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thoffman
34 escape rooms
Lots of locks and random clues. Some locks were open or broke so they were essentially open. This resulted in incoherent nonlinear play where clues didn’t make sense, they were done already, and solving anything was very difficult. An escape room should be more than a box with pictures on the walls and some props with locks and clues.
Gameplay
Broken or open locks
Atmosphere
A box with posters and props. Nothing special at all. Cheaply done.
Customer service
Ok. No game master but several who visit during play to check on you or respond to a digital call signal.
Particularly interesting or different
No
Boring but hard due to out-of-order clue “finds”.
Story
Mediocre
Difficulty
Expert
Broken clues made everything confusing to track.
Game tech
Mechanical
Locks, locks, and more locks
Ideal number of players
3
All games are 1 rectangular room with an open ceiling.
Scary
Not scary
Posters on walls and the stories and clues are the only differences.
Minimum age
5
Was anything broken?
Yes
Locks failed, giving up keys and clues that caused unnecessary nonlinear branching. At the end, employee came in to say, yeah, this breaks often and when it does, the game moves too close to the end without clues to finish it making it nearly impossible. Help was read by and employee called and responding with an iPad.
Live actors
No
No room
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
Very. It’s a box with 4 walls.
Easy to find location
Yes
Inside a mall
Parking
Easy
Mall parking
