Batman™: The Dark Knight Challenge

Holy heatwave, Batman! This experience started off on the wrong foot for me and mom (who benevolently took on the task of carrying me) as the AC was broken. The staff tried to fix it with a fan, but it was just not enough. The first room was also too small for a group of 6, and daddy said the puzzles were so easy in this first room that baby could do them (but he didn’t let me). Shortly after the first section, mommy and I left: Mommy was hungry for AC, the other escapees were hungry for enough to do, and I was hungry for boob.

With licensed games you always start out hopeful. The set was above average for Escapology but that’s where it ends. Multiple tech puzzles didn’t work. Over 190 escape rooms played and we’ve never had to ask for so many clues. For one puzzle, the game master sent us an un-requested clue the second we walked into that room because the leap in logic is so bad they didn’t even wait for us to ask for help with it. Designers; if a puzzle is so bad that every single group needs help with it, then the problem is with the design, not the player. I would expect a franchise to at least refine their games before installing them around the country. I really wanted to like this one, but we left pretty disappointed. My poor wife kept apologizing since this was a birthday gift to me. But even a bad experience at an escape room is a pretty good day.

Lost a card key in first 10 minutes... No replacements, they said do without... Made last puzzle hard. Also a panel that took well well above the two fingers force they tell you to use. We had to pry it free after clue...

Fun room, definitely OK for younger folks as it wasn't scary. Nice special effects especially towards the end. Liked the multiple room approach. Great for Batman fans.

Fun room and a great way to spend an hour in the Batman Universe. The staff was welcoming and set the stage for our story. We enjoyed most of the puzzles and did get that “ah ha!” moment on some of the solutions. We did stumble on one puzzle and our clue was just the solution. Overall a fun outing!

Decent game. Game masters need to pay more attention to what’s going on as when we asked for a clue they gave us a clue to something we already had figured out.

I don’t know what is more disappointing the game or the staff. Save yourselves the annoyance and bad taste and go to another company. Escapology scrapes the bottom of the barrel. And the staff couldn’t be bothered. Absolutely pathetic.

Many things in the room did not work properly. Also, our game master gave us clues (two times) for puzzles we had already solved, and then he gave us clues for parts that we were doing correctly but were broken/erroring. So we had a lot of wasted time. Then at the end it just said we completed the mission, when we hadn’t yet. Then the game masters came in and said we were done and didn’t apologize at all for the faulty aspects of the rooms. No compensation was offered either. Cool looking game and theme was great but it didn’t work properly and the people working there didn’t seem to care that it didn’t work properly. They shouldn’t have allowed us to book the experience in the first place knowing the room was faulty. Disappointing.

Loved Batman! It wasn't too difficult which is great for new players. They get a great theme without the extreme difficulty. The staff was wonderful. They were so kind and helpful. They were probably the best part of the game.

Definitely a unique, fun theme. There were a couple of things that didn’t happen the way that they should have. The GM had to come into the room twice and it took away from the immersion. My understanding was that Batman only opened a few days before we went, though. You can play with up to six but I would recommend 3-4 max as the rooms are in close quarters. I liked it but didn’t love it.