Ghost PatrolTrivium GamesEscape roomIRLSuccessfully escaped with four people. Set design is great and some innovative puzzles that fit and flowed well! I also loved the whimsical nature of it. I just thing this room was hyped up so much that the actual experience was a bit of a letdown
RobotopiaOmescape - SunnyvaleEscape roomIRLSuccessfully escaped with 5! An amaaaaaazing room. My favourite escape room I've done by far. The space is transformative, the puzzles are super unique and well done, and there are so many amazing reveals!! 4 people is probably the best size for this room as the puzzles are pretty much linear. Highly highly recommend !!
UndercookedOmescape - SunnyvaleEscape roomIRLManaged 25/26 recipes with 6 people. Definitely need to divide and conquer with this room, so you will miss out on many of the puzzles. I loved the fact that there so many puzzles to solve though! But it is hard to coordinate which parts are for what puzzle and which ones are already solved. I agree with BTRoku's review! I liked Robotopia a lot more but this was still a great time!
Mogollon Monster: Scouting for Arizona's BigfootThe Nemesis ClubEscape roomIRLSuccessfully escaped with 4. This is overall a great room. The set design is unmatched, with amazing immersive use of tech. However, our room had technical difficulties so we missed the entire cool intro and the staff didn't try to fix it and give us that experience. We then had to step out so they could fix the rest of the room. The puzzles were thematic but the flow wasn't great. There were quite a few that I felt were quite a stretch and non-intuitive. But, to their credit, the room offers many unique moments that I haven't seen in other rooms before, that really add to the fun and entertainment of it. Definitely would recommend it still!
The BirdMyssTic RoomsEscape roomIRLSuccessfully escaped with 5. 5 was fine but maybe 3 or 4 people would've been slightly better as the puzzles were fairly linear. It's more detail oriented and finicky in a good way than ghost light. It's also a relatively smaller room, but it had some incredible reveals that awed me. Set design is incredible and I also enjoyed the puzzles here more than ghost light because they were a bit more complex (but still definitely doable!). I liked this room more than ghost light!
Ghost LightMyssTic RoomsEscape roomIRLSuccessfully escaped with 3, which felt like a pretty good number of people to do this room. Theme and story was really well done and makes you feel part of the narrative, which imparts a sentimental/melancholic atmosphere that I have not experienced in an escape room. Puzzles were straight forward and stayed true to the theme. This is also a bigger room with fantastic set design. Highly recommend the trek out to Brooklyn!
PlaygroundThe Escape Game - New YorkEscape roomIRLSuccessfully escaped with 12 (whatever the max limit was) people, but with a lot of help towards the end. This was my first time to be grouped with random people in such a large group. We went with a group of 4 and it ended being the room limit with disparate groups of 2-4. Nevertheless, I was amazed by how everyone still had something to do. I think you actually need a pretty big group for this room, because there are so many non-linear puzzles that all need to be solved. It was a pleasant surprise! All the puzzles are on theme and many felt unique. One of my favourite rooms of the franchise!
The AttractionPalace GamesEscape roomIRLEscaped with about 8 people. I was really excited for this one because there's a lot of hype around it, and I think it fell short of that. The transformative aspect of the room was GREAT and the tech/props were fantastic, but I felt like it was a bit gimmicky and got repetitive.
Prison BreakThe Escape Game - ChicagoEscape roomIRLVery immersive set, done with 2 people successfully. Loved the split start and communication needed to conquer the puzzles!
Cannibals In The CatacombsPrototype Escape GamesEscape roomIRLI've heard this is the best room in Jacksonville and I believe it! Successfully escaped with 4 (definitely need at least 3). Puzzles were very thematic and flowed well. Nothing was too much of a stretch. Room operated very smoothly. Don't be too scared by the disclaimers and warnings, it was scary but not overly stressful. The difficulty is also on the easier (still fun but more straightforward) side I think. You just might be shocked by the experience ✨
