50 escape rooms
We had high hopes but went home frustrated First off, as many others have said, they start the 1 hour the second they open the door to the room. They then spend about five minutes talking before you can begin. Longer if they’re feeling chatty. Next, there are puzzles which seem intentionally poorly designed. The writing is sometimes difficult to read, there is a picture so bad as to be misleading, and there is way too much junk everywhere that just gets in your way. Finally, our GM gave us a spectacularly bad hint early on which sent us down the wrong path. We ended up not completing the room. (This is only the second time that’s happened to us and we’ve done around 50 rooms by now.) It seems with minor tweaks, the room could be top rate, but given the number of other reviewers who have made complaints exactly like mine, I don’t think this place had any desire to improve.
Off kilter and jerky
Great look but too much extraneous stuff that ends up being pure red herring
While always pleasant, our GM started the clock the second we walked in the room, while they were still giving us the basic set-up. And this was after we had sat waiting for them in the lobby for about five minutes. We basically started out with only 55 minutes to solve the room. Also, we were lost and asked for a hint. The we were given was worded in such a way that it sent us even further down the wrong track. At other times, they seemed sincerely to be trying to help. But the amount of time we lost at the top and to pursuing an incorrect solution cost us the escape.
Yes
You get a lot dirtier here than in most escape rooms
It’s been done many times before, even just right up the street.
Hard
There are puzzles which will stop you cold. And are surrounded by misleading bric a brac that eats up your time and focus
High tech
4
Not scary
16
No
No
Somewhat
I ended up running up and down those damn stairs.
Yes
Medium
There’s parking behind the building, but you have to ask them to open it up to you. They don’t tell you that in advance. And if you don’t show up early, they’ll penalize you for looking for parking by deducting from your time in the room
Sep 9, 2024 | Experienced Sep 8, 2024