Category Archives: International

59:59 Room Escape: Escape from the Chamber of Dreams

New York, Aug 2016

I liked the theme in this room and although it’s more challenging than Hound of the Baskervilles, I found it more enjoyable. It still has a distinctly budget feel however and overall I’d put both of these rooms lower down the list(more)

59:59 Room Escape: Escape from the Hound of the Baskervilles

New York, Aug 2016

Although this was quite a welcoming room, it was a very basic setup, with parallel padlocks, and a lack of subtlety in the clues(more)

Exite: 4 Elements

Helsinki, Jun 2016

The theming in this room is not as strong as in Exite’s others, and it has a somewhat linear sequence of puzzles. It uses a progression through the elements structure, which both helps give a sense of clear progress and also fits with the abstract bu… (more)

Exite: The Curse

Helsinki, Jun 2016

We were one of the first groups to play this room, and at the time no-one had beaten it – we didn’t either, though we missed it only by a matter of seconds. It was difficult mainly because of the sheer quantity of puzzles to get through, which arguab… (more)

Exite: Airplane

Helsinki, Jun 2016

Gorgeous theming made this room an absolute pleasure to play. We completed it very quickly, and maybe it’s on the easy side – though partly that’s just because the puzzle sequence is put together such that the game has an intuitive flow from one poin… (more)

Escape Games NYC: Outer Space

New York, Jun 2015

This room kept us appraised of our progress using some nice-looking screens built into a plausible spaceship console. By-and-large the room had good production values and a sci-fi atmosphere that supported the game. There was a brief backstory includ… (more)

Claustrophilia: Voodoo Tales

Budapest, Aug 2014

Like the other Claustrophilia room, this is a very puzzle-centric room with a couple of refreshingly physical tasks as well as the usual assortment of search and solve puzzles. It’s more heavily themed, and pleasantly creepy.

However, the Claustroph… (more)

Claustrophilia: The Wicklewood Heritage

Budapest, Aug 2014

Wicklewood doesn’t have much in the way in theme or story, it’s more just a room full of puzzles – but they’re excellent puzzles. There are a couple that are quite unusual and pleasing, and more physical than normal. Personally I’m all in favour of r… (more)

TRAP: Bomb Room

Budapest, Aug 2014

I’m writing this review more than two years after playing the TRAP rooms, so my memory is unreliable and they may have changed anyhow – the Bomb Room for one appears to no longer exist. Also, we played all four rooms in a crazy consecutive burst of e… (more)