Rating: 7/10
Theme/Ambiance – 7/10
Puzzles – 6.5/10
Difficulty – 7.5/10
Excitement/Fun – 6.5/10

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Company: Xterious Escape
Website: https://xteriousescape.com/

You are on an expedition with your team of archaeologists to go find the Sun God Mapuche statue before those bandits do! Will you be able to get what you came for or will the Curse of Mapuche get you first…

I usually do not have good experiences with Indiana Jones-esque themed escape rooms, but man was this one the worst. The rooms were decorated okay… but my biggest gripe was that nothing was working when we attempted this escape room. Some of the puzzles even had previous markings from past groups, so we could tell exactly what the answers were without even attempting the puzzles. Many of the puzzles were finnicky and did not work at all. We had to alert the game masters several times to get clarification or things fixed. Then the final straw was that the final puzzle did not even register properly, so no one knew we “completed” the room. Not even the game masters. Very unfortunate.

I cannot stress enough how I would never recommend this experience to anyone. The rooms were obviously not well-maintained and the game masters were indifferent to it. This is one of the worst escape rooms I have ever done.

Rating: 8/10
Theme/Ambiance – 9/10
Puzzles – 7.5/10
Difficulty – 7/10
Excitement/Fun – 9/10

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Company: The Basement Las Vegas
Website: https://escaperoomvegas.com/

This is the first installment of The Basement series based in Las Vegas. I did this escape room after The Study which was in Los Angeles, but would highly recommend to do The Basement series in story-order like intended. I am a huge scaredy-cat when it comes to horror themed escape room games, but I was convinced to do this one since I had already done The Study. You have been captured by serial killer Edward Tandy and if you do not do something soon to escape, you will really end up as a goner!!!

Even though nowadays you can easily say an escape room like this could be outclassed by more technology heavy rooms, The Basement really brings an experience unique to itself. After all of the escape rooms I have done, this series is still one of the most unique and no other has been able to compare. The story telling and experience really immerses you into this setting. The puzzles are fairly simple and not difficult at all, but they are very fitting to this theme.

The Las Vegas location did a really good job and was comparable to the Los Angeles branch. Would highly recommend this room to any horror-themed lovers.