Kategorie-Archive: London

Mission: Breakout: Codebreakers

London, Sep 2016

Based in a disused tube station, the location here is superb, and the room is themed to match.

Criticisms first: it’s a bit linear in places, and the big set-piece puzzle is a little fragile. That said, it’s a highly pleasing and memorable puzzle, a… (more)

Omescape: Biohazard Laboratory

London, Jul 2016

This is billed as the easiest of Omescape’s three London rooms, but it’s definitely no walk-over.

The room has high production values and creative props, and more of a story progression than most. I found the puzzles less satisfying than those in Om… (more)

Enigma Quests: School of Witchcraft & Wizardry

London, Jul 2016

Fans of a certain best-selling series of children’s books will particularly like this room, but it’s a lot of fun whether you’ve read them or not. The room gives you a grade according to how much of the room you’ve completed, a friendlier approach th… (more)

Omescape: Penitentiary

London, Jul 2016

As a rule I enjoy rooms for large teams less. Even with experienced players, it’s difficult to co-ordinate effectively, and you end up spending too much time re-checking things that others have already looked at, or with some players less involved.

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Cluequest: Revenge of the Sheep

London, Jul 2016

Cluequest are clearly a professional outfit and whilst the initial welcome might be a bit rushed, the staff clearly try to take care of you once you get going. Revenge of the sheep is the third of their rooms. The most technically advanced room, they… (more)

Hidden Rooms: Invisible Space

London, May 2016

I hope to never see such a shoddy escape room again. Both our teams completed it in an absurdly short time, and while I’d like to claim that was due to our genius I’m pretty sure it was the room’s fault. Both our teams encountered multiple puzzles th… (more)

Omescape: Joker’s Asylum

London, Apr 2016

Definitely one of the harder rooms I’ve played – we made it out, but barely.

I found the initial section frustrating, in a way that could be significantly improved with better technology – I won’t go into details since it could be considered a minor… (more)

Escape Entertainment: Prohibition Pandemonium

London, Apr 2016

A large-team room with a prohibition-era pub theme, the operators use a public booking system where you can play with strangers – though we had a team of seven and had it to ourselves anyhow.

It’s very robustly constructed, with every single prop an… (more)

Escape Entertainment: Bank Heist

London, Apr 2016

This room stood out for the sheer crazy number of keys involved – when you’re used to getting excited over each hard-won key, it’s entertaining to have such a profusion of the things.

For a heist theme I’d point players to Enigma Quests or maybe Clu… (more)

Mind The Game: The Crazy Prof

London, Apr 2016

While there’s not a great deal that was stand-out or unusually creative about this game, it’s a solid escape room with decent puzzles. The theme and story are fairly minimal, but it’s one I’d comfortably recommend and expect players to enjoy.(more)