Alien Terror

This one was a tough one for me to review. Part of me wanted to give a big ❤️. The theme, atmosphere and GM were all great just like all of the Netherworld rooms. The story was good. This room was unique at Netherworld in that there was only one traditional lock. The rest were electronic keypads or triggered doors based on completing a task. With a bigger group I may have given this a ❤️. Like all the Netherworld rooms, there is a lot to do in this room. One of our biggest issues was that we really struggled with the keypads because the keypads had no tactile feedback. You relied on hearing a beep to know you inputted a number. But, there is a lot of background sounds going on which hinder your ability to hear the keypad. And the low lighting made it difficult to see the keypad (at least with our 50+ yr old eyes. Lol). One keypad was not responding well and required the GM to come in with the clock still going. (Of course the keypad worked for her. Lol). Another challenge we had was the low lighting made it extremely difficult to use the provided electronic notepad and IMO you really needed to take notes for several puzzles. Trying to use your cellphone flashlight while trying to quickly take notes wouldnt work very well. In addition, there are several minutes of theatrics where you stop to watch whats going on and/or are in complete darkness. Lastly, several of the puzzles require 2 people and are quite time consuming. All of this added to the experience and was very fun but sucked a lot of time off the clock. So, unfortunately what made the room so cool also made it a frustrating escape room for the two of us.

I want to preface that I was so excited to play the rooms here, and have been trying for quite a while to make it up here since we do live quite far from Atlanta. I also did not want to give this game a dislike and I don’t like leaving bad reviews, but the experience we had was so bad, that our entire group left the game extremely disappointed. We did not get to play the game because the game master walked us through every single puzzle. We were not able to fully complete a puzzle before the GM would start telling us how to start the next one. We completed the game with 22 minutes remaining. I would have appreciated the help if we were struggling and running out of time, but we didn’t even get a chance to think before we were told what to do. We had some non enthusiasts in our group, when we asked if they enjoyed the game, they said no because of the game master. I can see how the game would have been awesome otherwise, but sad to say how our experience went. The haunt is great though.

Genuinely one of the scariest rooms I have ever done

Room was fun and incredible decoration. Most puzzles were like half integrated into decoration but the locks felt very out of place. Game master would not stop talking during the game though and with that and the loud continous special effects it was hard to actually think and communicate, so the room was great but maybe ask GM to not help you.

They say 'In space, no on can hear you scream'. But the gamemaster sure can! Delightfully frightful with references to Ridley Scott's Alien and other space horror films. Love the special effects at this room (and basically every room at this company) Prepared to be frightened and delighted.

The escape room was awesome and super well done. The atmosphere and special effects are CRAZY good and the best I’ve seen yet! Also, shoutout to Frankie, our game master! They were awesome and super fun to have as our GM!

My favorite of Netherworld’s rooms so far (done all except Haunted). The immersion is fantastic, and it’s fun to do a “scary/intense” room that isn’t based on serial killers or other more typical scary room themes (though I like those too!). Very well done and executed.

You can count on the quality of the sets, props, and atmosphere to be top-notch at Escape the Netherworld, and the Alien Terror room is no exception. There are a couple of clunky puzzles in the beginning section, but once you get into the main part of the room everything flows really well and the integration of the puzzles and the environment is very good. The experience is on the intense side for an escape room -- there is extensive use of smoke/fog, strobe lighting, loud noises, total darkness (briefly), some moderate body horror / gore, and a few jump scares -- so really pay attention to the warnings on their website, because pretty much everything they describe on their website happens in the room. But as long as you're okay with all of that stuff, the room does not disappoint. Recommended.

Cinematic perfection in a room. Bring a group. There are a Lot of puzzles and a lot of surface area to cover. Be prepared to not see Every puzzle that needs to be completed. Some linear, some non-linear, some jump scare!