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Pins & Needles Tattoo Parlor

Pins & Needles Tattoo Parlor

The Exit Games FL

  • Escape room
  • IRL
This being our ~160th room, have to say this is one of the best we’ve ever done. The props and atmosphere are really top notch, storyline is actually present and easy to follow, GM was excellent, just an overall great experience. The only thing that keeps this from being a 100/100 is there’s a large handful of number/letter locks, BUT they do a good job of not having multiple locks in the same room with the same type of code (like having two 4 digit number locks in the same area). There are a lot of other puzzle types though, so that’s great. I give it a 97/100. Go in blind!
Der Spielzeugmacher [Toy Maker]

Der Spielzeugmacher [Toy Maker]

Big Break Hamburg

  • Escape room
  • IRL
This is about as good a room as we’ve ever played when it comes to a standard 60 minute, puzzle-oriented room. It’s not overly flashy or grand, but it has some really fun surprises in store. Puzzle flow was really good, we never needed a hint and we knew what we needed to be working on at all times. I thought the puzzles were reasonably challenging, some were a bit easy, others were a little tougher and took a few minutes to click. Overall we had a lot of fun and felt accomplished at the end.
Birth Machine

Birth Machine

Mad Machines

  • Escape room
  • IRL
This is the more highly regarded of Mad Machines 2 rooms, but it really didn’t do it for me. On the positive side, it’s wacky, silly, unique, and a well crafted theme I’ve never seen anywhere else, which is a rare find these days. However, for me it lacked on puzzles, which is too core to the experience to overlook. The first half of the room is a more traditional escape room style experience, but the quality and difficulty of the puzzles varied too much. Some were overtly obvious and easy, and others were very subtle and we veered off course a couple times, but, it was still on track to be a great room. The next half though I really didn’t enjoy. It felt to me more like a series of tasks rather than puzzles, and it felt like a chore to finish. It wasn’t “bad” by any means, but it somewhat ruined the experience for me.
Time Machine

Time Machine

Mad Machines

  • Escape room
  • IRL
This is a well executed and creative Time Machine themed escape room. It has a little bit of everything, and we were able to get through it with minimal assistance in a couple minutes under the time cap which is ideal. The set is very cool, and I enjoyed the puzzles. I will say, Mad Machines puzzles are a little more on the “tasks” side rather than brain-teasing puzzles, which isn’t necessarily bad, but it doesn’t always scratch that puzzle itch that brings me back to escape rooms time and again. However, I thought this room struck the balance a little better than Birth Machine, and so this gets a higher rating from me.
K.O.N.G Protocol

K.O.N.G Protocol

Escape Barcelona 2 3

  • Escape room
  • IRL
I loved it so much I bought the T-shirt. I’ll be honest, the first 45-60 mins are not great, but it really turns on for the second half and has some moments that made it worth it for me. The issue with the first ~hour is puzzle flow. You have a lot to look at and do, but it’s not clear where you should be spending your time which is frustrating because you waste time until a clue comes in. This is not the case in the second half in my opinion, so hang in there and know that you’re not alone. The spook factor, for me, was really good. Excellent tension, and a great set with thoughtful lighting. We don’t do a lot of horror rooms so our tolerance is relatively low, so YMMV. Try to have fun with it. I was grinning ear to ear for the last hour.
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