HacksawRush Escape Game - HawthornEscape roomIRLA fun room with an interesting start! There were some issues with a look being attached to a carabiner (in the brief they mention carabiners are there for safety but to be treated like a chain) which ended up costing time as we tried to figure out what else needed to be done before radioing and being told it was an accident. There are multiple disconnected puzzles that come together in the end, that can sometimes mean you don’t know where you’re going with the clues you’ve found. Probably more fun for bigger groups!
Game Of The DragonRush Escape Game - South YarraEscape roomIRLThe room was themed beautifully, however the lack of linear puzzles left us trying to figure out what we were meant to do next often. A few puzzles are absolute time eaters, especially when you’re a smaller group (we were just 2). We lost quite a bit of time due to an item that was attached via carabiner- when we have done other rush escapes they have told us to treat it as a chain link and that undoing the carabiner would be considered cheating, after about 10 minutes we radioed to ask if we were allowed to detach it, and of course we were. No puzzles were particularly hard, they were just hard to find.
The Medieval QuestThe Mystery Rooms - MelbourneEscape roomIRLQuite a fun little room! The set was nice, particularly the third room. Some time eater puzzles, but that’s part of the challenge! Got stuck once, with information that felt a bit disconnected from what it was meant to work with. There did seem to be some elements that were red herrings, but they only momentarily distracted us.
Its NightmareRush Escape Game - South YarraEscape roomIRLGood fun! A pretty straight forward room for the most part. The starting hallway genuinely freaked me out, unfortunately that fear didn’t continue. We got stuck once or twice but managed to figure it out with no clues
The Nine-NineRush Escape Game - HawthornEscape roomIRL𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿This review contains spoilers.Unscramble𓀗
Monsters IncRush Escape Game - South YarraEscape roomIRLA really fun room! The design was super cool! The puzzles weren’t particularly challenging but they were fun, so it biggest time waster was just us not reading signs properly. Managed to set a monthly record, which made it all the more enjoyable !
MAUI’s TreasureEntermission VR MelbourneEscape roomIRLReally fun, cute room. The mechanics worked really well and helped with immersion! Some of the answers were hard to find but we got there in the end. Genuinely fun room that’s really well built, I honestly wish they had more in person rooms rather than the VR
Secret Agent ManRush Escape Game - South YarraEscape roomIRLGood fun! A pretty well themed room, some trickier puzzles but nothing we needed to get help for. There’s a few different potential starting points, all were reasonably easy to figure out. Some fun puzzle elements that you don’t see often, including a fun lazer puzzle
The Mad ScientistAdventure Rooms - Melbourne (Little Collins St)Escape roomIRLPretty fun room, less puzzle solving, more finding. The puzzles weren’t difficult, but there were a lot of them, so probably easier for larger groups- as a duo we were moving through puzzles quickly, but the fact we couldn’t do more simultaneously ate into time. GMs were lovely, it’s a shame the clue giving is done without us requesting it, we always try to get things solved ourselves and only ask if we’re desperate so that was unfortunate.
Cave InTrapt Bar & Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLRoom was approachable for the most part, got stuck on one puzzle for about 10 minutes and completed the rest of the room in 15. Not a lot of flashy puzzles or mechanics, but did the job.
