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Cartel: DEA Undercover

Mixed (267 ratings)

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Permanently Closed - You are undercover DEA agents in the middle of a special operation. You recently got word that the leader of the Juarez Cartel liked the product you sent him, and now he wants to meet up with you. The Juarez Cartel is known for their dangerous and brutal antics, so, if things start to go south, it may be too late.

  • 2-6
  • 60 mins
  • Medium
  • Not scary

Awards

Ratings

All ratings (267)

Mixed

Gameplay
Mixed
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

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Elliephant

33 escape rooms

Sorry — but just NO. This game was not it! As others have mentioned, the game started off so well but it just goes downhill from there, and fast. Very underwhelming and anticlimactic— the game doesn’t flow well at all… This room has so much potential, structure just needs re-envisioning on how the story plays out, especially with the props displayed in the room.. Very cheap ending as well.. That’s all I have to say.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Live actors

No

Jan 3, 2024 | Experienced Jan 2, 2024
@SushiSan20
SushiSan20

265 escape rooms

First room I did at this 60Out location. Super fun and very immersive. Its less puzzles and more an experience but fun nonetheless.

Gameplay

Never had such an immersive experience like this. Also haven't done this type of theme yet.

Atmosphere

Amazing. Very immersive

Customer service

Shy was the best. Very fun and super kind!

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

The atmosphere and puzzles were different than normal rooms.

Story

The room was plot driven and well integrated.

Difficulty

Medium

At some times we were confused on what to do but I think it is because my group was expecting a memorially puzzle based room.

Game tech

Mechanical

Very low tech but a nice low tech!

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Spooky

Not horror but a few jump scares.

Minimum age

15

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

Not very due to the impressiveness and the objects on the ground.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Only a few parking spaces but expected for LA

Nov 30, 2023 | Experienced Nov 25, 2023
@cindyyzhangg
cindyyzhangg

72 escape rooms

Started off cool but terrible! The worst escape room our group had ever done, was such a huge letdown. They didn’t check to see all hints were properly placed, and none of the clues made sense and we finished the room in less than 30 minutes. They modified the room from what it used to be (back then with more puzzles and challenges) but left all the props and decor there without any change to the gameplay. It was just terrible, don’t recommend. Put some TLC back into the room!

Mar 2, 2023
@44756F
44756F

445 escape rooms

Definitely an interesting start, but the room really showed its ages. It’s kind of sad that instead of fixing the puzzles or replacing the props, they just left them in the room and turned into red hearings. The room was pretty short and had less puzzles than normal rooms. It’s still a unique experience but it would be so much better if there’s more to do. Would only recommend it if there’s a huge discount.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Story
Difficulty

Easy

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

2

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

Yes

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Dec 11, 2022 | Experienced Nov 30, 2022
@Acoalfang218
Acoalfang218

94 escape rooms

We had a lot of fun in this room. The design is great specially the beginning felt unique. We did this room years ago, so I don’t remember the puzzles very much but I do remember them not being very difficult. Mostly it was a cool space.

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Dec 7, 2022 | Experienced Nov 22, 2018
@borby
borby

75 escape rooms

This was kinda lame. Puzzles weren’t very creative. Some were non functional. Felt like I wasted my money on this one.

Nov 20, 2022
@constantinosisaias
constantinosisaias

140 escape rooms

I liked the production of this one, cool begging, great set! Definitely puts you in an atmosphere and creates suspense.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Spooky

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

No

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Sep 6, 2022 | Experienced Aug 21, 2021
@RayJ
RayJ

239 escape rooms

Perhaps the most underwhelming of the 60out games we have played. Multiple red herrings, irrelevant props and decor (maybe retired puzzles?). Very visible locks which were not part of the gameplay yet not marked as irrelevant. The story was weak and the gameplay languid and confused.

Gameplay
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Jul 31, 2022
@johnzerbo
johnzerbo

76 escape rooms

An overall meh room. The beginning is quite interesting and different but the overall room wasn’t our favorite. The story wasn’t that compelling and they were not many puzzles. Fine for peoples first room.

Gameplay

It was meh.

Atmosphere

Kinda tacky.

Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Difficulty

Medium

Easy/Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

An element at the end is just exhilarating and gets the blood pumping.

Minimum age

18

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

May 23, 2022 | Experienced Nov 26, 2021

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Editorial

  • Though Cartel's not quite my cup of tea, I do want to... extend gratitude... for the game creators

    Escape Mattster
  • [Sometimes hokey, but] built tension through immersive design and delivered an exciting adventure.

    Room Escape Artist
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