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THERE’S AN ART TO CRIME Your world-class espionage outfit has landed you inside a prestigious art museum. A recently stolen masterpiece is presumed hidden within the office of the museum’s egotistical curator, Vincent Hahn. With the help of your intelligence agent on the outside, you have one hour to find your way into Hahn’s office, recover the painting, and slip away before Hahn returns.
All ratings (84)
Very positive
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110 escape rooms
Starts out slow / uninteresting, but has some strong moments later. Probably the least interesting theme of TEG’s games, but still fun and well-made. One puzzle required lots of physical precision which could potentially be frustrating but this wasn’t too much of an obstacle for my group 3/5
111 escape rooms
Great fun creative game. Very similar structure as Murder in the Buildings. Our GM gave us many clues when we didn’t ask for it. But it did help.
35 escape rooms
A heist where as a whole everything went right, but some cracks to get in were rough. Some really clever puzzles and synergies but other puzzles REALLY fell flat and the ending sequence would’ve been extremely confusing without the note of “you’ll use this at the end” being told to us in the beginning. Cardinal sin of outside knowledge needed (in a sense, but it could be easy to interpret naturally). Overall, happy I played, but I would recommend things over it. Kiera was an awesome host!
I really enjoyed some of the puzzles - not to give too much away, but the room used a jigsaw puzzle in a novel way and a puzzle in the end sequence made me go “oh my god how did I not notice that?” - however, there were some really lacking puzzles, especially one at the very beginning which felt nigh impossible without guessing. One or two places where a code could go in multiple places. Also, one puzzle technically requires outside knowledge of a board game, but it’s also not super hard to interpret and it’s a game 95% of Americans could name. Note: there is one point where you activate something with water. You don’t need to pour it into anything. This is apparently a very very common thing that they have to say “you don’t have to do that!” over the mic.
TEG knows how to make a room visually SMASH. Everything was really well-done and felt natural within the room.
Our GM Kiera was amazing. Really sweet and was fast to respond to needed clues.
No
Nothing super unique or crazy in terms of puzzles. Standard game overall.
The story itself was fine - museum owner isn’t so benevolent and stole a painting, and you’re going in to steal it back. Small twist on the ending, but nothing out of the ordinary - everything you’d expect to see is represented.
Hard
There is a lot to do in not a lot of time. Game is semi-linear where there are clear sections, meaning everything in a section is semi-contained. Puzzle types are varied and a lot of “aha!” moments of synergy - however, there were 1-2 puzzles that had some communication issues that took us far too long. One puzzle we did just have to guess because we couldn’t find something.
Mechanical
TEG in general is pretty second-gen with mixing lock/key with mag locks and interactable elements. This wouldn’t have made much sense story-wise if it was high-tech - some good use of tech though.
5
It felt like there was a LOT to do for 2 people, especially since the middle of the game had puzzles that groups could be doing side by side. 2-3 is definitely doable (source: us) - 5-8 feels like you could split off a lot more easily and get out faster.
Not scary
Light prolonged stress situation near the end, but that’s about it.
8
Room itself is child friendly - however, kids that are too short may not be able to contribute so easily.
Yes
We’re actually not sure about this. We believe that we submitted a code correctly and a door did not open - this cost us a good 5-7 minutes of hypothesizing and a clue called to see the same thing, doing it again and… it worked. We’re not actually sure if it was bugged, didn’t read correctly, or we inputted wrong - it did work however.
No
Not at all
Light walking between all spaces. Someone will need to get low at a specific point, but that is the only thing in the room that has anything that you could consider slightly active.
Dyslexia / poor eyesight be warned - this is a reading heavy game with some small text. End sequence contains mild strobe light - however, I believe it is slow enough (switch on-off every 0.5 seconds) that it will be manageable.
Yes
In American Dream Mall. Park in Lot A - from there, literal bright red text pointing you to the right area.
Easy
Mall parking.
110 escape rooms
My first escape room and it’s was so fun. The puzzles were comprehensive and linear. We had a blast working together and talking our way through! Absolutely sparked the escape bug!!!
33 escape rooms
It’s no secret that a heist themed escape room is overdone and nearly every escape room has one….however, this one is done VERY well. Puzzles are both carefully thought out and thought provoking. This game was a very good challenge. I didn’t have high hopes for this game because heists are a cliché theme….but i was happy to be proven wrong!
good but there were points where we were very very stumped
best staff in nj
Yes
Hard
High tech
5
Not scary
16
No
No
Not at all
Yes
Easy
75 escape rooms
A very well-done heist room, with puzzles that felt very in theme and that added to the stakes. The ending was a ton of fun as well. It was among the smaller of their offerings from I have seen.
Somewhat
194 escape rooms
If you like a good classic and not challenging escape room, highly recommend this. Good for first timers. Please note that I do work for this company.
Yes
100 escape rooms
Tackled the Heist in a public room with another group. Plenty of puzzles to be solved by splitting up and communicating with each other. Design and props are strong and good variety of puzzles. One of those rooms you quickly have a lot of keys and codes but have to discover how to use them.
Yes
Hard
Mechanical
4
Not scary
15
No
No
Somewhat
Yes
Easy
100 escape rooms
You get a fun room and an art history lesson in one! This room was like stepping into a museum and running into some detective work. The puzzles were clever and rewarding one you solve them. Great use of the sense of touch and exploration. I’d highly recommend this one!
Medium
Mechanical
2-4
Not scary
No
No
Somewhat
Yes
Easy
78 escape rooms
Very nice room! Without giving too much away, it had the same exact vibe as another room within the company. But otherwise, I really enjoyed the room!
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