Nov 11, 20212 min read

Timed Out Escape - "Illusion"

Updated: Apr 12

LOCATION:  Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Illusion
📅 DATE PLAYED: November 11, 2021
🎬 GENRE: Magic, Mystery
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 2 ppl): 7/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-8 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.
💰 PRICE: $28/PP
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

Magician's never reveal the secrets behind their tricks. Do you have what it takes to discover the "magic" behind a talented acclaimed performer? You have one hour inside their office to search around and uncover it all!

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

The intro video was well made. We love how there's even chairs for us to sit down and enjoy the show.
There's a lot of memorabilia and magic posters in this room that made it feel like we've entered a museum. There's so much to "discover" that sometimes we forgot we're playing an escape room.
I love that the entire escape room revolves around a center mechanism that we had to essentially open in order to successfully escape. It definitely feels like a magic act.
While solving puzzles, we're actually performing some magic tricks and only when we solved the puzzle did we realize that "Hey, we actually did that. That's pretty cool!"
A lot of the props/mechanisms looked quite simple but there's a good amount of surprises that are hidden within.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

Because there's a lot of décor, some could be seen as red herrings. With two people, there could be quite a good amount of information to weed out.
Sometimes certain things opened because we solved something but because there's no sound or light indication, we missed them.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

If you love magic then you'll have a blast in this room. Not only will you be solving puzzles, you might even learn a magic trick or two. The only thing we secretly wished for was perhaps another secret reveal for that final "wow" moment like in a magic show. But regardless we had a lot of fun! This is definitely a family friendly room. I can just see kids being mesmerized by some of the props in this room.

Timed Out currently has 4 rooms and we've only played one other which is "Illusion". Their two others are "West" and "Depth". They are all very different in terms of theme and difficulty level. You'll definitely find something that suits your desire. Check out our interview video above to have a sneak peek of the rooms if you can't decide!

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

There's a free parking lot in front of the facility. Lobby area with seating. Merchandise available for purchase.

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