


We played this game on Day 1 of it being open, but even with some of the opening day jitters, this room was immersive and had one physical puzzle that we loved. Stumptown Escape Games: Tomb of the Mayan Gods. Classic video games! If you are newer to escape rooms, take 5-6 people. If you are newer to escape rooms, take 5-6 people. Portland Escape Rooms: Steampunk Submarine. A great opening scene and characters (actors). Fun puzzles that weren't codes, you don't need to write anything down. Top TierThese are rooms (in no particular order) we wholeheartedly recommend for all around quality - puzzles, immersion, fun.Įscapism: Alien Zoo. We thought we'd put together our impressions of Portland rooms. This is our third weekend, following Los Angeles in 2018 and Phoenix in 2019.

Background on us: we've done 140 rooms together. Just remember to visit our rooms at Quest Factor.Our Seattle-based team of 3 did a Portland OR (and surrounding) Escape Room weekend in August, 2021. Search his studies and unravel the mystery that lies beyond his disappearance! Become the witness of the mysterious disappearing of one of the most promising explorers of our age. This one is the most difficult, yet engaging (about 40% success rate). Great experience for those who love action-packed adventures. Outwit an assassin while wandering in his own house, and keep him from murdering the next victim. With its 70% success rate, it’s perfect for beginners and casual players. You’re learning the fate of an explorer who went missing, but it’s not a simple detective story, as something weird starts to happen. Escape Rooms By Hour To MidnightĪs the creators take their time to make the most interesting and fleshed-out adventures they can, there are only three rooms for now: That’s why some of the puzzles are pretty easy, yet every escape room has something special to surprise even the core gamers. The time flows by very fast, as you’re not just interacting with objects, but learning more about the storyline as well. While it’s truly a cinematographic experience, don’t get too comfortable: there’s still 60 minutes limit for every room. Every character adds depth to the story, and nobody is out there just to jump scare you, or provide your team a piece of advice when you’re stuck. But in Hour To Midnight, the casting is really good. Yes, we know many players have little faith in live performances inside the escape rooms. Whatever the theme is, there’ll be many puzzles and quests requiring quick thinking and specific physical activity. It’s always a lot like an action thriller or an adventure game.It’s the main slice of the overall experience, so it’s highly recommended to stick to the genre you actually enjoy. Every room relies heavily on the plot.The designers and writers working on the yet-not-so-many real life room escape games of Hour to Midnight go a long way to make the guests find themselves as the main heroes of a well-paced movie. Hour to Midnight studio located in Portland provides just that, along with great puzzles for all the players who are in this for a mind challenge. People want to feel like they’re the centre of the narrative, see how their actions move the plot. The “cinematic” escape room concept seems to become more and more popular in the US. Some quests make you an investigator, others put you into a horror movies, and there are always the oddballs which are simply about puzzles and escaping a closed room, so there’s nothing to the lore. Sometimes it’s more about challenge, or more about the actual storyline. Room escape games can be entirely different based on the experience the creators want to give to the players.
