Endurance

We enjoyed this room! The puzzles were a fun variety and the complexity was dialed in just enough that it stayed enjoyable throughout. Set design was thematic. Gameplay was mostly linear although you can start unraveling pieces to more than one puzzle at a time. Puzzles were a mix of exploration, locks and placement triggers with some electrical components weaved in coherently. Our GM was very nice, attentive, responsive and helpful. You get 3 "free" hints. Additional hints require you to dance (lol). Overall, the difficulty was moderate for a group of 3 experienced players. Important to maintain good momentum because the endgame could take some time to figure out and complete. I was happy with the gameplay balance. If something was complex, the difficulty wasn't compounded superficially by repeating it excessively. It was just right. Lighting starts out very dim but you are able to increase visibility early on.

While visiting Houston, I was looking for a family friendly activity for the family and found this escape room that had all private rooms. We were arriving a few minutes late, but when I called, the staff said that as long as we arrive before the grace period of 10 minutes ends, we would be fine (beyond that, they would not be able to give us the full hours). Luckily, we were able to arrive just 3 minutes late. The facility is in a strip mall with lots of easy parking when we arrived on a Tuesday afternoon. The staff was friendly and helpful. We filled out the waivers on the way to the escape room, so that didn't take any time once we arrived. We played Endurance with Adrian as our host/game master. Adrian was encouraging and provided clear and helpful instructions. During the game, we did need three hints, which Adrian provided with just enough information that we could get on track again without it feeling like we were cheating or being told the answers. Exactly what we want in a good game master at an escape room. The room's theme was really well done complete with fog effects at the entrance and ice walls. The ambiance matched the story and the numerous puzzles all fit the theme and story. I highly recommend Endurance. We plan on returning to try another room in the near future.

Some fun effects and puzzles. Mostly linear gameplay. Pretty fun overall.

Overall a really good room.

We had an awesome time! Our game host was also great!

I thought that the rooms were really cool and the GM was very nice and friendly. The puzzles were challenging but did not require any preparation reading or knowledge so that was very welcome as we only knew the basic information on the endurance and its crew

Olivia was an excellent game master. From the moment we walked in asking if we could make two game work at the end of the night. She offered to stay 20-30 minutes late to give us time to play back to back games. The endeavor: thematic and narrative through and through. Such a fun experience and totally recommend it to all escape room players. It should be considered for a golden lock award by Terpeca and Morty. Project Gateway: less in every way. Still fun. But lacking a lot of connective reasoning. Some puzzles were just illogical and didn’t fit any narrative sense. Sequencing DNA? The story is shut off the gateway. It felt like a nonsense time waster with no explanation as to why we’re doing that. All in all we had a great time and wish we had as fun a game master as Olivia any time we come back to Houston.

We LOVED this room. The immersion was top notch and the puzzles were very satisfying to solve. Lots of effects and surprises. The difficulty level is just right for experienced players. Can’t wait to come back for the rest of their rooms.

Staff were great. Room was linear. Felt like we were huddled around one puzzle at a time. Props and room had things falling apart.

This game was fun. Bring a jacket it’s cold in that room…spoiler maybe ?!?! The game is a great game just needs some love and a little touch up. One of the better games in Houston by all accounts.