Haunted Mansion Escape

The aesthetics in this escape room were well done but some of the boxes were broken and left unlocked so you got the piece but didn't understand why. Some of the puzzles didn't make sense in the room and felt like they were just thrown in as an afterthought to add time to the game. Overall it was a very underwhelming game and we expected more.

This room was fun...I did not like being the target of ALL of the animatronics...I understand one or two, but the fact that I had all but one set off on me and one of them was set off on me twice wasn't really cool. I get that going for the scare is fun and seeing my reactions (which admitedly are really funny) is a fun time, I am there for the puzzles and the game, not the scares. If I wanted all the scares, I would have done the haunted house downstairs. Anyway, I digress. The room itself was fun. The puzzles weren't overly difficult, but the flow was good. I will say that at times, there was a lot of noise happening within the room that made hearing things very difficult. I think my biggest gripe though was the final puzzle. We put in the correct code and got the green light, but nothing happened. We did it again, and same thing. We looked around again to see if we missed something and didn't find anything. I tried the code one more time and when the green light happened, I pushed on the final door and it opened. I understand that the door couldn't spring open since it opened into the main walkway, but maybe a light above the door, or around the door would help? When we exited the room, our GM came out of the control room and said something like "I didn't even see you put in the last code. I'm sorry!" Well, we did it three times, so what were you doing?

Be aware that all rooms can be in play together. Just because you pass through to another room, does not mean you will not have to return to a room you have already been through. Also something that was very different was some of the items used for a puzzle would be used again. We were not informed of this at the beginning. Not a big deal, but in prior rooms game masters would always tell us if puzzle solving items were only used once.

If you enjoyed the Haunted Hotel then this game is similar in look and feel and a few other things but still a fun game and an improvement upon the old Haunted Hotel game from back in the day. I do recommend giving it a play if you like spooky themed games as you will have a good time.

I think this room was one of the best rooms there. The technology was great, the game, was fun and it was challenging. I do believe they updated it and changed it to a haunted mansion feel since we did it.

A great haunted mansion from makers of haunts! I loved the eerie vibe of the whole mansion. I’m not the biggest fan of jumpscares, but I was only a little startled by them. The room is plenty spooky without them, and the props are well used here to create tension and excitement. Puzzles are very solid - well telegraphed, well executed, and satisfying to solve. Great flow, very linear and tight so good for smaller groups. Props to the great GM for helping us escape and for “rotting for us” to win!