Escape Virtual Reality - "Time Travel - Chapter I (VR)", "House of Fear (VR)", "Alice (VR)"

LOCATION:  Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA

Company: Escape Virtual Reality

Country: USA 🇺🇸

Language: English (plus 20 others)

Type of Game: Video Escape Game 📱

Date Played: November 7, 2021

Price: $35.00/ pp

Time: 60 Minute

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Game: Time Travel - Chapter I

Designer: Virtual Room

Country: France 🇫🇷

Genre: Sci-Fi

Difficulty (based on 2 players): 4/10

Size of Team: 2-4 Players (Ages 10+)

📖 THE STORY

You have been assigned to recover vital information that disappeared during the last mission along with the entire Alpha team. Now, it's up to you and your team to suit up and travel through time to find out what happened. In order to do so, you must follow the path of the previous agents from ancient Egypt to the pre-historic era. The fate of the universe depends on this mission! Can you save the world?

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

• The mission objective of the storyline is a sci-fi fanatic's dream! To be assigned to time travel is everything an explorer could wish for. The game really bought out the realness from starting off at the mission control, training, putting on the uniforms, and ultimately being transported to the mission sites.

• The game play was smooth and usually VR would cause some dizziness for me after but not in this game.

• The graphics in "Time Travel - Chapter 1" were mind-blowing! This game takes place in the future and the set design immediately felt like "The Fifth Element" to me. One minute you are in an ancient Egyptian tomb and another you've been transported to Jurassic times. The scenery changes happens quite dramatically. I literally felt like time travels jumping through portals of time.
  

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

• This is not a escape room type of game so don't expect to be solving a bunch of puzzles. At some point you'll be doing a good amount of repetition work with either "attacks" or maneuvering things.

• There's no hint that you can use in the game so if you get stuck, you'll just have to keep trying. In the game itself, there seems to be a "timer" of some sort as when we got to a certain point, the game just pushed us forward to the next stop which was confusing at times.

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Game: House of Fear VR

Developer: ARVI VR 🇺🇸

Country: USA 🇺🇸

Genre: Horror

Difficulty (based on 1 player): 5/10

Size of Team: 1-4 Players (Ages 16+

📖 THE STORY

You come across an old run down cabin in the woods. In need of shelter, you decide to enter inside to check it out. It appears to have been abandoned for quite some time or has it? Your mind begins to play tricks on you as you hear footsteps and start to see shadows. As you continue to search around, you begin to realize that you are not alone! Do you have what it takes to conquer your fears and make it out alive?

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

• Although the storyline for "House of Fear" isn't the most unique, it definitely puts you in the driver seat of a horror flick! Ever wondered what it would be like to survive through the night inside of a creepy cabin? This is as close as you're going to get without having to drive out to the woods. As soon as you step onto the porch and push the front door with the squeaky sound, you've elected yourself to be the next victim. No need to fret, the first room provides you with a candle and a flashlight to navigate the rest of the pitch black cabin...

• The graphics were great! So great, that from time to time, I actually thought I was inside of an abandoned cabin. There were a bunch of jump-scares that played on your fears - darkness, bugs, spiders, mannequins, loud sounds, and of course... the guy with the chainsaw chasing after you! Unlike "Time Travel - Chapter I", you can actually explore in "House of Fear" by using the "jump-forward" option when available.

• The puzzles focused mainly on searching for items. Much like an escape room, you need to find keys or unlock objects in order to proceed.
  

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

• Some of the objects were a bit difficult to pick up based on the positioning. I had to jump back and reposition myself a couple of times until it allowed me to access it.

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Game: Alice

Developer: ARVI VR 🇺🇸

Country: USA 🇺🇸

Genre: Fantasy

Difficulty (based on 1 player): 8.5/10 (played by Cici)

Size of Team: 1-6 Players (Ages 13+)

📖 THE STORY

The Queen of Hearts has cast a spell on Wonderland and your objective is to uncover her secrets! Find a way to get into the castle, evade all the traps, defeat the Queen and break the spell to save Wonderland!!

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

• The graphics and music grabbed my attention right from the start. I never thought I would actually be able to enter the land of Alice (besides Disney's attractions) until now.

• The characters were whimsical and the graphics really captured a lot of the details from the original story.

• There are many different sceneries in this game and each had different types of puzzles. The clues are subtle but if you pay attention to the characters or the pattern it forms as you begin to solve them, you'll ultimately find your "path".
  

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

• Right from the start, you'll feel the difficult level of this game. The first scene puts you in a house with many different stairs that leads to a different section that would require you to retrieve a key. It really tested your memory. As the game progresses, there are other puzzles that were on a timer. So not only will you need to know what you'll have to do but you'll have to do it fast! Or else you'll have to restart from the beginning again. It was fun to try a couple of times but it does get kind of frustrating and tedious when you realize there's no way to bypass it or take an easier way out. There is a hint system that's build into the game but it doesn't really help you bypass anything in this situation.

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🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

Escape Virtual Reality currently has 16 VR games available to choose from at their location. The facility is clean and has each player divided into their own cell for game play. They also sanitize the remotes and give one time use eye guards for safety. They have a wide range of genres to try including - horror, fantasy, adventure, sci-fi, family-friendly, etc. Each game has their own unique challenges and difficulty levels. You can play individually or in groups of 2-6 players where each player has their own designated room. You will have the ability to communicate with each other, walk around, interact with objects, and collaborate together to solve puzzles. We really enjoyed our visit and their games and will definitely return for more VR experiences in the future!

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Disclosure: We thank Escape Virtual Reality for comping our tickets for this game. Although complimentary admission was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.

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