Game experience: GOOD
IMMERSION: 4.5 / PUZZLES: 4 / HOSTING: 4
This game will put you in the middle of an exciting scenario thanks to immersive videos that will show you what’s happening outside the room. Continue reading John Doe: The Casino Magnifico
Game experience: VERY GOOD
IMMERSION: 3.5 / PUZZLES: 5 / HOSTING: 4.5
This is not really an escape game (and does not claim to be one), but more an “adventure room” with a succession of very fun tasks thematically unified by the five senses. Continue reading Tactisens: The Sensorial Adventure
Game experience: VERY GOOD
IMMERSION: 4.5 / PUZZLES: 4.5 / HOSTING: 4.5
The Show will make you jump from one universe to the other for the sake of a puzzle-solving TV show. Not much scenario, but those rooms are very fun to play and pleasant to discover! Continue reading Enigma Escape: The Show (Red)
Game experience: VERY GOOD
IMMERSION: 4.5 / PUZZLES: 4.5 / HOSTING: 4
Some impressive dinosaur animations make this room a success, despite a second room a bit too cramped for large groups. Continue reading Escaparium Dorval: Tyranno Industries
Game experience: VERY GOOD
IMMERSION: 4.5 / PUZZLES: 4.5 / HOSTING: 4
Escape the Room was one of the first company to open an escape game in the USA. Since then, they have been continuously opening increasingly sophisticated new games. As their rooms can be found in many cities, the company could develop some impressive, fancy mechanisms while keeping the costs manageable. Continue reading Escape the Room: Clock Tower
Game experience: GOOD Immersion Puzzles Hosting The difficulty of the puzzles The uneven immersion Book here Enter the magical world of the biggest genius that has ever lived: Albert Einstein. You step into his office and suddenly you don’t feel well. What is your intuition telling you? Does everything seem normal or is everything suddenly feeling strange? Can you keep your head cool and escape this … Continue reading Escape Room 071: Einstein’s Madness
Game experience: GOOD Immersion Puzzles Hosting Impressive machinery, setting and special effects Adapted to beginners, as advertised A small dysfunction during our game Book here Mad Professor Manifesto is furious at the world as his latest invention gets him ridiculed within the science community and fired from the greatest lab in the world. He sets off the same advanced nuclear reactor that was supposed to rid … Continue reading Quest Factor: Mad Scientist
Game experience: EXCELLENT Immersion Puzzles Hosting A fantastic immersion enhanced by a clever use of hi-tech Excellent puzzles, well integrated to the environment Nothing Book here If you’ve watched Jurassik Park, you must have wondered how you would feel if trapped on an isolated island surrounded by dangerous dinosaurs. Well, I have good news for you, this is precisely the experience that offers … Continue reading Escape The Room: Jurassic Escape
Game experience: ENTERTAINING Immersion Puzzles Hosting The oppressive atmosphere. The gamemastering process. Book here PanIQ Escape Room is one of the two Georgetown escape venues in DC, the other being Escape Room Live. Contrarily to the latter, you won’t be grouped with strangers in this franchised escape venue. You can find in the small reception hall a nice selection of jigsaws to warm … Continue reading PanIQ Escape Room: Insane Asylum 2
Game experience: AVERAGE Immersion Puzzles Hosting A paradise for scavengers. Well-adapted to big groups. Some puzzles requiring US-centered general knowledge. The artificial theme. Book here The Great Escape Room is an escape game chain across the US that features many venues, from Florida to Michigan, Ohio or Illinois. Their website describes them as “a unique blend of traditional escape room and a challenging … Continue reading The Great Escape Room: Moriarty’s Gameroom
