| rev:text
| - I haven't tried their escape room, and in some ways the venue, while good, is somewhat unspectacular; however, they deserve a bump in rating by virtue of having the only (to my knowledge) running man/maze facility in the city. It turns out that the Epic Runner was a total thrill.
The concept is fairly simple. The maze area is comparable to laser tag layout, albeit with some longer corridors (which allows for faster running), as well as some crawl spaces and obstacles. There's a variety of games, but the essence is that you're in teams, and either chasing or being chased, with a flag (like flag football) which you're trying to take from others, whilst not losing your own. I tended to prefer the games with basic rules as there's something to be said about the adrenaline that comes from the primal experience of chasing and being chased. But the variety is good to appeal to more people and to have varying levels of physical intensity and even problem solving.
It's legitimately a good workout as you're often running at full speeds. Forget about even casual clothing - you'll want to opt for your workout clothes since that's what you're in for.
Don't get too worked up about some of the warnings of injury - the few bumps and bruises our group experienced were largely self-induced by running into walls or obstacles. It's more a case of watching where you go rather than someone else causing injury to you.
Honestly, for about $25/person, there's not a lot better you're going to do with a group of about a dozen friends than coming here. Fully recommend it.
|