Twisted Limits Escape Rooms - "Behind The Curtain"

Updated: Apr 9

LOCATION:  McHenry, Illinois, USA

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📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Behind The Curtain
📅 DATE PLAYED: November 20, 2022
🎬 GENRE: Theatrical, Mystery
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 2 PPL): 7/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 3-8 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins
💰 PRICE: $30/PP
☎️ BOOKINGTYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

A mysterious research and development company called ONEIROS has asked you to help track down one of their human test subjects. (No, that’s not super sketchy at all.) The test subject is on the run, and the lead recovery agent has tracked them as far as an old theater. It’s up to you to get inside the theater, confirm the test subject’s whereabouts, and report back.

🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

Twisted Limits did a phenomenal job of creating a backstage theater area that feels authentic through the use of props like curtain ropes, costumes, trunks, theater seats, and more.
There are a wide variety of puzzle types in the game, including spatial logic, pattern matching, and search. A few of which cleverly used props in inventive ways. (And the connection between two areas of the game is a fun surprise.)
At the end, your efforts in the room are rewarded with a satisfyingly dramatic conclusion.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

The first phase of the game features a lot of locks. When you find a key or a combination, trial and error is required to figure out what opens.
One of the puzzles revolves around an item that is small and difficult to see and interact with.
Some of the activities required instructions that had to be cued through the game’s hint system.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

The abandoned theater setting/theme of "Behind The Curtain" is entertaining, and the storyline is imaginative. There are a lot of physical aspects to the room. In the course of events, you’ll have to climb over things, pull heavy boxes off of high shelves, dig around for things, and rearrange heavy set pieces. If you aren’t able or interested in all of that, this isn’t the room for you. If you are up for it, you’ll get a workout solving a fun room. Twisted Limits Escape Rooms are located in a small strip mall (so no trouble parking). There are two other Twisted Limit locations also in McHenry—one with ax throwing and the other with laser tag.

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

Twisted Limits has a lobby area with escape games (Unlock, Exit, etc) for sale and a large lounge area with seating, puzzles, video games, and a pool table (we arrived early and enjoyed a game of pool and a complimentary beverage before our game).

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