Invasion

As always, 60 never disappoints. I was not expecting everything that came with this room. There was a part however I do not think I could have ever solved without a hint. With that being said, game masters here are always amazing and helpful, and fun. They help bring the story to life before the game even starts. Solid choose your own adventure ending as well which I think is a really cool addition to an escape room. Overall 4.2/5.

We drove in from Chicago for the day to do this and the pirate room having done all the games in Schaumburg and most in Gurnee. This room was super fun. Like all of the 60 to escape rooms the theme and set design were awesome. Super immersive and lots of fun surprises. My husband and 16yo got hung up in one area thinking they could solve it when they didn’t have all the info yet which left my 19yo and I to do a good portion by ourselves and it was much more fun that way. LOL. So those 2 didn’t enjoy this room as much but my older son and I loved it. Highly recommend this and all the 60 to Escape games. Worth the drive!!

They hype this one up as their “most difficult room” so I was expecting some complex puzzles but tbh there were just a lot of simpler puzzles. This game really does do the “normal setting becomes sci-fi” trope in a fun and funny way, and the gameplay is a good time! The puzzles themselves weren’t mind blowing or super clever but they were still fun! Puzzle flow was a little awkward at times but not super stilted. Overall, a solid game! I’d say definitely worth playing if you’re local and one to put on the list if you’re traveling.

Another great game from 60 to Escape. Great gameplay all around, cinematics on point. Fun story and varied puzzles. Definitely on the harder side, make sure to keep a good pace running

The set is impressive in quality, but I had some issues with puzzles. In particular, one puzzle was frustratingly ambiguous, with our team coming up with several reasonable interpretations. In the end, the GM nudged us that *none* of them were correct and we were overthinking things - the puzzle we thought we were trying to solve was cooler than the actual intended one. This then put us a bit on tilt, which made the rest of the game less fun because we weren't sure if we could trust it. I didn't love the plot - while it was unusual, I was left with an unresolved question about the in-game timeline of events which felt unsatisfying, and would have preferred a different ending.

This is a good room that’s probably worth doing if you’re in the area (but it’s not so good that I’d travel for it). The set is immersive and the puzzles were pretty good. They said this is the hardest room but we found the puzzles more straightforward than the pirate room. That said, I’ve been to plenty of other rooms where the story, puzzles, and set came together better. One thing that’s kind of obnoxious about this company is that they upsell you on getting unlimited hints (versus the built-in 6). We ended up only needing 4 but paid the extra just in case. It feels nickel-and-dimey to charge $15 for more hints.