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Neighborhood Watcher

Neighborhood Watcher

The Escape Ventures

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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Undercooked

Undercooked

Omescape - Sunnyvale

  • Escape room
  • IRL
This room makes my top 10 and probably even my top 5. I’ve never seen another room like this and it is soooo much fun. Lots of team communication and it’s a speed race to complete as many puzzles as possible. The environment is incredibly immersive and I felt like kid playing with my life size plastic kitchen on a HUGE scale. So whimsical and fun and you never knew what was gonna happen next. The only thing that ruined the experience was the lack of personalized customer experience that we observed throughout the day, we played 4 games back to back. You can read specifics about that under the rating breakdown β€œhow were you treated” section of this review. The waiting room is also VERY loud.
Ghost Patrol

Ghost Patrol

Trivium Games

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Another reviewer mentioned that this was like Disney created an escape room and that was a spot on description of this experience. Think ghost busters meets Disney. The set design was gorgeous and very immersive, the backstory, pre room video and gameplay was playful and humorous without being overly done and the soundtrack kept me wanting more. This WAS NOT an easy room though, we are enthusiasts and will refuse clues to our own detriment but as a team of 3 we barely escaped. This room is very linear and is NOT a one and done so keep that in mind, but the room builds upon itself. The tools that you use throughout the room are very unique and really add to the fun. They are building another room which should be done within the year and we will definitely be back, the lobby is very well designed and the whole environment is beautiful and welcoming.
Operation Arctic Storm: The Final Meltdown

Operation Arctic Storm: The Final Meltdown

The Escape Ventures

  • Escape room
  • IRL
WOW WOW WOW!! I can’t rave enough about this room. I LOVED everything. The set design was soooo immersive. Temperature, smells, puzzles, rooms within rooms, storyline, live actors. This room had it all. I felt like we were in the arctic, it snowed, it was cold, the puzzles are likely puzzles that would be encountered if you were on a real life expedition team in the arctic. The GMs clearly love their jobs because it shows in their performances and enthusiasm. I kinda wanna do this room again so I can just look around and enjoy all the hard work that went into creating it. Edited 3 weeks and 15+ games later and this continues to be my all time #1 room
Bros for Life: Fraternity Heist

Bros for Life: Fraternity Heist

The Escape Ventures

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Today we played all the rooms at The Escape Ventures (back to back). This room would have been my #2 rated room, but the GM was kinda pushy and would give us the solution to a puzzle without us asking and without giving us adequate time to talk it through. He had just come on shift when we were due to start this game and we actually had started the game about 10 minutes late because he wasn’t there yet. He rushed through the intro and then rushed us through the room (I think he was trying to make up time, because the room was booked right after us by a different group). Anyways, back to the room. This room was REALLY well done and had some really cool puzzles. The atmosphere and set design was legit. I felt like I was in the quad outside a university and in the hallways of a school so set design and immersiveness=A+, technology=A, puzzles were challenging and some of them multi tiered =A+, that particular GM= C. All in all definitely got passing grades but fell short of my number 2 spot and placed 3rd for the day.
Robotopia

Robotopia

Omescape - Sunnyvale

  • Escape room
  • IRL
This is a GREAT room especially for younger players, but keep in mind the puzzles aren’t easy. The environment is incredibly immersive and fun and playful and will be super fun for younger kids the puzzles will be way over their heads and will require adult brains. There are also a lot of puzzles so the longer play time will be necessary. This room made my top 10 it is immersive, whimsical, challenging, great puzzles and technology. The addition of the live actor was also cool and added to the difficulty of the room. Highly recommend.
The Weeping Witch

The Weeping Witch

Cross Roads Escape Games

  • Escape room
  • IRL
I’m going to preface this review by saying I HATE haunted houses and jump scares and horror and only did this room because it had such great reviews. I gave it a ❀️ because the theatrics, set design and puzzles were awesome, the story line was great and as a movie set or expensive haunted house it would have been a great set up. I would have given it ❀️❀️❀️ if that was an option AND if the witch didn’t exist, maybe like an anticipation scare option for us weenies. This room is SCARY though and I struggled to leave the side of my husband and adult son to do puzzles because I was afraid of the upcoming jump scares. The room is safe and the live actor and animatronics won’t harm you but I guarantee I’ll have nightmares about the witch. Amanda was a great GM in fact all the GMs there seem to really enjoy their jobs.
The Seventh Room

The Seventh Room

Dare 2 Escape

  • Escape room
  • IRL
We originally planned to play 6 of the rooms here (yes all in the same day, back to back). I’m a HUGE CHICKEN, I don’t like haunted houses, scary rooms, live actors jump scares etc. The owner and staff highly encouraged us to play this room and I am sooooo glad we did. What an amazing experience I will NEVER forget this room. There were so many elements that will keep it memorable. We asked for a non scary version and they definitely toned it down but it was still heavily spooky bordering on scary and that’s more because of the immersive environment, the special effects and well… my own mind playing tricks on me (or maybe they weren’t tricks, maybe it was real) either way this room will forever hold a special place in my heart because there are a lot of firsts in an escape room and in life for me.
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