Kategorie-Archive: UK

City Mazes: Star Breaker

Oxford, Feb 2017

Rated 2 out of 5
If you’re reading these reviews in order, you’ll have noticed that I wasn’t hugely impressed with City Mazes. Entering their fourth and allegedly hardest room I thought things were looking up. As with their other games, Star Breaker is divided into t… (more)

City Mazes: Control Room 54

Oxford, Feb 2017

Rated 2 out of 5
I should note up-front that there was a third of this game that I didn’t directly see, since for a large part of it the team is divided between two rooms, and I was shut in one small office while my two team-mates dealt with the adjacent area.
As yo… (more)

City Mazes: Operation Spaced X

Oxford, Feb 2017

Rated 2 out of 5
You start this game in an empty white room, with no visible puzzles or clues. This is the second game I’ve played that used this idea, which I believe is ‚inspired‘ by a famous room in Budapest, and of the two I’ve done this is the more successful im… (more)

City Mazes: Pandora’s Escape

Oxford, Feb 2017

Rated between 2 and 2.5 out of 5
The Oxford branch of City Mazes has four rooms, and Pandora is listed as the easiest. If going to this venue, be warned that it’s some distance from the town centre, out by the southern ring-road – though this review is unlikely to persuade you to ma… (more)

Incarcerated: Detention

Swindon, Feb 2017

Rated between 1.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Incarcerated are a small independent escape room company run by an enthusiast who played some games and was inspired to set up his own version. As such, I hate to give such a low rating to his room – but I really didn’t enjoy it, not simply due to im… (more)

Incarcerated: A Dose of Death

Swindon, Feb 2017

Rated between 2 and 2.5 out of 5
This game has a plot involving a dodgy doctor and a poisoning outbreak; locked in the doctor’s office, you need to find evidence and get out.
A doctor’s office is a relatively easy theme to decorate for – some posters and excess hospital equipment g… (more)