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

[@errorinkdion2084]

@@AstroidmaniaVideoswell i be damned how ya doin partner

[@michaelsarzen2814]

How do i play this

[@FryinRyan27]

Sup Raid!

[@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

[@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 😂😂

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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 :)

[@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.

[@goloburda_tkd]

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

[@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!

[@PinkCowgirl925]

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

[@moopsten]

coolest pokemon video ive seen in a long time!

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Thank you!!

[@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.

[@UnitedGamer]

Best Poketuber on this site

[@IrishGirlBragh]

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

[@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!

[@ShortTempered]

YESSSS FINALLY!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥳🥳🥳

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Thanks for playing Tobin ❤️❤️

[@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

[@kdawg.]

This was CRAZY. You are an actual mad genius

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Thanks Kdawg :)

[@youngdirkk]

You need to make these public for people to try!

[@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

[@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.

[@alexanderelderhorst2107]

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

[@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.

[@Hydraina]

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

[@Vintendo]

The mega gym 😂😂😂😂

[@L4ZERGD]

Shellos

[@basicallybilly9137]

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

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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 🔥

[@Zackattack151]

I feel like the third room needed some hint, especially talking to the sign five times. That felt very random

[@NerdyNinetales]

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

[@DonShnack]

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

[@woopigsooie2374]

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

[@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!!

[@masterandexpert288]

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

[@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.

[@callmezeldaonemoartime]

@@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

[@angietictacdork]

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

[@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.

[@byrontheusurper6505]

This is a bit confusingly edited but a VERY fun idea

[@Patterrz]

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

[@ryandailey]

I for one could not escape this

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

Me neither LOL

[@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.

[@DylanThompson9063]

This was my favorite video you have ever done Frank. Great job

[@TD14AH]

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

[@torch1ca]

Me, a game designer, watching in pure agony as these puzzles make no sense and break every rule about about designing puzzles (specifically referring to levels 1 and 3)

[@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.

[@thatonedude1.618]

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

[@trvezifer8837]

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

[@MetaloYT]

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

[@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.

[@callmezeldaonemoartime]

Would’ve been a banger if Room 3 wasn’t a joke and Room 4 had significantly more time

[@hatimdinho]

This is a perfect example why puzzle design is hard and you have to test it. I would hated every puzzle except the second.

[@Aizyx_71]

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

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

[@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!

[@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

[@SexWithAttila69]

The hardest room to escape from in the Pokemon universe is any room you put me in with a Lopunny, Batsy.

[@viyarkas7730]

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

[@baddragonite]

To be fair, leveling up for moves was pretty clever, just obscure to most people

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@shelbydont]

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

[@mynameiscal3478]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@shua1182]

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

[@machodgdon]

Frank is truly next level

[@noatiendoboludos]

The moment I saw the Sketch/Headbutt, to level up, to Sketch/Cut puzzle and got MEGA baited I realized what a fantastic idea this video was I would play dozens of escape room games like this one Room 3 was bullshit never do that again 😅

[@TomTKK]

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

[@oussamabm3754]

holy fuck Frank you need to be giving them an hour per room with the sheer level of intricacy and MINDFUCK you put in place

[@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!!

[@huwstron8581]

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

[@alexchongz3]

The second room should be the basis of all future escape rooms. That's a good room

[@star.d7284]

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

[@cyanideonfire5924]

Small Ant, Wolfey Glick, MandJTV, would love these puzzles. Wolfey would be "Oh that is sooooo big brain" the whole time.

[@xX-fd2qj]

They should've believed from the beginning. Cottonee's eyes face forward, that means it's a predator.

[@ino145]

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

[@kdub_]

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

[@lgm2.079]

Ok I really want to see Vinny’s attempt at this, even as a blooper reel

[@Oney429]

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

[@MankyKong7]

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

[@rjonesy3480]

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

[@GentleCrank]

It takes a genius to make up these ideas. But it takes a mastermind to solve those rooms.

[@electa923]

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

[@theyusane668]

JOHNSTONE???? Astroid is literally making all the collabs

[@LovJinxx]

Yo the luck they had on the last room tho, absolutely insane which is weird for Johnstone because he claims he normally has horrible luck lol

[@Mudsk1p]

What’s scarier than an escape room? Monster house from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.

[@rehelm3114]

The glitched ‘cut’ tree was kind of lame ngl. Fun video though! I’d love to see more escape rooms like this in the pokémon community

[@__h__-]

Plz make more of these videos 😂. Their so fun to watch and keep surprise price which makes it more fun

[@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