Schlagwort-Archive: The Panic Room

The Panic Room: The Happy Institute

Gravesend, Nov 2018

Two things to note up front for this review. Firstly, while it’s not a full on horror experience, The Happy Institute is definitely not suitable for nervous players. And secondly, much like the Gilman Hotel game it replaced, some elements of the game… (more)

The Panic Room: Secret of Pocahontas: The Lost Pages

Gravesend, Nov 2018

In the curious niche world of escape room enthusiasm, Gravesend is synonymous with The Panic Room. To the rest of the world, the town has a small claim to fame for its statue of Pocahontas, so it’s perhaps natural for the former to build a room honou… (more)

The Panic Room: Resurgency

Gravesend, Nov 2018

As junior bomb disposal technicians, you’ve been assigned some routine practice – which definitely won’t escalate into a more dangerous situation, no sirree. Resurgency is located in the space that once housed two player game Million Dollar Date Nigh… (more)

The Panic Room: Revolución Olé

Gravesend, Nov 2018

If you’ve heard anything at all about Revolución Olé, you’ll probably be aware that it’s a highly unusual sort of escape room with a unique game style. Exactly how it works was clearly explained to us twice, first by our host – who even switched from… (more)

The Panic Room: North Pole Panic

Gravesend, Dec 2017

It’s December, and along with other signs of the season such as tinsel, fake snow and endless Wham replays, quite a number of escape room companies are offering Xmas-themed games. The Panic Room’s take on this gives you the task of helping Santa’s el… (more)

The Panic Room: Ten Fathoms Deep

Gravesend, Nov 2017

I try not to visit new rooms too soon after they open in case they’re still affected by teething problems. The Panic Room seem to open rooms at such a rate though that it’s been hard to find a time to visit when there wasn’t a fairly recently … (more)

The Panic Room: Defective Detective

Gravesend, Nov 2017

A man is dead and it’s up to you to gather the evidence and solve the mystery, in the 60 minutes you have before the cops arrive and make a hash of things.

A murder investigation is a tried and tested escape room theme. Defective Detective mixes it… (more)

The Panic Room: Dino Land

Gravesend, Nov 2017

Dino Land is a tricky game to review. It’s huge and impressive and silly, and I had a great time playing it. Be warned though that the emphasis is more on the theming and experience than the puzzle content, and for that reason some enthusiasts may fi… (more)

The Panic Room: Enigma

Harlow, Jul 2017

Enigma is a detective game, set in the Bletchley codebreaking centre where you have to identify a traitor from five possible suspects. I was expecting a World War Two setting, but it uses more modern technology so is present day or recent past. The g… (more)

The Panic Room: The Tomb

Harlow, Jul 2017

The website description of The Tomb warns players that the entrance is through a crawl tunnel and that they should wear comfortable clothing they don’t mind getting sandy. That right there should give a good idea of the thoroughly hands-on style of t… (more)