Can You Beat the Hardest Pokémon Escape Room?

[@SinisterPixel]

The 2nd and last rooms were very well designed, but the first and third rooms relied on the player figuring out there were glitches in the map geometry with no real indication that they were there (as well as the third room giving no indication on what you were supposed to do in general). A well designed escape room should have the player be able to figure it out with the hints they're provided with in the room.

[@fisherfry9459]

I was looking for someone thinking this as well. Lacking hints just makes its random work and luck.

[@kirbybie]

exactly

[@cdajah6920]

So… first room the guy literally gives hints about deceit. Things aren’t what they seem? I mean, that’s a damn good hint.

[@Alienldr]

That's the best escape rooms. There's a logic that's consistent, and you have access to all the tools needed. If a new mechanic is introduced, like a boulder disappearance after beating a trainer, then that mechanic should be taught through game design. Instead of a master ball hidden in trees that are normally impassable, have an item ball in the trees to encourage the player to investigate the first room so they know it's possible, and then it's ok to be hidden after that after knowing it's possible. A level up moveset shouldn't be messed with unless the move is available immediately, or the Pokémon with a move is needed beforehand, and the experience from a fight levels it up to learn a new move then. Otherwise how would we know Farfetch'd learns cut in one level, or what stops us from thinking Meowth doesn't learn it by leveling up 5 levels for example. These puzzle rooms are ok, but following logic already established in the game, or using gane design to teach new mechanics, would improve it a lot.

[@fpldraftden]

Tbf for the third one, he just admitted he wanted to fuck with his friends and it was p hilarious

[@Dusxio]

Okay, room 3. I LOVE the vision of the room. A simple path surrounded by a false puzzle. But gosh darn it Fank you need to give CLUES to the things XD Have an NPC or something talk about reading the sign again, or someone mention falling through a wall? But aside from that, it was SO awesome XD Loved the little jokes like the stairs and the house insurance.

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

A lot of the NPC riddles hinted towards that stuff, but it was still very subtle LOL I'm glad you enjoyed it though!

[@Lyro92]

I love the idea, but I'd love it more if it was fully built around mechanics, not glitches. Like invisible walls you can walk through, eh, but like using abilities to cut obstacles. Like for example, using cut to cut grass to not get a guaranteed death encounter, or using sweet scent to summon a needed pokemon, things like that.

[@photoo848]

@@Lyro92 seconding this. Second Pokémon Escape Room I'm seeing and I really hope this becomes a common thing but it has to test the pokémon knowledge of the players. The only way I would expect players to test for fake walls is if you put Koga in the room and even then it would really be stretching it (as Koga's gym still had some visual indication) Playing into the mechanics, movesets and lore should be what these puzzles test for.

[@RaidAway]

Thanks for having me :)

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

❤️

[@Almighty_S]

W Raid

[@undivine_error]

@@AstroidmaniaVideoswell i be damned how ya doin partner

[@michaelsarzen2814]

How do i play this

[@FryinRyan27]

Sup Raid!

[@godofdank9337]

Vinny should be in the next one. If he gets lost on the Farfetch'd puzzle in HGSS, he is going to HATE this. He might never talk to Frank again.

[@gkguido055]

All Frank needs to do for Vinny is to make a maze in which he has to guide not one but two Furfrou 😂😂

[@Doomblud]

Part of designing a puzzle is designing clues, some of these puzzles are the equivalent of handing someone a combination lock and calling it a puzzle

[@SuperMoepsi]

They had 3 hints per puzzle and they knew the designer. I dont think there should be more clues. Just more knowledge

[@PointsofData]

​@@SuperMoepsi You shouldn't need to talk to the game master to get the hints to be able to move forward. That's the equivalent of needing to turn on easy mode just to get past a section. The hints are there as a failsafe...for example, if the in game clues aren't good enough to convey what you need to do (or are non-existent.) It's perfectly OK to criticize Frank's design, he had good ideas but needed to be a little better at guiding players into that mindset.

[@ohreally69]

​@@SuperMoepsiits just a bad designed puzzle,it doesn't matter if they knew the creator or get 3 hints

[@PROPLAYEN]

​@@PointsofData The hints should have been in the puzzle itself

[@ErikaCartet]

@@SuperMoepsihints should just be for when you’re stuck and need help interpreting the clues/information you’ve gathered from exploring the room. the room could have been designed a little better to give context clues to help guide players into understanding the puzzle at hand and following its logic without having to make leaps to get there. no hate, it’s still an entertaining video, just feedback for future designs

[@Vintendo]

AMAZING job dude!!! Incredible as always ❤ PS i would like to be in the sequel 😂

[@Inumiku]

Lol I was wondering where you were

[@murimruler896]

He didn't add you testing it out in the cut😢

[@luukopjebeeldscherm4874]

Vinny will be forever in that Room

[@jordanmckinnon3108]

Ahaha come on man were trying to watch someone beat it 😂😉

[@Cilenthemaster]

Same

[@Dusxio]

For the first puzzle, it's not that it's 'too hard', is that they didn't expect the learn sets to have been changed. So maybe with a hint or warning towards that at the start it is more manageable.

[@gunsandroses896]

Well farfetch'd could apparently learn it by level up in generation 8. At level 15 too.

[@Dusxio]

@@gunsandroses896 Seriously? Damn, Frank went HARD with these XD

[@gunsandroses896]

@@Dusxio yep. I did research myself because of your comment so thanks!

[@anangelicpancake7876]

The puzzle is pretty far fetched

[@finnvaneekelen4966]

@@gunsandroses896yeah farfethced is the only non ultra beast to ever learn cut by level up IIRC

[@TheRealTrebs]

Dude, this might be one of the best videos I've seen in years. Seriously. Absolute banger dude. Frank, you should be incredibly proud of what you've created here. Thank you for sharing this experience with all of us.

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

That means so much to hear! Thank you

[@Basicallydirt]

@@AstroidmaniaVideos brilliant, needs a ep2 please

[@gray7112]

@@Basicallydirtagreed

[@youdiehard247]

i second this

[@UnitedGamer]

Best Poketuber on this site

[@graceholbert2126]

This is such a cool idea! The Skill Swap Sticky Hold part - Big Brain. But I don't like that some of the solutions were based on unexplained boundary breaking? That doesn't really seem fair or very puzzley.

[@Dusxio]

Okay, the Legends room ROCKS. That's such a cool challenge run! That's really hitting them right in the competitive awareness and turns Competitive 100% into a logic and tactics game to dismantle the tower. Especially with how the typing of the legends change how the moves will work. And the level up wait is a subtle stress builder :)

[@Dusxio]

Okay, they got SO lucky with those AI moves XD

[@Dusxio]

That solution though! Frank, seriously how did you come up with this thing? XD

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Haha yeah it was a fun one to come up with, so glad you liked it!

[@Dusxio]

@@AstroidmaniaVideos Did you make this rom/file available to members? Cause honestly, the legend room as a time challenge seems like it would be fun for people to try to take on XD

[@RosebudsASled]

These puzzles using Pokémon mechanics are so creative! You really thought these through, I think they would have gotten them with more in-game hints. Great video dude!

[@facetiousmarbles3539]

I agree some of the puzzles require a deep knowledge of Pokemon, and to figure that out while doing it must be very rewarding and educational. However. A lot of the puzzles are straight-up badly designed. Having walls that you need to check and walk through with no visual indication is simply tedious and annoying. Having a sign that you need to read 5 times with no form of indication is frustrating. There's nothing smart or interesting about that. Verbally lying to the players just when they ask a question, like the unreasonable non-puzzles themselves, is just so disappointing from design and player perspective. All the mechanics in this video could be compiled into one or two rooms and left at that. If he were to do something like this again, he needs to keep a consistent theme and teach the players how to think in a coherent manner, instead of throwing curve balls after curve balls that feel like they exist just to be ha ha funny random.

[@Dusxio]

Okay, that second room was awesome! That one really played into knowledge of the game and abilities and how they interact :)

[@byrontheusurper6505]

"Oh it's weepinbell..... REGIGIGAS?" Pure comedy!

[@kfishert]

as an employee in an escape room myself, i'm so happy you're experiencing the same miraculous highs and desperate lows that i feel every shift. great video!

[@aaronstuart8490]

I like the last room a lot (if it's done Dylan and Tobin's way) because it's all about understanding mechanics and planning. The first one was weird because it depended on finding a glitch and pokemon learning hm moves by level up

[@cesargpfis]

I know this is an old comment but I just ran into this video and wanted to clear something up. The glitch part is absolutely fair, no room should depend on glitches unless clearly hinted at, but Farfetch’d does learn Cut by level up at that level (at least until the Switch games, which I’m not familiar with). It’s one of those trivia things you either end up learning somehow or never get to know, but not a modified move set.

[@VforVenlee]

As someone who worked in escape rooms the feeling of "i dont want to hand hold but i want thek to win" is such a real feeling

[@King_Nipper]

Absolutely brilliant concept. I've seen some Lockpicking in Pokemon before, but not a full fledged escape room. Only problem were some of the "solutions" were not well hinted at. A little refining, and this could be a true master piece of Pokemon Puzzles!

[@AedricScourge]

I think that the last room is a bit to be desired because you have to find both the Pokémon center and the pincurchin as individual steps. It would’ve made more sense logistically speaking to put them next to each other so you know that they’re related and you don’t have to waste time finding another piece when it’s unclear that there is another one

[@IrishGirlBragh]

It took me nearly the entire time of room 1 to realise Dylan and Johnstone were there 😂

[@ShortTempered]

YESSSS FINALLY!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥳🥳🥳

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Thanks for playing Tobin ❤️❤️

[@moopsten]

coolest pokemon video ive seen in a long time!

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Thank you!!

[@goloburda_tkd]

00:01 ...a rubber room a rubber room with rats the rats made me crazy...

[@youngdirkk]

You need to make these public for people to try!

[@cozykdawg]

This was CRAZY. You are an actual mad genius

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Thanks Kdawg :)

[@klgonzwastakenbymydad]

I’m newer to this Pokémon scene, meaning like you, UG, tempered, etc; and I love all you guys. But watching this made me appreciate you way more because, wow! This was your first time doing this, and yet you made the levels so engaging and brain hurting… and I wasn’t even the one apart of the challenge. Keep it up.

[@cnau21]

This is the quality content that I’ve been wanting for so long now. While I enjoyed all of the rooms, I think the ones that were most fun to watch were the ones with clever, but realistic solutions (basically just not walking through walls). That said this was an amazing video and I really really hope to see more of this!

[@knarph66]

I feel like the puzzles would be best staying as close to real Pokémon rules and moves as possible, the cottonee one was good

[@optionfinder]

The editing compliments this already excellent video very well

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it

[@awwstin3715]

This video concept is really solid and one of the most unique ideas I've seen in the Pokemon community. As someone who has never seen this channel before though, I found it incredibly hard to follow. I don't know faces and voices, so I couldn't really tell who was who and it felt like the video was just jumping around to random places constantly. It could just be a me thing, but I think that some added VO or elements on screen to help new viewers follow better could be useful in the future! Keep up the great work.

[@AvrosKyargath]

It literally started "in medias res" with a montage then a very brief explanation and then no like cut to explaining the why to get people interested in the narrative of the video. Just a really strange editing choice IMO to not introduce the concept and throughline, I completely agree

[@DonShnack]

Best Franky Spanky vid so far. The kid is sauced out of his mind

[@FearlessSkee]

this deserves at least 5M views man. i’ve watched it a second time through and enjoyed it even more the second time! criminally underrated fr

[@Vintendo]

The mega gym 😂😂😂😂

[@L4ZERGD]

Shellos

[@basicallybilly9137]

this is the best pokémon content i’ve seen in literally years

[@AmaneKoruba]

This was such an AMAZING VIDEO. Holy. I REALLY hope we can see something like this again!!! Only thing... suffering is maybe.. just such amazing content that I really think maybe we can remove the timer. (: Just have to beat it and that's your time. Seeing them HAVE to find the solution instead of it being told to them after time is up seems too good to pass up. Heh

[@QJCosmic]

This is literally the the coolest video I’ve watched all year. Such an inspiration for me to make bigger cooler videos 🔥

[@p0und_cake]

Frank needs to be scouted by a game dev team like this man’s brain is so huge

[@grifleep4916]

Room 3 was so unintuitive with 0 hints. Room 1 you just had to walk through a glitched tree??? Impossible timers. Relying on luck for some of the legendary kills. Realllly cool concept but he still has a way to go for good level design.

[@vernessawashington9007]

​@@grifleep4916just because you didnt see any of the hints doesnt mean there weren't and number 3 was actually incredibly smart as it was a very simple win you just had to not overthink it

[@oussamabm3754]

@@grifleep4916its been shared in other comments that there are hints when you talk to the NPCs its just not blatant you have to actually catch on to the theme.

[@Lanoman123]

@@vernessawashington9007overthink it by interacting with something multiple times and literally walking through a wall, shut up

[@nothingtoseehere9648]

I wouldn't give him that much credit, this is mostly just tricks and simple pokemon knowledge Room 1 was just just a glitched tree Room 2 was more interesting, relying on ability knowledge and thief, best room in the bunch Room 3 was just a distraction room, he even mentioned this himself Room 4 is just a "Lv1 vs Lv100" room, nothing noteworthy If you wanna talk about real pokemon escape rooms, imagine if he touched on in depth calculations like IV's, EV's, Natures and Breeding. There are plenty of things you can do to make these rooms more interesting

[@alexanderelderhorst2107]

The insanity of these puzzles, they did not get enough time for them.

[@NerdyNinetales]

This was the coolest idea ever. Loved how this turned out. Great work my dude!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

This is such a COOL and creative idea!!!! I loved watching all of these puzzles - very very well-thought-out rooms

[@Patterrz]

I played along as they were going and it was so much fun, this is great mate

[@MetaloYT]

This is completely new content for poketube! Definitely keep this coming :) Its soooo refreshing

[@AveryOfCrows]

i hope you know that you make awesome fucking content and that this is genuinely one of my favourite videos ever and im so sad you haven’t done any more of these i do *really* like your style of videos in general though like. you are so cool dude

[@Wondermigis]

Frank, I think you've found your true calling. This and the ultimate Pokemon video have been amazing. unbelievable even. you were funny as a nuzlocker and were always kinda the comedic relief in those videos. In these, you kick ass. Be proud for I think you have created something completely original and high quality. I think its the highest praise one could give to a content creator when I say this: I wanna play this.

[@angietictacdork]

One of the most creative videos I’ve seen. Frank you are a genius 😂 These are absolutely incredible

[@byrontheusurper6505]

This is a bit confusingly edited but a VERY fun idea

[@anthonygonzales2212]

I just want to say that I really enjoy the fact that your content has become so unique and must-watch material for me. There's so much thought put into something like this.

[@Hydraina]

The legendary circle of hell is literally the coolest thing ive ever seen.

[@TD14AH]

this is literally one of the best concepts for pokemon I've ever seen

[@masterandexpert288]

Pokemon escape rooms are definitely a genre I'd love to see more of.

[@chillinnstuff7538]

This was so entertaining to watch!! I wish they had a running clock instead of a time limit so that we could see them fully experience the content, but other than that, this was an insanely cool video!!

[@Cero_Gunner]

This has so much potential to be a stand alone game. We’re going to need a rom to download this thing. 🔥🔥🔥

[@ZebNyan96]

Indeed! I would love to have a Pokémon puzzle game like that!!

[@kylemiller4629]

I didn't think I'd seen a perfect video until now, this is one of the coolest things Pokemon or not on the Internet. We need a part two, I bet it's a ton of work but holy wow is it worth it.

[@Fattyshak]

Bro the production quality of this Pokémon video is unmatched, I get why you do your own editing the vision is crazy

[@minime4791]

This deserves more views this video had me stuck to my screen trying to figure it out along the way!! Amazing video!

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

[@thatonedude1.618]

This was genuinely a joy to watch. Way to keep pushing the boundaries with ideas!

[@corvidaeae]

The rooms from best to worst as actual puzzles: 1. Room 2. Just a genuinely good puzzle room, rewards game knowledge but doesn't rely too heavily on it--as long as you know what sticky hold does you can intuit the rest fairly easily. 2. Room 4. Even more heavily relies on game knowledge. With stuff like nature power being affected by prankster it can feel super awesome to know the answer, but if you didn't know a very obscure fact then you're stuck trial and error-ing until you learn it. Also the leveling up sucks when this is under a time limit. 3. Room 1. The puzzle relies on you completely arbitrarily being able to walk through some objects and finding a hidden object with zero indication that it's there. This room isn't *complete* garbage since it's small enough that you can accidentally find it by bumping around everywhere, but it's still super arbitrary. The rest of the puzzle is fine. 4. Room 3. I mean, you're already aware of this lol. There is no level on which this puzzle is any kind of fair, the solution is purely nonsense in order to facilitate the troll.

[@Aizyx_71]

this is absolutely amazing!!! we need more of this!!

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

[@viyarkas7730]

Man this was a super entertaining video, big ups!!

[@woopigsooie2374]

Hear me out… we need a VINTENDO rage montage of him failing at these😂😂

[@mynameiscal3478]

The visionary of Pokémon content is back! Always exciting to see (still wish final fight first continued though, very underrated series)

[@Fibless]

This video was a MOVIE, ive never felt someone's main character status more than watching them at the end just NOT get hit by things that absolutely shouldve hit

[@viciousman8281]

That was pretty crazy, good job Frank on the escape room that was pretty tricky. Congrats to the lovely participants that played as well you guys were pretty wild

[@Yteany]

Honestly watching how frank is struggeling with giving them hints and rooting for them but dosnt wana just give the answwer is so relatable

[@NokandFen]

I feel like these gyms are gotchas, not puzzles. It's someone designing an enigma, giving no context or clues, and thinking they've made a puzzle lol.

[@FluffySoldier]

This was fantastic. Came here from smants video and i love the concept, it's new and exciting and fun to try to work it out while they do. Very excited to see where everyone takes it and I'll be sure to tune in to your videos from now on.

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Aye thank you! Means a lot!

[@shelbydont]

Frank is like the non-murdering Jigsaw of the Pokemon community. I mean this in the best way possible.

[@ino145]

This was so much fun to watch, bit short but I'm like that. Any more of these escape room things? :D

[@Lyralye23]

We need more! I love this concept! I would just like to see less of "fake walls" you can walk through, and purely a focus on pokemon knowledge.

[@tpfoxCastro]

I will say it, I love room 4. I don't know what it is, but the concept of having many bosses trapping you at the start but only one of them being defeatable, to unlocking new resources and more space so you eventually in the correct order defeat them all is amazing, mixed with the whole puzzle escape aspect. Like, you could make a roguelike outta this, there's probably multiple roguelikes out there with a similar concept!

[@scorpionflames6314]

Amazing video Frank you are doing amazing things keep it up

[@MirageUchiha]

Please do MORE of these!! But can you do em where the audience can guess along EVEN MORE? (ie; I couldn't figure out the Ho-oh part as a veiwer, cuz I didn't even kno there was leftover food in the room to begin wit.) That'd be dope! 🙏🏾

[@MirageUchiha]

Also, Gratz on the 200k!

[@kdub_]

This is amazing! I can't wait to see what you do next

[@Beev37]

this is the most well edited video i've seen in the pokemon youtuber community in a WHILE. amazing job

[@konumbra]

i love the format of this sm, the cut to ur perspective explaining things and torturing the participants is hilarious and soso good!!! such an entertaining video

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

I’m so glad you liked it!

[@trvezifer8837]

OK obviously the video was amazing. But now I really want a full-fledged rom hack with this concept

[@electa923]

Omg, this might be the best video i saw in YEARS! Amazing Frank, just amazing!!

[@ozyssah]

honestly this was so good i think it'd be criminal for this go be a one off video idea, like just randomly down the line another escape room vid would slap

[@star.d7284]

This is an absolute masterpiece as always Frank LOL. Now I'm waiting for the full Pokemon escape room game...

[@shua1182]

this is my favorite video youve made ive probably known of your existence for like 3-4 years but this earned the sub

[@MankyKong7]

Wow, this was amazing, i can't, id love to see more vids like this in the future ❤

[@ExactFlamingo]

Fun video but the way it's edited makes it really hard for a first time viewer to understand what's going on and sometimes it's difficult to know which team is doing what The only thing I could think of to fix that would be text showing which team your watching or to show one run followed by the other

[@TomTKK]

Bruh that into was amazing. Green screen jigsaw, so simple but so effective!

[@blackwingred3473]

Are we going to see a part 2? This was an amazing video idea!

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

I'd be open to making another one!

[@blackwingred3473]

@@AstroidmaniaVideos awesome! I'm excited for the possibility

[@Oney429]

Frank the goat, so creative and gives us the most well edited most interesting content we never knew we needed

[@huwstron8581]

that was so sick to watch, would love to see more of this kinda content for sure man

[@FoBro91]

Incredibly creative ideas, but man I have no idea how they were supposed to solve most of those puzzles. Should've been called the Kaizo Escape Room lol

[@skylwer]

What an incredible video Frank. This was a blast to watch. Keep up the content dude.

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Thank you!

[@6stax837]

We need a part 2 NOW

[@OliviaValed]

This was actually really good man I wish there was more of this

[@shinespider]

Swung by after watching SmallAnt's version. This has the feeling of a really rough first draft, but it's such an awesome concept.

[@aj9268]

Nahhh this is next level creative ! I wanna try one

[@aero7glass621]

Really enjoyed that!! Would love to see more videos like this. Honestly a first of its kind to my knowledge.

[@rjonesy3480]

This the dopest unique concept for content I done seen in a while.

[@goochofthor]

Bravo my guy. That was incredible

[@johnald21]

Might be the best Pokémon video I’ve watched ! This is insane 🔥🔥🔥

[@nat298]

i'd love to see one of these where all of the solutions are less technical and more goofy (more like room 3) cause that room was a ton of fun to watch!

[@kyledabearsfan]

i love these pokemon escape rooms but i love how much fun you guys seemed to have more 🤣

[@dansolo1947]

These videos really brighten up my day Frank!

[@ShayminStation]

KZbin recommended BLESSED me today with this video. Never seen your content before, but after this video, easiest subscription of my life