Be cool.
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date Played: June 1st, 2024
Team Size: 2-10; we recommend 2-4
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: $25 per player
Ticketing: Private
Accessibility Consideration: None, as far as we could tell, but the website mentions to contact them with questions about accessibility.
Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
REA Reaction
Martian Meltdown was the newest installment at Albuquerque Escape Room. After experiencing their other offerings, this was their strongest game to date.
We started in an office space with an abandoned bunker motif and were tasked with getting the cryogenic systems back up and running to avoid the danger posed by the preserved aliens. We found the introduction video humorous with an 80s video game vibe; however, we thought that the designers intended for the video to have a more serious tone.
Our team split up to reset systems. As we progressed through puzzles and pushed further into Martian Meltdown we noticed a distinct lack of gore compared to the carnage described in the introductory video. We enjoyed the alien set pieces, but wished they had been a larger part in the finale after we powered on the cryogenic system.
Including the ending, the game felt emotionally flat. Martian Meltdown was an escape room game with a lot of puzzles that were well-designed, logical, and flowed well, but wasn't an immersive experience. I felt that this game could have benefited by leaning into the campiness of aliens escaping their cryogenic chambers rather than focusing on a self-serious and dire situation that felt unrealized by the scenery.
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