A Clinical Trial

A Clinical Trial

Mostly positive (16 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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It's 1953, and you find yourself in the office of Dr. Dennis Wade, the Clinical Research Coordinator for Wade Cosmetics. Dr. Wade has a history of making haphazard projects with an array of malfunctions, and your team is the newest clinical trial group to test his "air purifier". Will you find clues in the office to turn off the machine, or will your team fall victim to another of Dr. Wade's mishaps?

  • 2-6
  • 90 mins
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (16)

Mostly positive

Gameplay
Positive
Atmosphere
Positive
Customer service
Positive

Reviews

K

KaitiesKrew

91 escape rooms

Unfortunately, this is just not our favorite place to play based on the design and quality of the rooms. This room somewhat fit that motif. It was relatively fun and mostly linear. The puzzles were mostly good but some of the logic is confusing. We had a device in the room that continuously provided input and we weren't sure if that was part of the game or our GM observing and moving things along (see time above). This was similar to another game we played at this location where a lot of codes went into the same device to unlock multiple items. If we were in Hot Springs for another reason, this would be worth playing, but we don't intend to travel there to do any more of their rooms (4 down, 2 remaining).

Gameplay

Gameplay was average. It flowed relatively well with only a couple of speed bumps. We never asked for a clue, but some extra info may have been provided. There was nothing here we hadn't seen before but things moved along pretty well with a little confusion/inconsistencies(?) on a couple of the puzzles.

Atmosphere
Customer service

Excellent. The individual that greeted us (and was our GM -- you don't interact directly I don't think) was professional and enthusiastic.

Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Good for advanced beginners with a couple of rooms completed. The flow was linear but a couple of the puzzles required some deeper work.

Game tech

Mechanical

Mostly mechanical with some bells and whistles.

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

10

Due to the challenges in the puzzle difficulty.

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

Easily accessible. Few limitations, if any.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

We found parking on the street in Hot Springs on a Friday night. If it was busier there were paid parking lots a little further away. I think we got lucky with parking at that time of day.

Mar 30, 2025 | Experienced Mar 28, 2025

G

GreenLikeTheColor

65 escape rooms

A very good room for beginners, and a good starting room for this location. The progression in this room was very linear, but was done well. Some places have a linear progression that can seem boring or disconnected, but this room did it correctly and told a story. Can recommend.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Story
Difficulty

Easy

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Aug 24, 2024 | Experienced Aug 17, 2024

C

CueW

9 escape rooms

A great room with great staff! You won’t be disappointed

Apr 20, 2024
@Frosty
Frosty

61 escape rooms

Was visiting and booked a room. Then we booked the rest. Great puzzles with some things I had never seen before. I love the fact that this place has all custom built puzzles/ room it is really nice not see the same puzzles just in different rooms.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Scary

Not scary

Dec 12, 2022

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