Kategorie-Archive: London

Popup Escapes: The Case of the Dynamo Diamonds

London, Aug 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
With my escape game addiction thoroughly out of control, I often have 5-10 booked games in the diary at any one moment and it’s not unusual to turn up to a game with only the vaguest memory of what it was called or what the theme was. In this case, I… (more)

Inside Out Escape: CSI London

London, Jul 2017

Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5
Inside Out Escape have been open since September 2016, but were booked solid for months due to a GroupOn offer, so it took a while before I found a chance to visit. They currently have two games and we started with CSI London, their more recent secon… (more)

Lock’d: Museum Warehouse

London, Jun 2017

Rated 3 out of 5
Museum Warehouse is a variant on a heist theme, where you are art thieves trying to find and take a set of small statuettes. Cynically, the ‚Warehouse‘ part of the name is convenient since it allows a simpler type of decor, based around metal shelvin… (more)

Locked in a Room: Invisibility Gene

London, Jun 2017

Rated 3.5 out of 5
We played Invisibility Gene shortly after Timelock, and it had an equally slick intro sequence, slightly weakened by its close similarity to the one we’d had for their other game.
The format is very similar: lots of four-digit padlocks and a highly … (more)

Locked in a Room: Timelock

London, Jun 2017

Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5
Locked In A Room are the highest capacity escape venue in London, with 13 rooms capable of letting 78 people play simultaneously. That’s 13 rooms consisting of duplicate copies of each of two game designs, and of the two Timelock is their easier room… (more)

Escape Rooms: Project D.I.V.A.

London, May 2017

Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5
I went into Project D.I.V.A. thinking, wow! – but came out thinking, what a shame. This game has cool technology and stagecraft, let down by too many game weaknesses.
There’s a huge contrast between Escape Rooms‘ new Angel games and their original, … (more)