The Cure

It was fun, not as memorable as others but still a good room.

Enigma Escapes is in Tacoma, Washington. The Seattle area is absolutely beautiful, but Tacoma is not as pretty as other areas. Parking at Enigma was cheap and easy, and navigation to the location was easy. The lobby is large, and the staff was hospitable and helpful. There are four rooms at Enigma. The experience for each room begins in their lobby where you watched a video. The video was played on a tv that should have been much larger, and it covers rules, instructions, and the story, all in one video. The video actors and set designs were pretty weak and cheaply made, but when the video ends, an actor comes running into the room in full costume. That actor builds excitement that immediately immerses you in the story of the room. The live actor element after the video in the lobby was a very nice touch to add immersion. The Cure is a pretty basic room with a lot of generation one locks, but it is a lot of fun. This is actually the kind of room that made me fall in love with escape rooms. It's all about the puzzles. There were a few very creative puzzles, but for the most part the puzzles were not very unique. Designers in most rooms seem to have a lot of difficulty integrating generation one lock puzzles into the story, but these puzzles fit the theme well. The story itself was not unique, but there were two puzzle tools in this room that I've never seen before. As with most rooms that require you to use a walkie-talkie for hints, communication was easy, but the hints were too vague and not customized to our situation. Everything in the room worked well, and we had a lot of fun running around the room to solve some of the puzzles.