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Anna Tselevich-Price (she/her) | NJ | MA
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1408 Escape
Brighton Asylum
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This was one of those rooms where we got out and then we were like "wait, that was it?" - and honestly I kind of hate that. It makes the whole experience very unsatisfying, because it's so much better once you can work through the puzzles and then KNOW when you get to the penultimate one - and that you are almost out. Otherwise, as Stephie noted - we normally think that the sketchier the place (i.e a warehouse in an industrial park -- bonus points for the spooky animatronics and dilapidated Scooby van parked outside) the better the rooms will be. I think we have this philosophy because of Thirteenth Hour, which I am sure anyone who is doing rooms here has heard of or has frequented. This place gives a similar vibe but not as well on the execution. It does bother me a bit when there are no ceilings on the rooms, but some escape room places make that work with their creepy music, etc or the way they time game play that the rooms aren't right next to eachother at one time. This one, had really loud music but we could still hear another group screaming all sorts of things which definitely takes away from the ambiance and also makes it kind of hard to think. I genuinely enjoyed the theme of this room, and think it has potential to be great but unfortunately a lot of the puzzles were broken, and extremely worn down. Another pet peeve of mine is when you can see other people's puzzle attempts on a puzzle (like a list that has light lines on it that someone drew on) and think it shouldn't be too hard to replace those items when they get to that point. We weren't sure if we were going to ever come back here after this experience.
Antidote
Escapology - Garwood
Escape room
IRL
Funny enough this was the very last room we had to complete at Escapology Garwood. Not sure why we saved the easiest for last, but here we are. Again - Escapology is like ol'reliable. Is this the best room I have ever done? No. Did we still have a great time? Yes. Everything was simple, easy to follow, all the puzzles worked, the gamemaster was so nice, and we got out super quickly!
The Pirate Ship
Amazing Escape Room - Green Brook
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IRL
A Pirate’s Adventure
The Escape Game - Georgetown
Escape room
IRL
This was a fun room. As always the design at The Escape Game is great and really well developed. The puzzles are high quality, and the rooms are pretty linear. We ended up doing this room with a random family and we had so much fun with them. We got out in decent time and we all took turns figuring out the puzzles.
A Pirate's Curse
Escapology - Garwood
Escape room
IRL
Ok so as we know, Escapology is a solid mainstream escape room chain. They are reliable, you can count on the puzzles to work, and the rooms are always linear. Which honestly - love that. They make escape rooms feel very accessible to your average person, aka us. This is the newest theme that has opened at this Garwood location, and honestly it was a solid room. I wouldn't say it was my favorite, or the best one, but if you're into pirates then this is a good choice. We did this as a group of 4, and had a fun time. I love a good crawl-through. Why was the intro video so long though.... we got the pirate's entire life story me thinks. Anyways, solid room and honestly would be fun for kids.
Boardwalk Blast
Escape Garden State
Escape room
IRL
Going to second everything Stephie said here - the room was very mid. The theme was so clever and had so much potential but really fell flat. We had a decent time going through the puzzles but between some being super worn down, some being broken, and one that took us literally forever because it was based on actual physical skill (should have a bypass option) we just didn’t leave loving it.
Budapest Express
Escapology - Garwood
Escape room
IRL
This was one of the first rooms we ever did at Escapology - and we loved it. This one is just the right amount of difficult where it’s still super do-able and you get a lot of satisfaction from completing the puzzles. The atmosphere and story is classic, and very immersive. I loved it.
Day of the Dead
Trap Door Escape Room - Morristown
Escape room
IRL
"We go to Trap Door for the plot" - Stephanie. Ummmm, it's gonna be a no from me dawg. This was arguably the strangest escape room experience we have ever had. And I really do not say that lightly - as we have done another room at this location which was technically weirder. So - picture this. It's after 9pm. You're in downtown idyllic Morristown, NJ. You park your car on a little side street and walk into a storefront that is very bare. It is empty inside. Finally, some guy walks in and is like "Hey are you here for the Day of the Dead room?" and we say enthusiastically "Yes!". He proceeds to ask us the usual questions, like - "Have you done an escape room before?" "Have you been to our location?" - the answer is yes. We think he is walking us into the room to give us the lowdown on what we need to know, but then he whips out "So, I'm actually going to stay in the room with you the entire time". Honestly - not sure why we didn't run... we wouldn't last long in a scary movie. We start looking around and the atmosphere is interesting. It's not bad, it's very "elaborate"? but not necessarily in a good way. This is when things really go down hill - aka when we start the room - to this day I am still not sure why he had to stand in the room with us the entire time. We start figuring out some puzzles, and then we get very stuck. Without giving away spoilers... there is a puzzle in this room that definitely screams DO NOT TOUCH - because it would be very messy and unusual to do so. So imagine our surprise, when he gives us a "hint" to use/touch this thing.... and we ask him - "Do we really need to do that?" and he goes "IDK!" .... like bro, at the point just tell us YES or NO. I could go on, about the poor condition of literally everything in the room.... or the music being very loud for no good reason... or the lighting always being off in some way in this building .... or the puzzles that are broken and never fixed .... or the not linear storylines .... or the weird guy hovering in the room ready to potentially murder us at any given point.... jk he was actually nice but just a weird situation to be in. It's like a live actor who's not acting. Anyways, I think it is needless to say that we do not recommend this experience, unless you just want a fun story out of it. The end.
Devil's Den
Escape Garden State
Escape room
IRL
This room was okay - I wish there was a rating between dislike and like - because this was just average. What makes me sad about this one is that I really think it has IMMENSE potential. Like the theme was genius so they get points for even thinking it up. I love that it's a real NJ themed room and it's spooky and a really good storyline. However, the execution fell sort of flat. We did the "less scary" version, and it was still spooky and had some jump scares. The puzzles were kind of confusing and it didn't feel very linear. Also the condition of the place and the decor definitely could have been better. I would have loved to see them really pour more effort into this room and treat it as a haunted house style decoration wise where things felt more realistic and high quality to make it a better experience. I love a room concept where you start separated from your team/partner but this one we were separated for way too long as Stephanie said. It would have been much more fun to have only one puzzle that separated us and then we could be joined back together.
Gold Rush
The Escape Game - New Jersey
Escape room
IRL
I looooooooooved this room!!! This was genuinely the epitome of what a good escape room should be in my opinion! Stephie and I were paired with an adorable couple on this, and they had not really done escape rooms before. I really just want to emphasize that the quality of games and puzzles and technology and atmosphere and so on at The Escape Game is ALMOST unmatched. I always say that Escapology is the standard for a good solid escape room, but Escape Game takes it to a higher level and really nails it on being above average in all those categories. Because we have obviously done a ton of escape rooms (and rooms with this franchise) Stephie and I kind of knew what to expect in terms of how the puzzles go and the linear nature of them. We got the room kickstarted and the couple we were with had so much fun after they got the gist of what to look for/what to do. This room just really hit the marks on everything, I know this is me rambling and saying the same thing over and over again but genuinely it was so fun and interactive. I love it when puzzles are creative and use technology that actually works well. The gamemaster and staff here were also wonderful!!!! Do this room, it would be fun as 2, as 4, even 6 or 8 because there's a lot going on and it's fun for all age levels. You can go into it knowing you really will have a great time.
John Hayden's Room
13th Hour Escape Room - Wharton
Escape room
IRL
I would say this was probably my least favorite of the “John Hayden” series rooms but that’s not saying a lot because I still thoroughly enjoyed it! I agree with the other reviewers that the set design was awesome but the puzzles felt a little lackluster and “lock heavy”. It’s still a great room and definitely would recommend everyone to do the whole series.
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