Based on the quality of the first room, I was expecting something of at least a similar caliber but I knew going in that this room was going to require a different thought process from the earlier one. Obviously it was a different room, yes, but this was a different type of room. Keep on reading and you’ll understand.

This is only the 3rd room that I can think of that we had to solve an actual murder in addition to escaping the room, so it’s definitely a rare experience.

Rating: 8/10

At some point, towards the end of the room obviously, we were able to leave escape. But, as we were getting ready to press stop on the timer to end the room, I remembered that we were supposed to find out if he was guilty. So we went back over items we found and made our determination.

One of the interesting things about the rooms here is that to complete the room you have to find a final combination to unlock the casing that the tablet tracking your time is in. Once you open it, you can stop the timer at your leisure, which should really be immediately. Just wanted to make that clear that this instance was unique.

Rating: 9/10

There were very few combination locks, but there were some magnetic locks. There were also multiple physical challenges, and really anything else I want to say about this is going to be a complete and total spoiler for you. So I’m going to keep this section relatively brief. And by relatively brief, I mean stopping it right here.

Ok, I lied. There were some typical things you would expect to find in prison. Well, wait a second. I’ve never been to prison so how would I know that? Anyway, there were “street games,” actual puzzles, and 2 hilariously difficult physical challenges.

Ok that’s enough.

Rating: 10/10

That said, thank God for Marco and Holly knowing how to play some of those games because I had absolutely no clue, and didn’t realize until we had completed the room that the instructions were actually hidden and Holly had found them half an hour earlier.

One of the physical challenges was fun, the other frustrating. I don’t even know how to describe it properly other than calling it a maze that requires two people. Technically. Unless you find an alternate route around it. The fact that there were multiple paths around or through certain puzzles reminded me of another room and how we learned from the owner after that there were at least three or four different ways to complete half of the puzzles there.

This room did not require actual teamwork, however if you did work together it made some puzzles significantly easier to complete, and less time consuming.

Oh, and the failure effect is pretty epic; not that we failed, of course.

Rating: 8/10

It did look like the office of the warden. I will definitely give them that. As I said earlier though, it’s a deceptively small room, and I say that deliberately. I don’t want to give any more away.

Suffice it to say that the room is well constructed, slightly dark but not to the point where you need flashlights or lanterns, with a little bit of creep factor to go in. Bobby Ray is sitting there, strapped to the chair in the gas chamber, with you the entire time.

Rating: 7.5/10

When it came time for the physical challenges, I was expecting to be quickly frustrated and I guess you can say I wasn’t disappointed (though I didn’t really hate it, I just acted like I did…). One seemed like pure luck, the other pure skill. But again as I said, there are ways around them. Well, one of them at least.

Rating: 0/5