Tips For Visitingīook your hour with Maine Escape Games’ Dr. Gem’s Time Trap accessible for many experience levels and team sizes. ➕ We commend Maine Escape Games on the adaptive difficulty that makes the content-packed Dr. ➖ There was opportunity for a grandeur finale to close the story. ➕ Maine Escape Games packed an impressive volume of play into a single, prominent set piece, which never overstayed its welcome. Large set pieces provided fun, physical interactions and great opportunities for teamwork.

Gem’s Time Trap especially stood out for its strong interaction design. ➕ This was a puzzle-centric escape game with a lot of content and a largely non-linear flow, but it never felt overwelming. It was also under-utilized by the gameplay. ➖ One area of the set felt under-designed compared to the rest of the experience. ➕ Although the transition was foreshadowed to anyone paying close attention to detail, the second act was such a departure in look and feel that it was a fun surprise nonetheless. I call this out because Maine Escape Games used tech liberally and the underlying architecture was clearly build to support it. ➕ Everything worked remarkably well with impressive consistency. We appreciated the precise construction and the craftsmanship. Gem’s Time Trap was an elegant build out. The mixture of corrugated aluminum, piping, lighting, and wood came together to create an aesthetic that was unique to this experience.

We entered a beautiful and unusual time machine that blended elements of steam punk with some modern elements. If we messed up, it would be a one way trip. We had one charge left on the battery to pursue.

Gem, disassembled some of the device and ran off through time with some of the pieces. We were about to complete construction on our revolutionary new time machine when our rival, Dr. Players who don’t need to be a part of every puzzle.It’s not pushing boundaries it’s simply executing in all of the right ways. If you’re in the region, this is a must-play game. Portland, Maine doesn’t have a lot of escape room companies, but Maine Escape Games is doing this right.

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