The Courtyard

My biggest issue with this room is the use of an in-room actor. Most people love it but for me she ruined the room - more explanation given in the live actors section. I’m still giving this room a thumbs up because the set design was incredible and the puzzles themselves were a lot of fun. HOWEVER, this could have been one of my favorite rooms had we not had a 5th person in the room acting like an impudent child asking what we were doing every 5 seconds. Her motive was unclear: she would say helpful sounding things and when we were figuring things out for ourselves, she’d insert herself like the friend in the friend group no one wants to talk to. Basement has not steered my wrong in terms of story and room mechanics thus far so this could have been a fluke game, but be weary, if you don’t like to be constantly talked through your room and guided to your next step, this may not be the room for you.

I love this whole series of The Basement from end to end and the finish was just great. The set design was fantastic and the puzzles were super fun to work through. We did get a little stuck a couple times but Partly that’s just because the room is relatively big and there were only three of us and at least one is doesn’t usually do escape rooms. Even with all that, we managed to squeak out with very little time to spare. I would def recommend doing this whole series from the beginning. It was so fun!

This was my very first escape room ever. We were very warmly welcomed and immediately put into the spooky atmosphere of this building. As soon as we got into the room, we were all immersed. Game master was great. The room itself is great. I genuinely thought i was outside at some point, and every part of the room was really executed. We unfortunately didn’t make it out. I’d say the puzzles were pretty hard, there’s only 20% of people who escape. We weren’t part of those 20% lol. We were almost done but ran out of time. Live actor was great, she held her role perfectly ! Would recommend this escape room to intermediate groups.

The last chapter of the basement was a great way to end it. After completing this chapter, the experience really felt complete. The puzzles in this one really were integrated well into the environment and felt like we were escaping! That's one common theme that is fantastic with all chapters of the basement.

The Courtyard was quite difficult. I did this room 2 times. We didn’t finish the first time and escaped the last time. I’d highly recommend it. The puzzles and flow of the room was intricate but immersive. This might be my favorite escape room ever.

The Courtyard escape room offers an experience full of unexpected twists and turns. The clues can be quite challenging, but that only adds to the excitement. We had such a blast that we came back for a second try after not escaping the first time. It's a challenging room, but incredibly fun and rewarding. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a unique and thrilling escape room adventure!

Two major tech issues that really affected the experience in a bad way. Want to go back and redo it someday.

An absolutely fantastic finale for The Basement. A wildly immersive (and pretty big!) set hiding less in terms of surprises but a lot more in terms of content. One of my favorite parts was how they made the story be a bit more in the forefront; the actor plays into this well. Definitely one of the harder and more involved puzzle, two is probably not enough for this one.

The Basement outdid themselves with this room! You really feel that you're outdoors! Fun puzzles and the whole group of 4 stayed busy! Only downside is this is the last of the chapters!