Trickstermac
63 escape rooms
Superboosted
Hypnotic’s rooms keep wowing me. They’re fun and well designed. And the people there are themselves real Escape Room fans who are eager to share their rooms with new people. 5150 had a great mixture of creepy atmosphere and tricky puzzles without relying on non-sequitors or cheap jump scares for effect.
Gameplay
I love the flow of the rooms here. Other rooms try to be more difficult by leaving random distractions or requiring you to make jumps of logic with no connection to the situation. Here everything flows from the story and premise.
Atmosphere
Nicely immersive
Customer service
Feels like visiting a friend who’s eager to show you their new toys
Particularly interesting or different
No
Well designed and well run, which can feel different after some lesser places
Story
The plot was key to solving the puzzles and all the puzzles grew from the story
Difficulty
Hard
It’s difficult for me to judge, I do so many Escape Rooms. Often rooms will be harder just because they’re poorly designed. I can see beginners struggling, but the GM is great a giving hints without solving puzzles
Game tech
High tech
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Spooky
Creepy, not really scary
Minimum age
12
I’d have felt okay taking my goddaughter here when she was nine, but she’s bright and has liked creepy things since she was a toddler
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Medium
Street parking varies by day and time of day
Safety
Yes
