The Seed Of HopeThe Sanctuary Escape GamesEscape roomIRLThis is an insanely immersive room! The little details are what make it so cool and the ending… wow! However, I do believe there is a flaw in the difficulty of the room and the amount of time provided to players. From escape room experience and the amount of failed attempts shown on Facebook, this game could easily be moved to 90 minutes. The room is so cool and extremely detailed! Most people who pay for extremely immersive rooms like this love the difficulty of puzzles, but want to be able to enjoy the entire experience. Most of the successful groups shown are returning for their second round. It’s an awesome room like the others at The Sanctuary, but it seems like a way to have people pay more than once for the room. If you can complete it in the first go, standing ovation! But the staff telling you that you can see the rest of the room if you hit a certain percentage should be enough to tell you that you might not succeed in 75 minutes.
Sal's CyberneticsThe Immersive MachineEscape roomIRLJust book your room now! We flew from OKC to play this room and it was worth the entire trip! Seriously, book it now!
Henchmen’s HeistThe Nemesis ClubEscape roomIRLThis is such a cool room! A true top 5 for me. From the GM getting into Character before entering the room to the grand finale. If you’re reading this review and haven’t booked a time, stop stalling! Book the room now!!
La Famiglia V2.0The Sanctuary Escape GamesEscape roomIRLThe Sanctuary is top notch for special effects and gameplay, but this room has flaws that seem to be overlooked to make the room more “difficult”. We were one of the first to play this room. Our team had the correct code for a dial combination lock, but the dial was a little loose. 15 minutes later the time runs out. From what I’ve heard, instead of fixing the dial, they offer to take time off to help you unlock this safe.
Ep. 1 - The Time TravelersBaker Street Escapes - Automobile AlleyEscape roomIRLThis game has some potential and the plans Baker Street has for an ongoing experience sounds really cool too! I wanted to like this room, but with the puzzle malfunctions and lack of immersion into the story it was hard to feel blown away in any fashion. However, I think if a group was newer to Escape Rooms this is a great room to start on.
The ObservatoriumRoyal Caribbean - Mariner of the Seas ShipEscape roomIRLWe booked the room with friends without realizing we would be paired with two other groups to fill the room. The biggest obstacle is working with other people who either think they are a genius or are not great at communicating with the group. The GM wasn’t super helpful either. It was an experience I’m glad I took part in just to say I did it, but I think I would have rather spent money on making my own sushi rolls.
