5 Factors in Choosing Your Ideal Escape Room
What do you do on a free weekend? Or a day off? You probably plan a day out with your friends and family to picnic spots or your favorite restaurant. For a change, how about a day at the most talked about place in the town?
The Escape Rooms Experience!
Many people have started spending their weekends at escape rooms. (No statistics to show you, except that every time I call or go to an escape room, bookings are in huge numbers). Why do you ask? It is one of the best life-sized interactive gaming experiences one can have.
They have multiple one-hour slots you can choose from, provided you call in advance.
Escape room plans are more than fun and entertaining as they involve serious thinking to save yourself. You have sixty minutes to find clues, solve riddles and connect the dots to either escape the room or complete a goal.
These games usually require a team of two to ten people. The more, the crazier.
Setting up a team to go together at the same time may be a challenging task. But what is even tougher is selecting a suitable escape room theme for the group. Deciding on that can be stressful.
The choice of the escape room determines the end experience and feelings. Every room has something unique to offer.
If you're lucky, there will be a few options available to you in your town or city.
Don't worry; I am here to sail you through this. Your selection can be based on various factors, the most important of which I discuss below.
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Find Friends that Flock together!
Escape Rooms will have their criteria. This game is mainly played in teams. Consider the number of participants that are needed for the game. Having the correct number of teammates helps you solve challenges faster. You are on a clock, after all.
Also getting to know the age group will be of advantage. Not all themes may be suitable for all age groups. For example, having children in a horror room may be a bad idea.
Different escape rooms have different rules. It is necessary to adhere to them, because breaking them may attract some vast penalties.
If your team has children, look for escape room games that have options for them.
There is an exciting concept of a ticketing system available with some escape rooms, namely public or private. The public system states the possibility that you can be grouped with other players.
This allows you to meet new people and an opportunity to participate even if the number of participants on your team is not enough.
If this option is available at your nearest escape room, it is perfect when your friends are simply unavailable.
This one or...?
A convenient location should be chosen for an escape room experience. That is unless your preferred theme is available at a distant place and you don't mind making a trip of it.
It's also good to know that different games will be charged differently. Having an idea of your budget will be helpful in such a case if that is a constraint. You check more than two locations of the game rooms so that you can choose the one that falls under your budget.
Facilities available at the premises may also matter to some.
For example, the availability of parking areas is an important consideration. Also, the availability of restaurants and eating joints nearby would be an added advantage.
Stick with what steals your heart!
With an extensive range of set-ups available, you are sure to find something that makes your heart skip a beat. Searching through the list of themes is a good start when selecting an escape room.
Brush through the various themes and stories and choose an escape room that sounds interesting or exciting to you.
Attempt a bank robbery, prevent the launch of nuclear missiles, escape the clutches of a serial killer or run from a mental asylum, there are many escape room games that you can choose from.
The themes might be varied as per locations. Every location may offer you a different experience. Although, some of them could be common. Choose an escape room that is realistic to make the experience more thrilling.
As a team, you can discuss and decide on the type of theme you want to participate in. It can be an adventure, mystery, sci-fi, horror, etc.
Every room will have a brief description of what it will entail.
It tells you the story of the room and what you're going to have to do while in it and the kind of puzzles that will be in it. It paints a picture of the adventure that awaits you without really giving out the details.
These descriptions will be enough to help you choose the fitting room for your team.
Level it!
Even though the difficulty level is not a big concern in this game (Fun is the motive, and that is guaranteed), it is crucial to consider when you are selecting an escape room.
The difficulty level is often measured by the overall percentage of teams that successfully escape the room.
The difficulty level that is acceptable to you is something you need to determine as a team. Also, the level of your excitement will depend on the difficulty of the game. If the game is too easy, it will make you feel bored quickly. At the same time, it should not be too difficult and cause you to stress out.
It needs to be just right for you and your team to be wholly involved and have a lot of fun.
Players who have been doing this for a while enjoy challenging escape rooms. It racks their brain over riddles up to the very last minute. It is a different kind of addictive high for them.
However, the concept takes some getting used to for newbies. If it is your first time, go for the game room tagged as "beginner."
Once you have been there and the staff's services and get the hang of the game, and play it a few times, you can move on to "medium" and "hard" levels.
Also, keep in mind who is on your team. If the theme involves physical activity, it might not be suitable or accessible for all on the team.
Escape rooms are usually pretty good at specifying what is expected of the players.
They also mention the fear factors involved. Not all themes require you to be literally locked inside haunted mansions and mental asylums. Most don't have horror themes, so don't let that put you off.
There are various adventure, fantasy, and heist-based options available.
Who said what!
Reviews are a must-see. This is where you know what the good stuff is and what can be passed on.
Check out the reviews of the escape room you are planning on different platforms. This will give you an idea of the number of people satisfied by the game challenges, who enjoyed it beyond expectations, and the level of customer-staff interaction
The reviews are mostly present at the bottom of each escape room page. Or it could be readily available on Google. Keep in mind that even if the room has a bad review, it may not necessarily be a terrible one.
The way the company reacts to them should also be considered. The number of people who think negatively of it matters as well.
Certain escape rooms help you organize special occasions parties, and corporate events.
They offer birthday party packages or valentine's day offers. Such a case can be considered too when deemed necessary.
At the end of it, choosing the perfect escape room is a part of the fun time.
Get together with your buddies and debate about it. You can toss a coin or draw some chits if you just don't agree on one. (Unanimous decisions are tough in this case, there are just so many cool options).
