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The artworld is in shock when news breaks that arguably the most famous painting in the world has been stolen, the Mona Lisa is missing. The Louvre in Paris that housed the world-famous art piece by Da Vinci, has offered a massive reward, of $50 million. As an underworld art dealer yourself, you hear on the grapevine that the flamboyant and extremely dangerous Russian billionaire and art gallery owner, Vladimir Stepanov, is responsible for the theft. Stepanov has a reputation as a ruthless and dangerous businessman - get caught, and there’s no telling what he will do. The risks are heavy, but so is the reward. Your team gathers together and forms a plan to infiltrate Stepanov’s private gallery where you are sure he’s stashed away the Mona Lisa. Through your contacts, in the underground art world, your group secures an invite to his gallery. You manage to sneak away from the guards and are able to hide out until the gallery closes. The guards make their rounds once every hour so you must hurry! One of the world’s greatest pieces of art lies in wait. Use your teamwork to uncover its location and make it out. But you mustn't get caught, if Stepanov’s guards discover you, it will surely be the end for your group. Work fast and remember, time is of the essence!
- 2-8
- 60 mins
- Hard
- Not scary
Reviews
Jaxterz
28 escape rooms
Honestly really disappointed in this franchise. Albeit, my group was late. However, we were within the 5-min grace policy and that still ensures we get the ENTIRE game to experience. See there's a little secret to escape rooms for those who don't work the industry. These games are designed for game masters/hosts to take out puzzles to their liking. (Mainly for inexperienced guests) This is typically to ensure guests escape to make them happy. Because my group was late, we got 2-3 experiences/puzzles of the room taken away from us. How are you going to have a heist like this marketed with lasers in photos, but take out that experience entirely?! "We escaped with 19 min remaining!" my butt :(. How do I know it was taken from us? There were clearly tiny reflected mirrors scattered on every wall of the room meant for lasers, and there was something in the room that is very obviously meant to be a puzzle, but was never touched. When we asked about it when the game was over, the game master just gave us a bs answer saying it wasn't a part of the game. (Last time I checked, any part of a escape room that isn't part of a game, either is clearly marked as not part of the game, or mentioned BEFORE the game starts so that it doesnt waste our time). Also want to add that game master wasn't welcoming and practically shoved us into the room even when one of our members was using the restroom before we'd get started.
Gameplay
It started pretty nonlinear which I won't complain of, especially noting that I had a fairly large group, but once it did become linear, there's so many BS unclear hints and details that no one would understand even from a person with many rooms of escape room knowledge.
Atmosphere
So the story essentially is that we are stealing back the Mona Lisa from a billionaire art thief in his private art gallery? You would think a billionaire private gallery would look any bit more... impressive. This room is so minimalistic with just a few relative art pieces hanging on the walls.
Customer service
I understand as a game master myself that you are to speed things up and get in the room asap for a group that is within ur lateness policy and 5-min grace period, but there was no welcoming tone at all, and very dismissive of any questions we had at the end of the room. Even with 19 min remaining on the clock they were trying to get rid of us as soon as possible and kick us out.
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Hard
Like I said in a previous prompt of this breakdown, nonlinear rooms tend to be on the easier side since there are just an abundance of puzzles, but soon as it became linear, their linear puzzles had some hints next to the puzzles themselves that were supposedly helpful, but in my opinion, made you focus on the wrong details. This only gets a "hard" rating from me becuz of said linear puzzles.
Game tech
High tech
IT SHOULD HAVE HAD LASERS. THATS THE PUZZLE THEY TOOK AWAY FROM US! >:(
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Live actors
No
Parking
Easy
OttoBonS
28 escape rooms
Forgettable and uninspired.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Weren't bad, but compared to other escape rooms definitely weren't good.
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
2
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
10
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Medium
hashtagjohnpaul
362 escape rooms
One of my favorites in the Escapology franchise. I enjoy the themes. Very simple room for seasoned escapers. A good room for children tho. 👍🏽
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
5
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
physical for one person
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
Sportyod
72 escape rooms
This one stumped me, I’ve only done a little over 20 rooms but my friend has done over 130 rooms and she said it was difficult. But in all it was fun and I liked the different clues, it was really original and entertaining.
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