Autor-Archive: escapethereview

Agent Venture: Cyborg Island

Online, Aug 2020

Rated 4.5 out of 5
In the grand tradition of sequels, Agent Venture’s second game is everything their first one was, but more so. Where the first had you infiltrating a building, this time round your target is the island where the bad guy is building his cyborg army. T… (more)

Agent Venture: The Heist

Online, Jul 2020

Rated 4 out of 5
Even though the term has broadened recently to include a whole variety of online experiences, I wouldn’t call Agent Venture an escape room. It uses some of the same skills, and will appeal to a great many of those who like escape rooms, but it’s a di… (more)

Live Escape Salisbury: POD

Online, Aug 2020

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
Firstly, note that at time of writing POD is due to close as a remote play game in a week or so, so if you want to catch it you’ll need to move swiftly. I was in fact in two minds about whether to play it, since I believe it’s going to be adapted int… (more)

Oblivity: The Profoctor Predicament

Online, Aug 2020

Rated 4 out of 5
There are very few podcasts I’ve ever tried, and so I’d not heard of Oblivity, an episodic sci-fi sitcom that seems to revolve around the crew of a research base on Pluto. This spin-off escape room takes the form of a web-based light puzzle hunt, wit… (more)

Castle Escapes: Hunt for the Crimson Fang

Online, Jul 2020

Rated 4 out of 5
I was immediately intrigued not just by Crimson Fang’s trailer but by the fact that Castle Escapes are building games specifically for remote play, not adapting existing physical rooms. Playing via a conference call inevitably compromises the escape … (more)

The Box Metz: Casse Du Siècle

Online, Jul 2020

Rated 4 out of 5
Making an escape room available for remote play has, for many companies, involved little more than giving a gamesmaster a GoPro. Plenty now also use a separate web-based inventory system, which is invaluable for many games. The Box has gone a great d… (more)

60out: Miss Jezebel

Online, Jul 2020

Rated 4.5 out of 5
For all my escape room addiction, there are few games that I’d play at 7am on a Sunday morning; and the arch, risqué story of Miss Jezebel makes it much better suited for a Friday night. But it had been recommended strongly enough that I was going to… (more)