NYC escape rooms
November 30, 2018 8:46 PM Subscribe
So, recently, to humor a friend, I did an escape room with her, and, well, genuinely enjoyed it! (Shows me, I guess.) But it was in another city, and she'd like to do another one on her next visit here, so...
...does anyone have opinions about which ones in NYC are the best?
In terms of theme, we are okay with moderately creepy, but probably not pure horror, and definitely not gross-out. Vaguely supernatural or SF mildly preferred, but we are open to other types aimed at adults. We are only moderately skilled, so it can't be extremely hard unless it has a built-in hint system. Also, has to allow my friend to bring in her phone, as she needs the extra light and magnification due to limited vision. (For that reason, the room also can't be only dimly lit and shouldn't involve having to negotiate multiple levels of flooring.) Willing to pay a reasonable price for a quality experience, with good atmosphere, evocative props, and well-designed puzzles. There seem to be quite a few listed, so help narrowing down much appreciated!
...does anyone have opinions about which ones in NYC are the best?
In terms of theme, we are okay with moderately creepy, but probably not pure horror, and definitely not gross-out. Vaguely supernatural or SF mildly preferred, but we are open to other types aimed at adults. We are only moderately skilled, so it can't be extremely hard unless it has a built-in hint system. Also, has to allow my friend to bring in her phone, as she needs the extra light and magnification due to limited vision. (For that reason, the room also can't be only dimly lit and shouldn't involve having to negotiate multiple levels of flooring.) Willing to pay a reasonable price for a quality experience, with good atmosphere, evocative props, and well-designed puzzles. There seem to be quite a few listed, so help narrowing down much appreciated!
Response by poster: Thanks! Which one of their rooms did you do?
posted by praemunire at 11:18 AM on December 1, 2018
posted by praemunire at 11:18 AM on December 1, 2018
Best answer: I've done 2 rooms from here (years ago, hence how my rooms are the oldest ones in the menu-- therefore they may have changed, but based on the photos I doubt it)
Neither was very creepy (in other cities I've had rooms with a much more obvious horror factor, like creepy laughing soundtrack and haunted rooms)
"The home" was excellent. Not gonna spoiler it. It had what I like in a room-- a lot of lateral thinking, good puzzles, and a decent amount of actual physical sleuthing and moving things around and other things that only work in person (I've done rooms where huge amounts of items are nailed or glued in place. Bleh! Bleh I say! What is the point of doing a real life room without the present and physical aspect? I could just play it on my phone if all I wanted was puzzles)
"The office" was a huge disappointment. Skip it. If you moved certain objects from position and didn't remember where they were originally, escape became actually impossible. Also, the puzzles were disappointing and flat. None of the exciting thrill of a good, juicy puzzle.
posted by Cozybee at 1:21 AM on December 2, 2018
Neither was very creepy (in other cities I've had rooms with a much more obvious horror factor, like creepy laughing soundtrack and haunted rooms)
"The home" was excellent. Not gonna spoiler it. It had what I like in a room-- a lot of lateral thinking, good puzzles, and a decent amount of actual physical sleuthing and moving things around and other things that only work in person (I've done rooms where huge amounts of items are nailed or glued in place. Bleh! Bleh I say! What is the point of doing a real life room without the present and physical aspect? I could just play it on my phone if all I wanted was puzzles)
"The office" was a huge disappointment. Skip it. If you moved certain objects from position and didn't remember where they were originally, escape became actually impossible. Also, the puzzles were disappointing and flat. None of the exciting thrill of a good, juicy puzzle.
posted by Cozybee at 1:21 AM on December 2, 2018
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