Cartel Crackdown

Cartel Crackdown

Mostly Negative (57 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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The year is 1989. You’ve been on the trail of “El Alto”, leader of the most powerful drug cartel the world has ever seen, for years now with almost nothing to show for it. His network is extensive, with labs and covers spread across several islands in the Caribbean. Every time you thought you’d found something, you find you’re too late; he’s cleaned out and is in the wind once more. But your luck may have finally changed. Yesterday, local sources here in Bermuda provided evidence of a connection between El Alto and the local police. Your team has detained the local officers for the time being, so if this doesn’t pay off, you could be in a lot of trouble. But if you’re lucky, this office may have all the evidence you need to bring this ruthless criminal to his knees. You’ll have to hurry, but maybe you can bring down El Alto once and for all.

  • 2-7
  • 60 mins
  • Medium
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (57)

Mostly Negative

Gameplay
Negative
Atmosphere
Positive
Customer service
Positive

Reviews

@CaptainN3mo
CaptainN3mo

94 escape rooms

Not PanIQ’s worst game, but definitely not a good game. The decor and a few decent puzzles were the only salvageable parts. Most of the gameplay was reaches in logic at best and unsolvable at worst. The room looked pretty nice, but it felt dirty, I didn’t want to touch a bunch of the props. There’s some interactions that are nearly impossible to figure out without clues. Mechanisms don’t make sense, things aren’t clear, and it’s just not a fun game overall. If you have to play something at PanIQ, go to Red Wire, it’s the only game of theirs that’s worth playing.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Medium-hard

Game tech

High tech

Some locks, though

Ideal number of players

3

2-4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

11

Did not need to be 18+

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Safety

Yes

Apr 10, 2026
@karinalennox
karinalennox

109 escape rooms

Not a bad room but by far not my favorite. We solved it with time to spare. The puzzles in the first room were great, the second room not so much.

Jan 11, 2025
@BadBunnyBaby
BadBunnyBaby

176 escape rooms

The room was very average however the customer service was sub par.

Gameplay

It was alright

Atmosphere

It was alright

Customer service

Terribly. Leah was the least helpful game master I’ve ever come across. She berated me with insults and told me i was not capable of doing a harder room. She proceeded to kick us out after escaping in a manner that she deemed too “fast and obnoxious”. Leah was a highkey major L

Physically active

Not at all

Aug 7, 2024 | Experienced Aug 6, 2024

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