The Assistant 2.0

Did this one because it was recommended by Reality Escape Pod. It was my birthday trip, and I brought four of my puzzle-loving friends (though none of us had done more than a couple escape rooms), and we had never done an escape room together before. Holy wow, we all an absolute blast!! The puzzles were all well-designed and executed - some of the prop design was absolutely brilliant, and everything felt fair, well-paced and super fun. The only hiccup happened because I didn’t tell the venue it was my birthday, so I missed out on a couple of special twists, and one of the puzzle solves was affected by that miscommunication. But it was quickly resolved, and we didn’t lose much time over it. I’ll definitely be bringing my crew back to tackle the Observatory. Highly recommended!

Fun classic room! Challenging puzzles and unique experience.

VERY well thought out and executed, and a very kind birthday surprise! In a group of two semi-experienced players, we needed 3ish hints and extra time… but we were so glad to have been given the opportunity to experience the room in its entirety (likely because we came the 15 minutes early). We WILL be coming back!!! I think our room operator was named Anthony- very very nice guy and gave guiding but not obvious hints. My mom’s review: Two thumbs up and five stars!!

Customization of this room was the first of its kind and made the players feel even more special

Loved this room! Challenging but not frustrating- all puzzles worked perfectly (my biggest frustration with escape rooms). Great props and surprises. Completed this with one other person, solved!

This was a BLAST!!! The puzzles are not all linear (within reason). I wouldnt do this room with more than 3 people but I'm also a puzzle fanatic so if you're newish or you take a while I'd suggest 4-6.

My favorite room at gate escape. I liked having to reuse stuff, I felt like there was always something to work on even if one thing was stuck, the collaboration with one other person flowed very well, nice that the room didn’t rely on super high tech stuff to work

This was an enjoyable room with an amusing blend of high-tech props used in low-tech ways. You’ll learn more ways to repurpose an old circuit board than you probably ever imagined. Overall the gameplay flows smoothly. One very ambitious physical puzzle is a bit fiddly to get everything aligned just right but the GM (and owner/designer) was able to help us nudge the right pieces into the right places without spoiling anything. We had a lot of fun. Recommended.

Another unique and very well designed game by the folks at the Gate — worth the drive outside of Boston!