Irvine School of Wizardry and the Goblin's SecretsHidden DonkeyEscape roomIRLGood — a bit linear and a few logic jumps. Cute and well produced.
Dragon RealmMile High Escape OpsEscape roomIRLBeautiful game, but just didn’t flow well. Too many unintuitive puzzles that killed the fun.
Moriarty's ManorMindFox EscapeEscape roomIRLShould’ve been a good room, but this just isn’t designed for two players. We have done many rooms, but this one had multiple puzzles that were awkward for two people and the puzzles were just too numerous and time consuming, even for advanced players (with less than three people). This could be easily fixed if they just pulled a couple puzzles for low player count. This room has a lot of potential, but this really ruined the experience for us. Really just shouldn’t allow less than 3 players without some changes. Also, the room is pretty filled with cliches and escape room tropes, and the ending was probably the easiest and least satisfying set of puzzles we’ve encountered in an otherwise decent room to date.
Ink & AshesExodus Escape RoomEscape roomIRLAn absolutely fantastic room. This one is definitely is clearly designed for escape room enthusiasts. Excellent execution of a murder mystery room. 8.5/10. One of the top rooms in Orange County
Irvine School Of Wizardry And The Dragon WandHidden DonkeyEscape roomIRLA good room with multiple tropes that hold it back. This room suffers from multiple classic issues with rooms that numb the fun: being unnecessarily dark throughout, a fair bit of easy yet tedious math, and the “mixing” of ingredients. All combined, these made it feel a bit like a Middle School science class, rather than giving you that “Aha” moment of truly great escape room. Ambiance and design were great, but we’ve had more fun in less produced rooms missing these pitfalls for sure. 7/10
Experiment C73Conundrum Escape Rooms - ArvadaEscape roomIRLAn outstanding room. Conundrum is truly world class with their rooms.
Cheesie's Pizza Party60 to Escape - SchaumburgEscape roomIRLIt’s a perfectly okay room but nothing special. The animatronics are cool but that is the only major highlight of the room, and the puzzles left some to be desired.
Frost Base ZRabbit Hole Recreation ServicesEscape roomIRLNonsensical logic jumps and every clue we received was completely misleading and a waste of time. Perhaps with another GM this room could’ve been okay, but even then it is definitely nothing special.
InksidiousEscape Room 66 - Los AngelesEscape roomIRLA very good room that is a must-do for any hardcore escape-roomers! Mostly mechanical and not super flashy (which is a good change of pace for SoCal rooms actually); excellent gameplay and super friendly staff
