Odditorium EmporiumEscapeX Rooms Costa MesaEscape roomIRLAbsolutely loved this! So much fun, very interactive. Great variety of puzzles, excellent GM.
The 13th BasementThe Exit Game AnaheimEscape roomIRLVery creative, very fun! Unique puzzles made this a blast!
Whatever Happened To The Garretts?Maze Rooms West LAEscape roomIRLThis room started a little frustrating for me- part was my groups failure at search and find (which is our own faults) but it went back to back with a puzzle that didn’t work well. We solved it but it didn’t work- the GM had to prompt us to do it again- which to me is failure on the rooms part. But once we moved on it got better with the flow and we ended up enjoying the room overall. I was surprised on the set/ambiance after the first part, it was some fun/neat puzzles to solve. It provided some moments of our group laughing at ourselves and our lack of “skills”. But we did manage to freak solve a puzzle before we even knew what it was- basically that 100 to one “no way anyone would get this without following the directions” moment, which I’m kind of proud of!
The Magic CottageInfinity EscapeEscape roomIRLReally liked the build/props of the room. I would have said this was a beginner/easy level room, yet at the end the GM told us many experienced players don’t escape or need so many hints. The details and storyline made this fun though.
WarlockedQuest Room - Redondo BeachEscape roomIRLReally a great set up, high quality sets and a great variety of puzzles. The actor added a fun element did a great job. There are even special puzzles that give things used later which add another level of dimension to the fun. Definitely a room that could be replayed if you skip any of the puzzles. We had one puzzle that didn’t work correctly as we went through but overall it was a lot of fun.
Chapter 3: The StudyThe Basement : A Live Escape Room ExperienceEscape roomIRLI enjoyed the room, the actor was great. However you lose a lot of time waiting on the actor to finish the hints. Our group would have escaped as we were on the last puzzle but ran out of time. That time lost waiting on hints would have got us out.
TombstoneMaze Rooms West LAEscape roomIRLReally enjoyed this room. The ambiance was great, and the design was high quality. Good mix of puzzle types which I enjoy. My group actually solved a puzzle meant for later in the game, by completing it earlier/faster than normal, but it still didn’t interrupt the flow for us, which I think attests to how well the room is set up. GM was friendly and showed us some things at the end we talked about during the game, which was cool of him to remember.
Escape the Darkest Hour: Torture ChamberMission Escape GamesEscape roomIRLAbsolutely loved this one and the interactions. Awesome details that made it great!
Turing Test60Out KoreatownEscape roomIRLThis room started great then went downhill fast for me. It has so much potential to be great too. Lots of communication skills and cooperation needed, which was cool. However we had multiple things not work which was annoying. We also had a puzzle pop early which confused us, then later when we needed it- it became “unusable” for what it needed to do. There were also details in the room that we found out after we’re a puzzle taken out- but the clues were left in the room. Also a safety concern as you’re in multiple locked rooms but there is no safety escape button provided. If there was anything wrong or you just had an anxiety attack- you’re left to the mercy of hoping a building wide “safety default” would open the doors for you, or you’re waiting on a GM to come get you… also our GM was clearly running 2 rooms at the same time so was distracted and didn’t answer us a few times or provide the prompts you need at the right time so it delays your time. Really could have been a cool room.
Chapter 1: The BasementThe Basement : A Live Escape Room ExperienceEscape roomIRLReally enjoyed this one. The actor was fantastic and really added to the experience. Good amount of variety and skills needed. Had a blast!
