[Jer3]

has anyone else heard of this? just read about it and its an escape+puzzle game that you play with a group of friends. seems like an interesting concept since its like a playing a real life video game.

link (https://www.facebook.com/ExitCanada) for the cheeky kunt m8.

[CRS]

Strong thread. Thanks for the information.

Would read/10.

[PiuYi]

super fun, super expensive, meh.



that being said, i did try it and its worth trying and a ton of fun with friends... but the concept is to go multiple times to beat the game, and it's too expensive to go multiple times

[PeanutButter]

$46+tax seems pretty expensive. But, it looks pretty cool.

If it were cheaper, I would probably feel more inclined to get a group together.

[KingDeeCee]

$46+tax seems pretty expensive. But, it looks pretty cool.

If it were cheaper, I would probably feel more inclined to get a group together.

The $46 is for 2 people, so roughly $25 per person for 45 minutes. Sounds like a do it once thing. But I've heard its almost impossible to win on your first try, so you might feel ripped off?

I still don't fully understand what this is though. Is it like a real life version of notpr0n?

[yray]

EXIT Canada - Golden Village - Richmond, BC (http://www.yelp.ca/biz/exit-canada-richmond)

[evlee]

lol no thx

[AzNightmare]

So it's like those Escape the Room games, but IRL??

[rsx]

fucking lazy post. couldn't even include the details like rates, location, pictures, etc.

[Ch28]

So it's like those Escape the Room games, but IRL??

Yup. Apparently, they're really popular in Hong Kong

[Jer3]

fucking lazy post. couldn't even include the details like rates, location, pictures, etc.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/249/829/562.jpg

[see.lai]

would go.. but not for $25..

[stewie]

oh fuck yeah, ill go to this, me and my gf love doing brain games!

[rsx]

Vancouver needs ktv joints. Ones where you pick out your girls.

[spideyv2]

did not read


















































o wait, the faggot OP never included anything to read

[J.C]

seems cool
would like to try

[Qmx323]

Day 1: I have tried every browser at my disposal and it blows my mind because the pics just refuse to load.

Day 2: I have concluded that I must have received some sort of virus through my email. I have canceled all email accounts and reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Pics still not loading.

Day 3: I'm running out of options here. There must be some glitch in the Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Operating System. Thanks Bill Gates. Switching to MAC OS X maybe this will prove effective.

Day 4: MAC OS X installation complete. I'm drawing a blank here. Pics still won't load. After ruling out software errors, I am convinced that there must be some lingering mechanical failure in my system. I have placed an order to newegg for rush delivery of a new Western Digital Caviar Black HDD. Will give this another shot tomorrow.

Day 5: Harddrive has arrived and has been installed. To no avail, the pictures will not load. I have not shaved or showered in a week. My clothes stink. I have lost my job...all because these confounded pictures will not load. I'm done with the whole electronics thing. I will be moving into an Amish community and this will be my last update on this issue. Good luck and good riddance.

[trancehead]

LOL

[SpeedStars]

going to try it.. Seems like its more fun with a larger group of friends.

[matter]

They are going for that Saw type experience and I can see it being fun if the puzzles were more interesting. Be prepared to fiddle with many luggage locks and combo locks.
I would honestly make the workers go through the room before you play because clues were missing, or just didnt work when I went with some friends. We used one of our "help clues", they came in and noticed the clue was missing and gave us an additional 10 min.

In our "scenario", We got a clue that said "2 years" for a 3 digit luggage lock. Every possible combo was tried, but nothing worked. There's no markings on the locks so they may have setup the wrong lock for the wrong clue or a douche before us may have changed the combo.

Fun was had, but it was 45 min of testing combinations on locks.

[tiger_handheld]

their promo video was as good as OP's post / this thread.

[rsx]

They should combine crossfit and airsoft

Timed events of course

1. Hostage rescue
Your wearing full gear around 30-40lbs of gear
Your objective is to guide your squad of 4 into the enemy building neutralizing all targets and carrying out 3 hostages (dummies ~100lbs each)
- You'll have to crawl under fencing
- Do sprints across kill boxes
- climb walls etc.
- every shot you get hit with is an additional 3 seconds to your overall squad time

Now that's fun and healthy!

[AzNightmare]

I gave this a try today. The experience was not bad, but the puzzles were way too hard to solve. Some of the clues were way too random that most people wouldn't figure it out as clues unless they already know the solution to begin with.

Seems like all the puzzles revolve on finding the correct number for combination locks. It would have been nice if there was more to it than luggage locks. Such as usage of props. There didn't seem to be any "item finding" puzzles, but just more of looking around to find clues for lock combinations.

This being said, I only went once. So maybe the other scenarios could be designed differently.

One of the locks had the wrong combination. The digit was off by 1. We got an extra 10 mins for it, which was fine. That was about how long we were stuck on that lock. But seems like they should really make sure their puzzles aren't missing anything before they let the next group in.
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[SpeedStars]

Forgot about this thread, but gave it a try on Friday. You get 45 mimutes ans 2 hints every game (basically you can pay 2 win). And each *level* has a theme in which you solve combo locks and door locks to get to the next room. The hints are somewhat hard as there are plenty of distractions to keep you away from the real clue. Also, each room has hidden tokens in which you can redeem for prizes.
Spoilered for what I've figured out so far...
dont open it
in the prison room, the hint is on the wall and you figure out the number to unlock the lock. You and your friends will be in different cells. You will then have to unlock two boxes that have locks on them, the hints for these will be related to another piece of writing on the wall. You then need to unlock the door whose code is related to 911 then you get to the next room. We got stuck there so, that was all.

[ITR2k5]

it's pretty tough to get out the first time.
Went once (lost ship) but too costly to go back and try again.

[meme405]

People are really saying this is expensive?

I mean can understand feeling ripped off if and when they screw up the puzzles and combo codes. But 25 bucks for an evening out is not that bad. The people that think this is expensive are cheap asses.

To put it into perspective, Revs on a weekend is the same price for three games, 3 races at TBC (about 25 minutes) is double that, a dinner is easily that same price assuming you do not go to mcdonalds, the casino could be an utter disaster. My point is that for 50 bucks, you could have a nice dinner, and then some good fun... Comparatively you could blow triple that and still have a shit night in any club... Your choice...

But feel free to stay home and play go-fish... You can get a deck of cards for free at any casino...

[SpeedStars]

Just a note though, the games are all at least 4 players, so it isn't really a thing you can do with your SO :okay:
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[TOS'd]

Just a note though, the games are all at least 4 players, so it isn't really a thing you can do with your SO :okay:
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Double date
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[meme405]

Just a note though, the games are all at least 4 players, so it isn't really a thing you can do with your SO :okay:
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Well I mean you can, they will just pair you with 2 other people, but yeah if you were looking to get locked into a room with your SO for 45 minutes, then look elsewhere...

Perhaps a drive somewhere secluded...:ifyouknow:

[suzuka84]

Vancouver needs ktv joints. Ones where you pick out your girls.

vancouver has a handful of ktv joints

[meme405]

See post below.

[Xu.Vi]

:inout:

Will be trying it soon. Hopefully playing all the "100 floors" on my phone will help

[k3mps]

My post above would get failed by someone who makes stupid posts like this:



For the record, if you are too dumb to realize that you should probably move past a free credit card if you put 20K a year on it as you say. Then you would be the type of person to stay at home and play go fish with your imaginary friends.

Then again, you probably meant: "What's the best free credit card, for someone who only makes 20K a year."

Cheap ass.

Why are you attacking people that disagree with you? Do you think your opinion is the only one that matters and every one else is an idiot?

Your alternatives are barely comparable.

When you talk about Revs, TBC, Dinner with friends etc, you're talking about just going out, spending money and having fun. Just plain old going out and having fun.

Exit is about using your brain, with teamwork, to solve a puzzle and conquer the game; it's a different kind of fun. It's not suppose to be the first thing that comes to mind when you think "Oh I have $25 to spend, I think a great way to have fun is to go to Exit".
It's just not the same kind of fun as going bowling or go karting.

Yes $25 isn't all that much for a night out, but when the clues are missing / staff don't check or set up room properly before next group goes in / make it incredibly hard as a lot of people are saying, then how can you not be upset about value per dollar?

Is $25 expensive? No.
Is $25 expensive considering your experience was ruined / dumbed down as a result of stuff being missing / wrong, and spending another $25 if you want to retry when everything goes as it should? Yes.


For the record, if you are too dumb to realize that you should probably move past a free credit card if you put 20K a year on it as you say. Then you would be the type of person to stay at home and play go fish with your imaginary friends.

Then again, you probably meant: "What's the best free credit card, for someone who only makes 20K a year."

Cheap ass.

Really buddy? All that because he failed you?
Grow up.

inb4 I get failed by Meme405

[meme405]

Why are you attacking people that disagree with you? Do you think your opinion is the only one that matters and every one else is an idiot?

Your alternatives are barely comparable.

When you talk about Revs, TBC, Dinner with friends etc, you're talking about just going out, spending money and having fun. Just plain old going out and having fun.

Exit is about using your brain, with teamwork, to solve a puzzle and conquer the game; it's a different kind of fun. It's not suppose to be the first thing that comes to mind when you think "Oh I have $25 to spend, I think a great way to have fun is to go to Exit".
It's just not the same kind of fun as going bowling or go karting.

Yes $25 isn't all that much for a night out, but when the clues are missing / staff don't check or set up room properly before next group goes in / make it incredibly hard as a lot of people are saying, then how can you not be upset about value per dollar?

Is $25 expensive? No.
Is $25 expensive considering your experience was ruined / dumbed down as a result of stuff being missing / wrong, and spending another $25 if you want to retry when everything goes as it should? Yes.



Actually I like when people actually post as to why they fail someone else. I do not just willy nilly fail people. So no you will not be receiving a fail, because you actually contributed something to the conversation and voiced an intelligent opinion.

Also 50% of your post relies on one thing, the experience being ruined by the staff members incompetency, and I addressed that 100% in my post by stating:


I mean can understand feeling ripped off if and when they screw up the puzzles and combo codes.


The problem I see is the people in here stating it is overpriced and expensive, most of them havnt visited. They are simply bashing it cause they are cheap. Of course if they screwed up on the clues or locks, then that is BS and could very well ruin the experience and seem like a rip off.

The other part of your post I do not understand, you are distinguishing E-Exit from karting, and bowling because you actually have to use your brain?

There are plenty of people who solve puzzles (like jig-saw puzzles) for fun, or they read a book. In your mind do these not count as fun activities because they might use moderate amounts of brain activity?

This was not meant to be condescending by the way, just wondering for conversations sake.

[KingDeeCee]

Let's be honest. Everyone who said it was expensive really meant that it doesn't seem like it's worth it. Why are you putting so much thought into it?

[k3mps]

The other part of your post I do not understand, you are distinguishing E-Exit from karting, and bowling because you actually have to use your brain?

There are plenty of people who solve puzzles (like jig-saw puzzles) for fun, or they read a book. In your mind do these not count as fun activities because they might use moderate amounts of brain activity?

I never said puzzle solving wasn't fun.
I am distinguishing Exit from karting and bowling because the latter two do not require puzzle solving to have fun for many people.

Exit requires problem solving. Karting and bowling do not.
Nobody says to their friends, "Hey I know what we can do tonight, we can play real life escape room!" unless everyone is genuinely interested in doing it, or wants to try it once. What I'm trying to say is, the people who are paying the $25 are not doing it for the same reason why others are paying $25 to go karting or bowling.
They are doing it because they haven't been before or because they find enjoyment in it. That's why people are calling it "a place you visit once just for the record".
It people considered it cheap, don't you think they would have a large amount of return customers?

If you can understand that people would feel ripped off as a result of incompetency, then why are you calling them cheap? In order to have felt ripped off as a result of these problems, they would have actually done it. Which means they aren't cheap because they paid.

And I don't think I'm a cheap person; I don't mind paying more for premium features / advantages, but $25 to play real life escape room? And people on this forum and many of my friends have said it takes more than 1 try to succeed? Psh, please, I have more entertaining stuff to spend $25 / $50 on if I'm looking for a night of, what I and many others consider fun.

If I was to try something new, then ya I would do it.

To put it in perspective, I went to Sushi Nanaimo once, just to try something new and to say I went there. I hated the place and I don't plan on going back.
For the same money, I could have had a nice burger, but I didn't because I wanted sushi. If my friends said to me "let's have some delicious food tonight! Where do you want to go?", you think I'm going to be saying Sushi Nanaimo again?

[Xu.Vi]

The other part of your post I do not understand, you are distinguishing E-Exit from karting, and bowling because you actually have to use your brain?

There are plenty of people who solve puzzles (like jig-saw puzzles) for fun, or they read a book. In your mind do these not count as fun activities because they might use moderate amounts of brain activity?

This was not meant to be condescending by the way, just wondering for conversations sake.

Probably because many don't pay 25 dollars to half complete a puzzle and most likely pay another 25 to get slightly further.

[meme405]

I was really just thinking this is another great activity to get a group of friends together.

If your friends are anything like mine, sometimes it can be tough to find activities that don't involve the club, or the other more common past times like karting, bowling, the movies, a bite to eat, etc.

I like stuff like this because it is different, much like that zombie paintball park. Sure it is a gimmick just tacked onto paintballing, but it can be hugely entertaining if you and your friends go into it with the right mindset.

To be fair it sounds like me & you operate pretty differently. I did literally say to my friends "Hey how about we do E-Exit tonight", and posted the link for everyone to look at it. Pretty much everyone came back and said something along the lines of, "yeah why not looks pretty cool".



If you can understand that people would feel ripped off as a result of incompetency, then why are you calling them cheap? In order to have felt ripped off as a result of these problems, they would have actually done it. Which means they aren't cheap because they paid.


I stated exactly why, because most of the people in here who said its expensive have never been, and therefore did not have it ruined for them by the staff.

Probably because many don't pay 25 dollars to half complete a puzzle and most likely pay another 25 to get slightly further.

Have you been? Because I have been twice, with two different groups of friends, and the second time I was the only one who had been before. We made it out that second time.

TBH after you kind of see the process involved, you can make it out the second time no problem (this is of course if they don't screw up the locks, which they havnt either time for me). Also to be clear I did two different scenarios... So it is not like I had to do the same scenario to make it out.

Either way, your logic is not very sound, that's like saying you shouldn't play COD because you don't win everytime or, not to go karting because you won't have the fastest time. You go because it is FUN. Even the first time when my friends didn't win, we didn't leave the place bitter or anything, we left with a smile on our faces, cause we still had a good time.

LOL maybe I am in the minority here though. I also love to try and do jigsaw puzzles by completing the border last...:fullofwin:

[Okami]

Did the prison like 2 weeks ago.. got the second room and got stuck on this 6 of spades clue.. PM with answer if you have it haha..

[Shorn]

Then again, you probably meant: "What's the best free credit card, for someone who only makes 20K a year."

Cheap ass.

reading your posts are just hilarious cause you try so hard to come off as a baller all the time.

you need to understand the difference between thinking something is EXPENSIVE, and not being able to AFFORD it. 2 different things.

for myself, i don't think that spending $25 bucks to solve a puzzle is worth it. for one thing, puzzles don't have that much overhead. like, once you buy/design the puzzle initially, they just sit there and all they need is to hire employees to set it up etc.

whereas i'm willing to spend $20 bucks to watch a movie, cause they have big ass screens and crazy sound systems.
and i'm willing to pay $40 for go-karting cause they have go-karts and a track and they use gas etc.
and dinner is dinner cause there's a food cost plus the chef's time etc.

no, i've never been there, but to me the idea of it doesn't sound like its worth $25 at all. to some it may be, but not everybody has the same opinion as you.

[meme405]

reading your posts are just hilarious cause you try so hard to come off as a baller all the time.


I don't try to sound like a baller at all. If you mean in this thread, then I can see how you may think that since I am defending what I believe to be a fair price for an entertainment service that is provided, but feel free to go find other posts of mine where you believe I come off as a baller.

I might come off as a smart-ass 95% of the time, but that is just because that is my attitude on this forum. I actually read most of the posts in the sections of this site that I frequent, which means that when I post it is because I have an opinion, and generally it will be a well thought out one. You will notice that I come back and semi-intelligently defend that opinion, and in a lot of cases I recognize the counter arguments; however, that does not mean I have to agree with them. What is frustrating is receiving fails, from random people who do not even share their own opinions or encourage the conversation. Had you or K3mps failed me then made your posts, I wouldn't have complained at all, but Carisar still has yet to come in here and make the arguments you guys have. So I stand by my opinion that he is just a cheap ass.

you need to understand the difference between thinking something is EXPENSIVE, and not being able to AFFORD it. 2 different things.

I understand the difference, I do not believe anyone on this forum cannot afford $25. I am simply making the argument that I do not believe $25 is all that expensive.


for myself, i don't think that spending $25 bucks to solve a puzzle is worth it. for one thing, puzzles don't have that much overhead. like, once you buy/design the puzzle initially, they just sit there and all they need is to hire employees to set it up etc.


I can respect that, it is not something you are into doing, that is fair. Besides staff and some basic maintenance the running costs of E-Exit are probably pretty low, yes that is true. However if you actually go there you will notice that the puzzles go far beyond "buying" the puzzle. The rooms are pretty intricate and well detailed (I would argue much more than any movie set). So I am sure this costed whoever started the venture a good chunk of change.


not everybody has the same opinion as you.

I know that not everyone has the same opinion as me, however there were a bunch of people stating their opinion that it was super expensive. So I decided to state MY opinion that I believe the price is pretty much in line with other entertainment offerings in Vancouver.

[AzNightmare]

:fulloffuck:
wtf happened to this thread


I thought it was an alright experience for $25. I may go again, but probably not any time soon. And I wouldn't try the same one. From other friends that have already tried it before me, I already knew chances were slim of escaping to begin with. So we all went in with that expectation. Escaping would have felt like a big achievement, not so much of an expectation.

So it has nothing to do with "winning". The experience was different, and although things could have been better, such as more item-finding puzzles rather than just unlocking luggage locks to get more clues to unlock other luggage locks, it was still fun IMO. Note that I was actually the dead-weight in my group too, cause the method of approach I had tackling these puzzles were off.

$25 isn't a big number, but it's enough to make people think twice about spending it without thought.



for myself, i don't think that spending $25 bucks to solve a puzzle is worth it. for one thing, puzzles don't have that much overhead. like, once you buy/design the puzzle initially, they just sit there and all they need is to hire employees to set it up etc.

whereas i'm willing to spend $20 bucks to watch a movie, cause they have big ass screens and crazy sound systems.
and i'm willing to pay $40 for go-karting cause they have go-karts and a track and they use gas etc.
and dinner is dinner cause there's a food cost plus the chef's time etc.


I think the money amount and overhead has no justification. Especially when you use "movie (theatre)" as a good example. You just need some guy to play a movie on the projector, and sit back.

E-Exit's money is spent on decorating all the rooms to create an atmosphere. Like picture one of those fright night haunted house stuff. You're not just in a white room with a set of these:
http://cassetete.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/clous4_a.jpg

I get it though, $25 is a steep price to pay if you have no interest in these escape games.
I would even say, 45 minutes is a steep price to pay if you have no interest, no matter how baller someone is.

[TOS'd]

I wish on the boxes it would tell me which room it belonged to :(

The second time I went, we made it into the second room, no cheating, and we were stuck for awhile in the second room. I called for a hint and the person was like how did you get in here, and also she was like these 4 puzzle boxes you don't need, they were for room one. Lol
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[carisear]

wow, how long did it take you to look through my posts from years ago to find something that was a valid question for that thread?

btw, I failed you because of your attitude calling people out for having a different opinion of you. If someone thinks $25 is expensive for that experience, then they must have a reason for it. You also come across as being a baller-know-it-all. Not everyone is in the same socio-economic situation as you may be in.

personally, I really want to try this place at it looks kind of cool, and thought $25 was a reasonable price. Hell, even before I read this thread, I said the exact same things as you to my gf as to why $25 was decent -- TBC costs way more than that.

but hey, apparently I'm a cheap ass because I failed you. You are entitled to that opinion. Don't worry, I won't take it personally, and wont look at all of your other posts to try to pick them apart.

I didn't even want to write this, as the point of having a thanks/fail system is so that you don't fill up the thread with off topic posts. Sorry to the other people reading who are just trying to look at relevant posts about Exit!

[meme405]

wow, how long did it take you to look through my posts from years ago to find something that was a valid question for that thread?

btw, I failed you because of your attitude calling people out for having a different opinion of you. If someone thinks $25 is expensive for that experience, then they must have a reason for it. You also come across as being a baller-know-it-all. Not everyone is in the same socio-economic situation as you may be in.

personally, I really want to try this place at it looks kind of cool, and thought $25 was a reasonable price. Hell, even before I read this thread, I said the exact same things as you to my gf as to why $25 was decent -- TBC costs way more than that.

but hey, apparently I'm a cheap ass because I failed you. You are entitled to that opinion. Don't worry, I won't take it personally, and wont look at all of your other posts to try to pick them apart.

I didn't even want to write this, as the point of having a thanks/fail system is so that you don't fill up the thread with off topic posts. Sorry to the other people reading who are just trying to look at relevant posts about Exit!

I literally only looked at the first page of your posts and found one post where you said "Richmond night market is Cheeeaaaaap" and the post I chose. You don't post that often anymore...

Either way, maybe I was a bit aggressive, post above removed.

I do agree I come across as a know it all, that's is just my attitude when I post on RS. Like I said, when I post it is usually in threads where I have an opinion, or an opinion on a given topic, and normally its not just on a whim, it is something well thought out. I definitely do not mean to come off as a baller though.

BTW most of these posts were related to Exit, as we were discussing the price. Maybe only a couple got OT. Either way without the conversation between us, this thread would have just died anyway, and atleast this way people won't complain about RS being "dead".

[Shorn]

I think the money amount and overhead has no justification. Especially when you use "movie (theatre)" as a good example. You just need some guy to play a movie on the projector, and sit back.




well you don't think the projectors they use are expensive? you think maybe you can just pick one up at office depot or something?

besides the initial cost, there's also a major ONGOING cost for theatres: the movies themselves.

no, i don't know how much it costs the theatre to buy the rights to show a movie.. so i looked it up. and generally howstuffworks has pretty reliable information.
HowStuffWorks "How Movie Distribution Works" (http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-distribution2.htm)

you can read more about it there, but this picture is pretty informative:
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/movie-distribution-table.gif

so your movie ticket is really not making them that much money, being profitable only half the time and not even that much.

also:
The movie itself is considered a loss leader by the theater owner: It is meant to get people into the theater. The theater makes its money selling refreshments to the movie audience. That's why concessions are so expensive -- without the profits generated by things like popcorn and soda, most theaters could not afford to stay in business.

[AzNightmare]

No, the point is, you don't like escape puzzles and would not pay $25 to experience one, which is fine. I just found using "overhead" to justify spending irrelevant.
People will spend on what they like/want to do, without writing a list of that places' overhead expenses to see if it's worth while.

Otherwise every Starbucks would be out of business. Not to mention, there's a lot of places to get coffee, and only one escape place in Vancouver.
If more escape places start to open up, I can see the prices coming down. Even with the price coming down, if people don't like these things, they still won't go.

[Xu.Vi]

Have you been? Because I have been twice, with two different groups of friends, and the second time I was the only one who had been before. We made it out that second time.

TBH after you kind of see the process involved, you can make it out the second time no problem (this is of course if they don't screw up the locks, which they havnt either time for me). Also to be clear I did two different scenarios... So it is not like I had to do the same scenario to make it out.

Either way, your logic is not very sound, that's like saying you shouldn't play COD because you don't win everytime or, not to go karting because you won't have the fastest time. You go because it is FUN. Even the first time when my friends didn't win, we didn't leave the place bitter or anything, we left with a smile on our faces, cause we still had a good time.

LOL maybe I am in the minority here though. I also love to try and do jigsaw puzzles by completing the border last...:fullofwin:

Simply because not everyone finds the fun factor vs price worth it. Just as how I wouldn't go mini-golf even if it were to be free. And yes, I am going later this month so I do get where you're coming from :dizzy:.

[JSALES]

I remember my friend sent me the invite for the group/page and I remember browsing through the photos and I thought she had invited me to some international student club or something at her school. I only thought that because all I saw were a bunch of Asians with long hair holding up signs because I didn't take the time to read lol

[TOS'd]

just noticed a new place, same concept, similar price, etc.

Xcape Vancouver - 5D Real-Life Escape Experience - Xcape Vancouver - 5D Real-Life Escape Experience (http://www.xcapevancouver.com/)

[rawr]

Did anyone get through the prison? Pm me if u got through... Stuck in the second room for the pass code for the door lock...
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[trollface]

Everyone and their mom is going to start opening these like bbl tea shops. The investment to start one of these is actually pretty damn low if you think about it. It's literally a rented space with decorations. Exit is 25 bucks, this new one is 22. Then Billy Bob's is going to be $20.

If the business starts to die... just bail. All you've lost is a room full of fake spider webs.

[TOS'd]

Exit is like $25.xx after tax. And new place is $22.xx plus tax. Works out just about the same.
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[sil-300]

tried Exit tonight - pretty fun, but damn it's hard.

We tried the Prison room and the very first lock is freakishly difficult. We needed a hint to get it and even then it was hard lol

The rest of the first room wasnt too bad - we ended up getting stuck in the second room before the door lock :(

[SpeedStars]

^shouldve PM'd me. Would a got u to the second room in 2 minutes :fullofwin:

[sil-300]

^^ were you able to finish it?

[AzNightmare]

What's with the prison one? Seems like everyone in here tried that one, including myself.
And almost everyone got stuck in the 2nd room.

lol, I was hoping to get some feedback from other rooms...


Was there a 3rd room? When I was blindfolded to go back to the lobby, it seemed like there was some tight area we had to walk through. Not quite big enough to really be a 3rd room, but there was definitely something going on in that room.

I also remember on the 2nd room's exit door, there was a note about lasers, and the game ends if we trip it. Possibly something in the 3rd room??

[rawr]

I'd highly recommend Xcape over Exit. It's cheaper and the clues are much more logical. The owner there, Stanley, actually helps you along the way. One time we were only looking at one piece of paper, and he came in and told us there was actually more than one. They genuinely want us to finish the game and have fun, unlike Exit where it feels like they just want you to fail and make you frustrated so you'd go back again.
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[sonick]

Any more feedback on this? Since an article in Metronews came out about EXIT last week, all my friends have been clamoring to go.

[FatalCloud]

anyone wanna do like a revscene group thing? my friends don't seem interested in going :(

[TOS'd]

Would be interested possibly. But also might be difficult getting a bunch of strangers together to work together, lol

[flagella]

Seems like there are quite a few of these.

Home - Trapped Vancouver (http://trappedvancouver.com/)

Freeing Canada | Room Escape Reality Game Master (http://www.freeingcanada.ca/)

[bchizzle]

When I played there was a group who was playing a third round because they wanted to beat the room since they were from out of town. I came out of the Ancient Egypt game with more sand in my shoes than overall satisfaction.

Let's say there's a lot of broken stuff from goons brute forcing their way through stuff. I'd love to try Xcape though

[Vege]

Social Shopper has 3 hours left for a pretty good discount and membership deal.

https://www.socialshopper.com/vancouver_3731

[meme405]

It took longer than I expected for this to catch on, but the concept has exploded, so many copy cats popping up, and E-exit is now perpetually busy.

Hope this business spurs on other entertainment ideas like this to start-up, it just goes to show that Vancouver needs a bigger diversity of things to do at night.

[mentaiko]

I've been to EXIT and they are $24.14 after tax. So I have no idea where you got the over $25.xx idea from...

Oh, one thing, I know nobody really cared or know much about taxes, EXIT only takes one tax (GST) and not PST whereas Xcape Vancouver take both our GST and PST into their cost. In Canada, we only pay GST for places that provides services and PST in stores or places where they are actually selling products, and of course they would have to give a report back to the government about how much taxes they've been collecting. As game facilities like EXIT and Xcape Vancouver, it's reasonable that they're taking our GST, but NOT PST. Quite a few of my friends also noticed they got charged PST too from Xcape Vancouver, it's only a matter of time when the government would find out about this act...Especially if they're taking the PST money into their own pockets...(which no one would know really)

Ever since then, Xcape Vancouver had lost all of my friends and my trust, and would never go back again; no matter how great their games are, it is quite deceiving.

[Spartacus]

^ troll from exit?

[z3german]

I've been to EXIT and they are $24.14 after tax. So I have no idea where you got the over $25.xx idea from...

Oh, one thing, I know nobody really cared or know much about taxes, EXIT only takes one tax (GST) and not PST whereas Xcape Vancouver take both our GST and PST into their cost. In Canada, we only pay GST for places that provides services and PST in stores or places where they are actually selling products, and of course they would have to give a report back to the government about how much taxes they've been collecting. As game facilities like EXIT and Xcape Vancouver, it's reasonable that they're taking our GST, but NOT PST. Quite a few of my friends also noticed they got charged PST too from Xcape Vancouver, it's only a matter of time when the government would find out about this act...Especially if they're taking the PST money into their own pockets...(which no one would know really)

Ever since then, Xcape Vancouver had lost all of my friends and my trust, and would never go back again; no matter how great their games are, it is quite deceiving.

Get out of here EXIT boss! Flaming your competitors in the way you did seems super shady.

If youre not the boss, then you sir are one really weird feller

[rawr]

Too bad exits customer service sucks ass
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[Ulic Qel-Droma]

regardless whether or not he's associated with exit... he makes a point. the other places shouldn't be charging those "taxes".

if it's the game of shadiness, that guys post is far less shady than charging PST on something where you're only supposed to charge GST.

[mentaiko]

haha what? One post and I become the boss of exit? I WISH.

I'm just stating a fact. And I'm pretty sure that no one over here would mind spending that little extra amount of tax when they're paying, assuming most of you didn't know they're paying taxes for what reasons...I have no intention of flaming anyone, I'm merely only stating what me and my friends have noticed, and thought that you all have the rights to know about it because we're all consumers right?
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[mentaiko]

Too bad exits customer service sucks ass
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I don't know what exactly you've experienced in exit, but I've had pretty good customer service when I was there, and I'm sure most of the people who had been there would agree (most, not all), consider that they have a lot of regular customers, with so many people liking them on Facebook (people who didn't enjoy their experience there clearly could choose not to like them on Facebook.) Not saying the other places don't have good customer service, actually I even thought Xcape had pretty good customer service too, I was also helped by a staff called Stanley and he helped us a lot throughout our game and explained the story clearly before our game. We enjoyed our experience there too, but I just couldn't ignore the fact that they charged us an extra tax when they shouldn't have. I am only stating my personal opinion here.
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[Shorn]

haha what? One post and I become the boss of exit? I WISH.

I'm just stating a fact. And I'm pretty sure that no one over here would mind spending that little extra amount of tax when they're paying, assuming most of you didn't know they're paying taxes for what reasons...I have no intention of flaming anyone, I'm merely only stating what me and my friends have noticed, and thought that you all have the rights to know about it because we're all consumers right?
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well all i can say is that if you are, then i recommend you offer a RS discount and you'll get a lot more customers :woot2:

[mentaiko]

well all i can say is that if you are, then i recommend you offer a RS discount and you'll get a lot more customers :woot2:

Haha I'm a regular customer myself and even so I don't get any discounts, unfortunately lol :(
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[jpw12]

beta tested for it before it opened, heard it improved a lot since then.

now theres a lot of compettion in richmond for that kinda thing tho

[OMGWTFBBQ]

Sorry to necro an old thread, but it seems like these "escape" games have been growing more and more popular. I've been hearing good things about Xcape Vancouver.

Anyone have feedback on Xcape? Any tips?

[i-vtecyo]

I havent tried Exit yet however xcape was pretty fun. I had a group of 6 and I tried to book viral factor 1 week in advance but the only mode available was Dark Treasures which was rated the hardest difficulty and it has a low percent success rate. Lets just say we experienced it first hand on why it had a slim success rate. Each game we get 3 hints unless your a member you'll get two extra hints. Whenever we would get stuck, we would hold a "help" sign in front of the security camera. Depending on who the staffs are, some give good hints while others give either vague or bad hints. All in all, the service was good and the game was fun. The best part is at the end where we take a group photo with a Fail xcape or an Epic xcape sign! Oh and for cellphones, we have to place them in a lock box and the most responsible participants will carry the key until the end of the game.


Heres some tips for Dark Treasure if anyone wants to be one of the few to successfully steal 9 treasures on their first try!
So we were split into two teams whether its stacked or even players and each team had a walkie talkie. There are two rooms, one deals with mathematics skills while the other one deals with puzzle solving. And when i say puzzle solving, i literally mean it. A 100 piece puzzle that my group couldnt finish within 45 minutes. The clues that are found in one room doesnt necessarily mean its theirs, it could be for the other room, so communication is a big role. For my team, we successfully stole 0 treasure and we were also accidentally hinted that after a team clears a room, there would be a few more rooms.

[kr4l]

I thought exit was bad for props and whatnot. Went to xcape. Viral factor was viral fail. Looked like it was a kindergarten science lab. The website picture hypes it up big time.Windows were boarded up with paper half off. Scary music from a music player even though the room was a bore fest. Most of the riddles had nothing to do with science. We also finished it easily. The stupid grabbing crane didn't even work. Hardest part of xcape was finding the damn place. Went to freeing and it definitely had the best puzzles/props but the location sucks
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[Splmash]

I've been to EXIT and they are $24.14 after tax. So I have no idea where you got the over $25.xx idea from...

Oh, one thing, I know nobody really cared or know much about taxes, EXIT only takes one tax (GST) and not PST whereas Xcape Vancouver take both our GST and PST into their cost. In Canada, we only pay GST for places that provides services and PST in stores or places where they are actually selling products, and of course they would have to give a report back to the government about how much taxes they've been collecting. As game facilities like EXIT and Xcape Vancouver, it's reasonable that they're taking our GST, but NOT PST. Quite a few of my friends also noticed they got charged PST too from Xcape Vancouver, it's only a matter of time when the government would find out about this act...Especially if they're taking the PST money into their own pockets...(which no one would know really)

Ever since then, Xcape Vancouver had lost all of my friends and my trust, and would never go back again; no matter how great their games are, it is quite deceiving.

I'm an accountant and I found your post boring. Tough life, suck it up.

[k3mps]

Has anyone tried Freeing Canada?

[Cman333]

I'm curious to try this one day. Seems like a fun alternative thing to do. Is there much replay value to these? Anyone here actually go there frequently?

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

Tried the ship. Got to the second room. Couldn't figure out how to open the large box with 5 alphabet code. Fuck
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[FB6]

Trapped! (for fun): Asian-style Escape Game Rooms Come to Vancouver | Inside Vancouver Blog (http://www.insidevancouver.ca/2014/04/04/trapped-for-fun-asian-style-escape-game-rooms-come-to-vancouver/)

99% of visitors fail.

[AzNightmare]

Going to Freeing Canada on Wednesday. I'll give a review of my experience after.
(I went to e-exit a few months back, so this will be my 2nd time trying these type of games)

[Dragon-88]

Tried the ship. Got to the second room. Couldn't figure out how to open the large box with 5 alphabet code. Fuck
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Yeah got to the same spot, had one hint left. Girl gave us a hint that was a step ahead so we spent our last 12 minutes working on the wrong puzzle. Basically it had to do with the box connected to the wall with all the warning labels that say don't touch $1000 fine. Basically we ignored the box on the wall because of all the warning signs and were told to ignore anything with a warning label, but it was part of the game. Dumb

Fun factor - 7/10

Organization - 6/10

[Grandmaster TSE]

Sorry to necro an old thread, but it seems like these "escape" games have been growing more and more popular. I've been hearing good things about Xcape Vancouver.

Anyone have feedback on Xcape? Any tips?

Xcape was pretty good, went with 10 ppl, had a groupon deal

tried the hardest room, which was 2 rooms and we had to split into 2 groups and try to work together. was no where close to getting out but it was damn fun

[Everymans]

I have a friend plotting a similar style event. It would be like real life clue. There would be a recent murder where everyone coming to the dinner would be a suspect and everyone is inviestigating each other subtly. Everyone would have their own given backstory and basically the idea is to either not get found out or find the murderer. Would take a lot of acting skillz but it's basically free aside from the meal.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

Yeah got to the same spot, had one hint left. Girl gave us a hint that was a step ahead so we spent our last 12 minutes working on the wrong puzzle. Basically it had to do with the box connected to the wall with all the warning labels that say don't touch $1000 fine. Basically we ignored the box on the wall because of all the warning signs and were told to ignore anything with a warning label, but it was part of the game. Dumb

Fun factor - 7/10

Organization - 6/10

there was 4 of us, so i left 3 ppl to do the other shit while i was figuring that 1000 dollar fine box. u still cant open it.

i figure it might be magnetic like the ring showing the 4044 or whatever it was in the first room. anyway, couldnt figure out how to open the big box, and couldnt figure out how to open the 1000 fine box"

now the question is... if i ever do go back, is it worth it to pay the 25 bux to finish that room, (there's only 1 more room after that room im pretty sure), or spend the money on a new room that i probably wont solve in 1 time either...

[TOS'd]

Anyone keen on doing an RS group? lol

[Dragon-88]

there was 4 of us, so i left 3 ppl to do the other shit while i was figuring that 1000 dollar fine box. u still cant open it.

i figure it might be magnetic like the ring showing the 4044 or whatever it was in the first room. anyway, couldnt figure out how to open the big box, and couldnt figure out how to open the 1000 fine box"

now the question is... if i ever do go back, is it worth it to pay the 25 bux to finish that room, (there's only 1 more room after that room im pretty sure), or spend the money on a new room that i probably wont solve in 1 time either...

Here's a hint. Getting that box open is a 2-3 person job.

[SpeedStars]

I've done exit twice now and am planning on either xScape or Freeing Canada. Anyone have experience with Freeing yet? They've only got 1 yelp review

[RESN]

Ive done Exit, Freeing, and Trapped.

Trapped is my favourite so far

[RiceIntegraRS]

Ive been to Exit and Trapped. Both are fun but i think i prefer Exit. Id do theses much more often but its alil too expensive to be doing this on a regular basis but ill probably still do it.

[kr4l]

Here's my reviews

Just came back from xcape for the second time. This place is utter shit. I can't believe people go there and play.. The riddles are damn near impossible, and most of them have nothing to do with the room. No wonder they give you 3 hints. Love hearing the story at the beginning. Worst English ever. Yes I'm hating, but if I'm spending $20+ for 45 minutes, I don't want to walk out of there feeling like I got hosed.

Exit is the same thing. Riddles have nothing to do with the room you're in. Terrible English. Decor is mediocre at best

Freeing is definitely the best one of the ones available. However, the two I played there were straight out of a movie. Pretty much everything was copied from shutter island and black swan. Would definitely recommend freeing but it's kind of in the middle of nowhere
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[Kirito]

Trapped's "Diamond Thief" room was really fun! I'd recommend that one.

[AzNightmare]

So I went to Freeing Canada today. It wasn't very busy there, in fact, I think my group was the only people there.

The staff was friendly and the service was good.
Because there was no groups booked after us,
we were able to decide whether to go with the Time Space theme as we had initially planned,
or try the Black Swan which was also available.

We weren't sure which room would be more suitable for our tastes, so we asked for more info on the rooms,
and they were pretty open to discuss a bit of how the rooms were like, such as were they going to be in the dark,
was the group going to be split up into two, were they going to be searching for clues or logic solving kind of puzzles, etc.

Since I've only been to e-exit before, I can only do a comparison with them.

Unlike e-exit, Freeing doesn't bother blindfolding you before entering the room.
At Freeing, they give you a quick backstory for your room, and once they walk you into the room,
they give you 45 mins and lock the door behind.

Also, instead of giving you up to 3 hints that you can use any time like in e-exit,
Freeing has 3 hidden "hint" cards that you have to find. Once you find all 3 of them, you may redeem them for 1 hint.
Although the cards should be pretty easy to find...

The room I chose was just a single room. And because you don't get blindfolded before entering,
it should be pretty obvious how many rooms there are for whichever one you end up doing.

spoilers about the room, and experience with the staff (without any solutions revealed):

I ended up choosing Black Swan, because it was one of the easier rooms they offered, and we didn't need to split up into 2 groups.
The staff gave us a quick backstory and instructions on where not to find the hints,
such as not to bother looking behind "X" and "Y" because those are just fixed props.
They seemed to be more genuine in wanting you to escape, rather than to just tease you with a "sucker, you'll never escape" kind of attitude.

Once the debriefing is done, they open the room door, and once inside, they set the 45 minute timer, and lock the door.

The room was pretty small, and my first impression was, "That's it??" It was rather bland, and didn't give off the atmosphere I was expecting.

Also, this one's full of luggage/locker locks, and the game is designed in a linear fashion. So you open one lock to find the next clue to open the next lock, etc.

The story is a murder case, so besides escaping out of the room (which doesn't exactly tie into the story logically),
you're also trying to figure out the mystery of the murder.

But the puzzles were creative even if they were only for getting combination numbers. I wasn't bored as long as we weren't completely stumped.

Unfortunately... We found all the obvious items within the first 3 minutes. And then we unlocked one thing and got stuck for the next 40 mins.
Although the 3 clue cards are pretty easy to find, as they aren't locked in anything, we overlooked and missed one of them the entire time.
Meaning we never used the intercom to ask for our 1 hint.

With 2 mins left, the staff came in cause they felt so bad for us and told us where the 3rd clue card was.
She gave us our hint, and gave us an additional 10 mins. That one hint actually got us "rolling",
and we blitzed through 90% of the room in the next 10 mins.

When our time was up, the staff really wanted to give us a chance to finish as we were already on the last puzzle.
We were slightly stumped though, but she kept nudging us with more subtle hints until we got the last combo to escape the room.
It took us about another 5 minutes, we pretty much got a whole hour.

I assume they really had no more bookings for the rest of the night to be so generous.

None the less, that made it much better for us. Had we not got that additional 10 mins, we probably would have left pretty bitter.


Overall, not a bad experience, and I would probably come back here again to try the other rooms eventually.

[FN-2199]

Went to Exit for the first time yesterday, and we had a lot of fun. $24 was hard to muster at first, but was well worth the experience, and left me wanting more.

We had the prison. Apparently they change up the puzzles and whatnot every so often, so my prison experience might be different from somebody who went in the months previous.
I highly recommend challenging yourselves if you haven't gone yet!

Prison spoilers for those who would like to know about our experience-
As part of the prison experience, we had a group of four that was locked into two separate cells. We had the same combination for both locks, and we had tally marks in both prison cell walls, as well as descriptions of what type of inmate was housed in each cell.
We were able to make it out of the cell. We opened a box, but was unable to open the door.

Here's a breakdown of what clues we had in the room (I won't say any lock combiantions though ;) ):

cell 1 had a piece of paper with cryptic writing on it. (we ended up needing it to open up a locked box outside of the cell)
broom stick outside one of the cells
boot outside the second cell (used the broom stick to grab the boot)
boot had the second piece to the taped piece on the cell 1 wall
tally marks in both cells; cell one had 68 and 27, cell 2 had 90
combination to the cell lock was related to the type of person housed in the cell, and the symbol matched from the boot.
1/4 piece of paper taped to cell 1 with matching symbols on another piece of paper outside the cell

[RuffleCopterz]

Anyone here do the Asylum at Freeing Canada? Got stuck on the bed number and the math problem... any help? PM Thanks

[sonick]

bump, just did Xcape's Sherlock room this morning. Quite fun, completed it on the first try with seconds left to spare.

$26 for 45 mins of entertainment is steep though, but with a 50% groupon it is more worth it.

[Gerbs]

anyone played the lab at exit

[Hokari]

Hey Gerbs,

I tried the lab. It's a very cool room - one of the better ones atmosphericly. I highly recommend giving it a try. Warning though - it's REALLY hard. Probably the hardest one I've tried so far.

[Gerbs]

Hey Gerbs,

I tried the lab. It's a very cool room - one of the better ones atmosphericly. I highly recommend giving it a try. Warning though - it's REALLY hard. Probably the hardest one I've tried so far.

I got half way. The laser pointer was really cool lol. I got stuck at the lock where you push a direction and the SCP 418 lock. Did u understand the board on top.

[Stormspirit]

Never got a chance, prob never will, never was into this shit.

But props to owner of this place because he drives C63 AMG coupe with the license plate EXIT outide the place. Sick .

[Hokari]

Looks like you got equally as far as I did Gerbs... haha
Tempted to try again since I didn't get very far the first time (like you said - half way). It was a sweet atmosphere though right? :P Kinda got a bit creeped out~

[Speed2K]

I was at Exit last night, my group also tried the lab. We got stuck at the same spot (direction and SCP-418 lock). I'm disappointed that they don't give you the option to get the solution at the end, it would've been nice b/c frankly, even if I go back to Exit, I think I would try one of their other rooms. Before that I would likely try some of the other facilities.

Did anyone find the coin for a bonus prize?

If any of you know the answers to these, please pm me:



Looking for hints? You're not really getting any here! :devil:

The tic-tac-toe square on the wall, was there any significance to this? (I don't think there is)
The CDs found, we had no idea what they were trying to say, is there any clues here?
After opening the box with the flashlight we never got a chance to use it b/c we ran out of time, is this a blue light? What does it reveal?

My theory is we would find more hands behind the locked areas, all the hands combine into the combination for the door.

[Gerbs]

Yeah we found 5 hands ^ I assumed we needed atleast 7? for the door. Couldnt open the 2 pads. I assume the board and cd maybe had to do with the direction lock and scp-418.