by Sherlock Escape Rooms (website)
Shepherd's Bush
2-6 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
Headed up by Mycroft Holmes, The Network is a covert branch of British Intelligence, on the hunt for new recruits. To join the ranks as an Agent, you’ll need to complete a routine training mission at headquarters. But not all is as it seems…
It’s time for you to play the detective with your team, as you travel through iconic sets from the show, working together to solve puzzles and crack clues. You’ll be helped along your journey with original content from the cast of the show featuring, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, and more.
Crack this brand-new Sherlock case before time runs out and prove you have what it takes to step into the shoes of the great detective.
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This has so many surprises and is really great fun. We did it as 4 teams of 5 as a work party. It is fun being able to compete against other teams. We really enjoyed the feedback at the end which was so personalised. The theming is just brilliant both before and after!
A disappointment considering this is the same team who did the incredible Time Run original escape rooms. As you play, another group is playing in the previous room you were in, and you can hear them and the videos of that room very clearly, to the detriment of the immersiveness of the room. The Time Run original escape rooms had the same system but it was managed much better. Some of the puzzles felt disconnected and in general they weren't that clever. A group of 6 is way too much for this room - I think it would have worked much better with a group of 3. There are better escape rooms out there!
This is quite different from other escape rooms we've played. The immersion is amazing! There is a cool pre-experience to the game as well. The room itself is quite hi-tech and we all really enjoyed it. There is a high level of physical puzzles towards the end which I personally struggle with so thank goodness we had our full team of 6 to get through that bit. So many links to the Sherlock TV show as well which I enjoyed as an avid fan!
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In the early years, as escape rooms spread throughout the U.K., one London venue quickly gained an international reputation for production values that were streets ahead of anywhere else, as well as a variety of then unheard of innovations such as a briefing performed in costume and in character. That venue was of course Time Run, who eventually closed due to the loss of their lease, but returned in a new location having scored the massive coup of an official licence for a Sherlock game - not Co...
In our briefing we were told we’d travel around London very fast. They weren’t wrong! What starts as a very unassuming opticians shop quickly becomes an exciting briefing at 221B Baker Street (the iconic residence of Sherlock Holmes). We then rushed off to a series of fantastic locations from the TV series such as St. Barts Hospital, Mycroft’s office, and a brilliant (if a little creepy!) museum of medical instruments.