Hope EndThe Ministry Of PeculiaritiesEscape roomIRLThematically, dramatically, and frantically superb. It lives up to the hype. Just book it. A big BRAVO to the staff and creative team!
InksidiousEscape Room 66 - Los AngelesEscape roomIRLI highly recommend this room! One of my favorite themes and set design of all time. The puzzles are creative and inspired by the theme. Set design really transports you to another world, and in order to do that, so much of this room had to be created from scratch. Bravo! Would recommend this room to anyone.
Masters Of MagicGatlin's Escape Games - The VillageEscape roomIRLThe theming, atmosphere and props were all fantastic (and the redeeming quality that allowed me to give this place a fairly positive review). The puzzles were good, and the interactive elements were really fun and themed well. The staff experience was quite bad (see comments specifically about that). What was a well crafted room was spoiled by a very chatty GM that wasn’t at all congratulatory or celebratory on our escape.
Black DragonEscape Room LAEscape roomIRLI feel super mixed about this room. If there was a 🫳🏻 “ehh” hand, between thumbs up and down, I would pick it. What ultimately ticked to thumbs up was the work that went into the setting and atmosphere. I really can appreciate the effort, vision, and execution of an amazing set up. Our experience was not filled with the fun and thrill of other escape rooms because there were three puzzles/items that were malfunctioning, plus, the ultimate reveal of the victory had us scratching our heads. Two of us (in a group of five) completed the final puzzle without even knowing we were winning the room, while the other three were in another place still working on a puzzle that ultimately had no impact on us winning the game (because of a malfunction). That excitement of a win and escape was flattened and it was quite disappointing.
CheckmateThe Ruse Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLOur Checkmate experience was fantastic! The GM was kind and did a great job of explaining the premise without giving too much away. After doing almost 100 rooms, this one really had something unique and special: elements where individual people were pulled to another space to work on things alone. It spiced things up just enough but also didn’t diminish anything from the overall feel. It worked really well with the storyline.
The Area 51 AdventureThe Secret Chambers - ArlingtonEscape roomIRLThis was a fun room with LOTS to do over multiple rooms. As a group of four experienced escape room players, we were busy the entire time and escaped with under a minute to spare. Definitely some fun mechanics and suprises... and a few puzzle types I had never seen before. We really enjoyed the concept of the GM being part of our "team" and getting to see them on video at the start of the game. Seems like a tactic that could be used by more escape rooms.
