ConTRAPtions Escape Rooms

Chloe Blume

a month ago

This was my first escape room, and I was thoroughly impressed and entertained! We did the Tiger Eye room, and the details, technology, puzzles, and overall experience was top notch. Other members of our party have done other escape rooms elsewhere, and they said this one was a level above anything they'd tried before. Staff was friendly, registration was easy. Will definitely go back to try the other rooms they have. Highly recommend!

Steve Schuman

a week ago

Did one of the rooms with a couple buddies of mine and we got out with about 8 mins left. Lots of creativity went into the props. Really appreciated it. Thanks!

K Howell

2 months ago

Absolutely wonderful escape rooms. Just finished Part 2 of the Margo and all I can say is wow!!! The attention to detail and passion of the creators to make a truly unique and immersive experience is very apparent. If you haven't tried them or have only done one of the rooms I can't recommend it enough!! All three rooms are fantastic in their own ways for any group. Thank you!!!

Kate Rockenbach

5 months ago

The Margo escape room was super intense. The tech was cool. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys escape rooms. A group of 6 would be a great size for the part 1 of the room. The 90 minutes flew by in no time but we were able to complete enough to be ready to go into part 2.

Nevin Li

in the last week

I've done over 100 escape rooms across California, New Orleans, Seattle, and Denver, and actively travel the US seeking the best escape rooms in the country. This review is catered primarily to jaded enthusiasts who have done a ton of rooms and are looking for something different from standard escape rooms. Plight of the Margo - 4/5 (A good room that we'd happily recommend to enthusiasts but..., rank 19 out 126). Plight of the Margo is like a majestic wild animal. It's incredible but extremely rough around the edges and an exhausting game. This room has the potential to be one of the best games in the United States given how high the ambition and scope of the game is, but it currently suffers a lot from polish and game flow issues. The owners should really look at trying to simplify the more tedious parts of the game and make it just a bit more accessible to everyone. In its current implementation, this is a room that I think enthusiasts will love as it's one of a kind and has ridiculous amounts of ambition despite its flaws. However, I can't recommend this to beginners at all, as they'd likely just spend the entire 1.5 hours lost. For beginners, I'd recommend doing some other rooms and getting some experience under your belt before attempting this. Set - The set was probably the most immersive spaceship set I've ever played, not only because of the general decor and props, but because of how interactive and physical the components felt. A ton of stuff in this room felt like a mechanical engineer decided "i have this idea for an amazing prop, and i'm going to build this no matter what, cost/practicality be damned", which is exactly the type of attitude that I as an enthusiast want to see in my escape rooms! This ended up being a double edged sword, since while plugging stuff in (and doing other mechanical tasks) to power stuff up was extremely cool, there were certain aspects of it that could have been made less tedious. There were also some components that felt like they were a bit too much and not worth the logistical issues that came along with it. If your intro video has to explain and stress 5 times how to handle a particular prop, maybe that prop isn't worth it. Puzzles - The puzzles were overall good, but had some super cool standouts that interacted with the cooler components of the set in great ways. The difficulty and game flow here was a bit too variable for my liking - you were presented with way too many options at the beginning of the game so it was very hard to orient yourself about what you're actually trying to do. This got easier over time but the first 25 minutes were brutal and we were fairly lost. It was also sometimes hard to figure out which components you are able to use at a given point in time, or if it was meant to be saved for later. Story - The room had a lot of neat lore and story elements attached, but the story felt a bit too much like it was telling you what to do rather than actually try to tell a narrative. It would have been more compelling if the sequences with the main character in the room actually made you feel some emotions for the character, rather than that character just telling you what to do. Still more story than what I'd expect in a normal room, but it could have maybe been improved with some more story sequences in the room and more narrative driven dialogue. Player Recs - This is a 3 hour room (split up into 2 parts) that is very involved - while I normally try to go below or at the minimum number of players, playing this game with 4 was exhausting, and you probably want at least 5 or 6 in a group of enthusiasts. It's really hard for me to recommend this game to beginners given the nature of the game, but you should probably bring closer to the max number of players. Personal Stats - Barely escaped in the 3 hours allotted in a group of 4 enthusiasts.