Escapologic: Butcher

On the whole, this is not a horror themed escape room, it’s a horror experience. The puzzles are ill conceived and the horror aspect is jump scares rather than tension/horror. It isn’t a case of ‘think simple, or use lateral thinking, the puzzles are very convoluted. The lighting is an issue, there’s darkness to build on the horror theme, and then there’s just darkness where you need some form of light to achieve any progress. 

The scariest thing about this room was how small, poorly designed and generally dull the entire experience was. If this was an upgrade from the previous version i dread to think what the original was like. They also had a random electrical wire hanging from the roof just for good measure. 

Played the butcher as a 2. 

Honestly, we really enjoyed it. Some great jumpscares, and tricky puzzles, and we did need a fair bit of help. 

My only real negative is the customer journey felt abit clunky, with having to leave the main venue to go over the road… I guess in some ways it adds to the experience, but I’d rather have been seated & greeted over there. 

Hands down one of the scariest games I’ve done to date, all in all enjoyed it. 

It may be unfair to compare this game to itself, but if you revamp a room, surely the brand new iteration should be better than the first? 
Unfortunately, we were left underwhelmed by this version of the Butcher. 
The game seemed toned down and illogical, with a poorly worded riddle at the end that wasted most of our time trying to decipher. (We remember the first version of the game also having a 'slow' point towards the end, which involved some form of riddle too). 
The first version, was dark and scary but this version was just dark. 
The game could have done with a few more puzzles.
WIsh they had kept the live actor element. 

A bit short for my liking however the hosting and acting were engaging and fun. Would be an absolute blast with people who are scared. Enjoyed it nonetheless, just wish there was more. Probably could do with a tiny bit of refurbishment on the numbering on some props however this could be the effect they are going for.

This was my first horror escape room and jeez, it was scary! However, it was a lot of fun and we haven’t stopped talking about it since. These are more of an experience than an escape room. Although there were puzzles to solve to escape. Would recommend, unless you really don’t like tension.