broken and it made it a disappointing experience in the end. There was a lighting clue that simply didn't work and we had no idea until the game was over. An audio clue didn't work properly and so it became a guessing game to figure out the solution. Also, the game master was too quick to provide solutions rather than clues when we asked for hints. One time we asked for a hint and instead of being given a nudge in the right direction, the clue simply said, "The puzzle answer is X Y Z." Grrrrr.

Spooky but nothing too frightening (but kids would probably have a hard time with it). We are decently experienced game players, so the puzzles weren’t too hard. Had some mechanical issues, but the hosts were quick to help on those. Overall, a fun one!

Haunted House is a smaller and creepy game. Puzzles were on the harder side, but fun to solve. One puzzle could have used more clueing. A definite improvement on the other Escapology games. Decor was on the slighter side. This location and games are brand new, hoping they hold up over time!