60 to Escape - "Hidden Temple"

Updated: Apr 9

LOCATION:  Gurnee, Illinois, USA

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📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Hidden Temple
📅 DATE PLAYED: November 19, 2022
🎬 GENRE: Adventure
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 3 PPL): 8/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-8 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins
💰 PRICE: $32-45/PP (pending on group size)
☎️ BOOKINGTYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

World famous intrepid adventurer, Action Jones, mysteriously disappeared while on assignment at an ancient hidden temple. Has he run off with a priceless relic? Or met some other end on his perilous journey? Now, it’s your job to go in, find out what happened, search for treasure, and discover all the mysteries the temple holds!

🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

In 60 to Escape’s "Hidden Temple" game, you are transported from an ordinary suburban shopping mall to a mysterious stone temple. The theme is approachable and fun. The stone set decor and movie-ready props are effective and make you want to throw yourself into the adventure.
The gameplay offers ample opportunities to make satisfying connections (aha!). Many of the puzzles feature code breaking and symbol translation or identifying and replicating sequences. Each area of the game focuses has a main puzzle. One of the cornerstone puzzles does require a bit of math, so if that’s not your thing, bring along a friend that knows basic addition.
As you progress, you’ll realize there is much more to explore than it first seemed. Each new chamber you open adds to the experience.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

The game is dimly lit throughout—there’s even a warning on the website about low lighting levels. We were given a torch and a lantern. This really adds to the sense that you are an archeologist/adventurer exploring an ancient and unknown ruin. (When I explore hidden temples in real life, there are seldom ample working lighting fixtures and high levels of ambient lighting.) However, it would have been great if each member of the party had their own flashlight so they could explore independently without the frustration of having to wait for their teammate to pass over the dim lantern.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

If you’re up for an adventure, the Hidden Temple delivers it with an escape room that invites exploration and rewards you with more discoveries and surprises the deeper into the temple you go. You owe it to your inner Harrison Ford to explore the Hidden Temple.

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

60 to Escape is located inside the Gurnee Mills shopping center (near the movie theater and food court). There is a second 60 to Escape location near Milwaukee with an entirely different set of rooms.

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Disclosure: We thank 60 To Escape for providing a media discount for this game. Although a discount was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.