Escape Reality Manchester: Enigmista

Overall a well themed room with a good story line, quite creepy. Enjoyed playing this game, clues were sent via an ipad type of device but you are warned it times out of you asked for too many. So this could be an issue if you are stuck on a certain puzzle. Fun game to play, not too stressful, Wouldn't recommend this theme to the younger ones as it could freak them out a bit.

Really enjoyed the set-up but the low light levels make all the searching a bit laboured... Saying that, it really got going after we got past the first room and we enjoyed the last few puzzles.

Boring, too easy and not enough puzzles.

Do You Want to Play (Another) Game?

With its half-price student deal, you can't keep me away from Escape Reality for very long.

Story

Escape a serial killer's lair by passing their series of tests. The ol' SAW storyline. Oddly, the picture on the website made me thought it's a pirate game, what with the skeleton and chains.

Puzzles

Intermediate difficulty. It did take us a bit of time to get going, but after that we were pretty much on our way. They used the sort of paraphernalia you'd expect to work with in this type of game. One or two appeared similar to puzzles I've tackled in their previous rooms.

Mise-en-scène

I liked the 'captured' situation we started off in. It had the feel of a dingy, grimy lair with sparse lighting and big, disconcerting props to interact with...definitely a place where a serial killer would store victims. Regretfully, though, there were plenty of cheap rubber limbs hanging about to remind me it's just a game.

Final Comments

A decent, slightly creepy challenge for two (not 'scary'). Take a couple more people for just as much fun.