History YMMV / EscapeRoomTournamentOfChampions

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While suffering from issues in its own right, by all accounts the film is an improvement on the original, featuring a far more likable cast and interesting puzzles, and on the whole taking everything that worked from the first movie and just doubling down on it. This is even more true for the Extended Cut, [[spoiler: which retains content and characters missing from the theatrical release such as Henry and Claire, and gives the story an alternate third act that leads to a more satisfying ending.]]

** Some people think [[spoiler:Nate]] survives being pulled under the quicksand.

* AssPull: [[spoiler: Amanda surviving the first film is a blatant retcon, [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou with the way it happening only adding to the unbelievability.]]]]

* BrokenBase: About the Theatrical and Extended ending, as audiences prefer one ending over the other. Most who prefer the Extended ending generally agree that [[spoiler: Amanda's survival is an AssPull and undoes the impact her death served in the first film. They also prefer the happier ending it gives Zoey and Ben and the Theatrical ending is ArcFatigue for the Minos plot; feeling Claire taking over Minos is a perfect SequelHook.]] Others prefer the Theatrical ending as they feel [[spoiler: Amanda's faked death and the continued Minos plot expands the franchise into new potential stories.]] You really only prefer one ending or the other.

* WhatAnIdiot: A small moment in the first room, when Brianna finds a rubber lining in a bag that the group can use to safely grab the metal handles. When she asks for keys to cut it, Theo throws her a pair. To reiterate: he ''throws'' a set of metal keys ''in an electrified train car''. The keys are zapped (narrowly missing the other participants) and fried, and Brianna throws a quick WhatTheHellHero Theo's way.
--> '''Brianna''': Does anyone wanna HAND me keys?!
--> '''Theo''': ''(sheepishly)'' My bad.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While suffering from issues its own right, by all accounts the film is an improvement on the original, featuring a far more likable cast and interesting puzzles, and on the whole taking everything that worked from the first movie and just doubling down on it. This is even more true for the Extended Cut, [[spoiler: which retains content and characters missing from the theatrical release such as Henry and Claire, and gives the story an alternate third act that leads to a more satisfying ending.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Rachel. She starts out being hostile towards Zoey and distrustful of her advice, but warms up to her after she gets the group out of the bank room. After they escape the beach room together through a SecretPath, they start cooperating. [[spoiler: Said cooperation only lasts as long as it takes them to get to the next puzzle, where Rachel is killed by acid rain.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: A small moment in the first room, when Brianna finds a rubber lining in a bag that the group can use to safely grab the metal handles. When she asks for keys to cut it, Theo throws her a pair. To reiterate: he ''throws'' a set of metal keys ''in an electrified train car''. The keys are zapped (narrowly missing the other participants) and fried, and Brianna throws a quick WhatTheHellHero Theo's way.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While suffering from issues its own right, by all accounts the film is an improvement on the original, featuring a far more likable cast and interesting puzzles, and on the whole taking everything that worked from the first movie and just doubling down on it.

* FunnyMoments: A slightly dark comedy moment in the first room: Brianna finds a rubber lining in a bag that'll let them pull the metal handles without getting shocked. She asks for keys to cut the lining, and Theo acquiesces...by throwing the keys to her. To reiterate: [[WhatAnIdiot he threw a set of ''metal'' keys in an electrified train car.]] Naturally, the keys are shocked and warped, everyone freaks out, and Brianna is not happy.
--> '''Brianna''': Does anyone wanna HAND me keys?!
--> '''Theo''': ''(sheepishly)'' My bad.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: A slightly dark comedy moment in the first room: Brianna finds a rubber lining in a bag that'll let them pull the metal handles without getting shocked. She asks for keys to cut the lining, and Theo acquiesces...by throwing the keys to her. To reiterate: [[WhatAnIdiot he threw a set of ''metal'' keys in an electrified train car.]] Naturally, the keys are shocked and warped, everyone freaks out, and Brianna is not happy.

* NightmareFuel: The Escape Rooms are just as bad, if not worse than before:
** The Subway Train Room starts off with the unsuspecting players being faced with a series of harsh electric currents that spreads across the room, which grows more intense as time passes on. [[spoiler: Theo is the first to go when he is electrified to death upon being unable to release his grip from a metallic support beam]].
** The Bank Room forces the players to stand on the right sequence of floor tiles before the bank door closes, while also avoiding being burned by the security lasers if the wrong tiles are stepped on. [[spoiler:It is also the only Escape Room that failed to kill anyone]].
** The Beach Room causes a quicksand after enough time passes by, forcing the participants to find the escape route before everyone is submerged. [[spoiler:Nathan is the next to die after sacrificing himself to rescue Rachel, who had completely submerged underneath the sand. Ben is also seemingly killed as he falls into the quicksand.]]
** The City Streets Room [[HopeSpot tricks the remaining survivors into believing that they have actually escaped to the surface]], only to reveal that the streets is indeed another Escape Room. When enough time passes, acid rain falls and quickly burns anything it touches, leaving only ample amount of shelter until there's no more protection from the rain. [[spoiler:It is also the only room where it will only accept one participant as the winner, being Zoey, who is forced to watch as Rachel and Brianna die together as the acid rain kills them both]].
** The Bedroom is the final Escape Room, which reveals [[spoiler: the alive and well Amanda, who is forced to do Minos' bidding in exhange for the safety of her daughter, Sonya. Ben is also revealed to be alive, but is then faced with the risk of drowning in a tank, and only barely escapes with his life as Zoey and Amanda work together to break him out]].

* TheWoobie: Arguably ''everyone'' considering they all survived a deadly escape room game beforehand, but especially Theo [[spoiler: since he's missing his wife's birthday again and has a breakdown because of it. He's also the first to die, and the cast doesn't even get to know his name.]]

* TheWoobie: Arguably ''everyone'' considering they all survived a deadly escape room game beforehand, but especially Theo [[spoiler: since he's missing his wife's birthday again and has a breakdown because of it. He's also the first to die, and the cast doesn't even get to know his name.]]
* ShoutOut: [[spoiler: [[Franchise/{{Saw}} A woman named Amanda survived her first escape situation and then had a hand in designing the puzzles in the sequel]].]]

* The Bedroom is the final Escape Room, which reveals [[spoiler: the alive and well Amanda, who is forced to do Minos' bidding in exhange for the safety of her daughter, Sonya. Ben is also revealed to be alive, but is then faced with the risk of drowning in a tank, and only barely escapes with his life as Zoey and Amanda work together to break him out]].

* ThatOnePuzzle: The fourth room is infamous since while it's not too bad of a puzzle, [[spoiler: it's the only room that allows ''just one'' winner to continue rather than everyone to proceed. It's the only room that has two victims, with Rachel and Brianna simultaneously dying due to the acid rain.]]

* ShoutOut: A woman named Amanda survived her first escape situation and then had a hand in designing the puzzles in the sequel. [[spoiler:''Franchise/{{Saw}}'']]

* TheWoobie: Arguably ''everyone'' considering they all survived a deadly escape room game beforehand, but especially Theo [[spoiler: since he's missing his wife's birthday again and has a breakdown because of it. He's also the first to die, and the cast doesn't even get to know his name.]]

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Like they would actually kill off Ben.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** Rachel. She starts out being hostile towards Zoey and distrustful of her advice, but warms up to her after she gets the group out of the bank room. After they escape the beach room together through a SecretPath, they start cooperating. [[spoiler: Said cooperation only lasts as long as it takes them to get to the next puzzle, where Rachel is killed by acid rain.]]

* ThatOnePuzzle: The fourth room is infamous since while it's not too bad of a puzzle, [[spoiler: it's the only room that allows ''just one'' winner to continue rather than everyone to proceed. It's the only room the has two victims, with Rachel and Brianna simultaneously dying due to the acid rain.]]