As I lack experience with both escape rooms and improv theater, I decided I was the perfect person to review the theater/escape room pop-up in Fremont, “About Last Night.” The description said no experience was necessary, so I definitely put this to the test.
The “About Last Night” website describes the game as a “mashup of immersive theater performance, escape room puzzle solving and social strategy game mechanics.” The story takes the form of a murder mystery: After throwing a rave, tech billionaire Marcus Blackwood is found murdered, and party guests wake up with their memories stolen by his new sketchy device.
Players are assigned characters and tasked with finding clues to recovering their memories scattered around the event space. Then they have the choice to publicize or bury what they uncover. At the end they choose a story to present to the police…