Comments on: Escape Woods – The Bunker: Strange Things at Hawkins Lab [Review] https://roomescapeartist.com/2018/04/26/escape-woods-the-bunker-strange-things-at-hawkins-lab-review/ Well-researched, rational, and reasonably humorous. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:54:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Spira https://roomescapeartist.com/2018/04/26/escape-woods-the-bunker-strange-things-at-hawkins-lab-review/#comment-5779 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:21:42 +0000 https://roomescapeartist.com/?p=66256#comment-5779 In reply to Phillip.

I think the wildness came from the outdoor setting, the incredible scale, the mind-bogging set… and yeah… to some extent the raw grossness of some of it. I have to admit that last bit is a factor, not one that I think would be great to see broadly used, but in this instance it added to the adventure.

The exposed screws, volume of red herrings, shaky hint system, outside knowledge, weak puzzles, and game design, these things subtracted. In the moment we reached honest frustration that removed us from the game.

Fixing those things would make this game epic. It’s totally doable and I hope that Escape Woods does it.

]]> By: Phillip https://roomescapeartist.com/2018/04/26/escape-woods-the-bunker-strange-things-at-hawkins-lab-review/#comment-5775 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:10:07 +0000 https://roomescapeartist.com/?p=66256#comment-5775 Very insightful and honest review. I am based out of Atlanta and have been very curious about this outdoor escape room experience. I have heard mixed reviews that are similar to this review. I suppose with this type of ER, there is a real sense of “it is up to me to escape” that may not be found in a traditional escape room. Perhaps a real thrill comes with that. I wonder if an experience like this was created with an attention to a solid game design and clear flow, but these element of a “wild adventure” still there – would be an awesome game?

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