by Breakout Manchester (website)
51 Church Street, M4 1PD
2-5 players
60 minutes
Overall rating
based on ratings from 33 users
combined with 6 pro reviews
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Player reviews
The first room we ever did
Really enjoyed the production on this one.
Was fairly easy which in hindsight was good as our first room.
Was not scary really though
A fun, slightly eerie experience. The carnival theme is great throughout. The decor and props work well to create a good atmosphere. I was expecting it to be a bit scary and jumpy, but it wasn't.
There are some nice games in here and it kept the 2 of us entertained. A fairly easy game though, larger experienced teams may finish it quite quickly.
Cursed? More Like Cute...
I went for this room as I like a spooky challenge. Little did I know...
Story
Return to the cursed carnival to rescue a doll possessed by a girl...or is that a girl trapped in a doll? Even so, our Game Operator said our mission was to find said doll to sell it on the black market. Who knows.
Puzzles
Straightforward, standard solving with the odd carnival game or two thrown in.
Mise-en-scène
There were plenty of circus-themed articles, but none had been given the horror twist I expected. The Hall of Mirrors was a highlight.
Final Comments
We bossed it as a team of two. No one else is needed. In relation to 'Cursed', the name is very inaccurate, but as for 'Carnival', it's spot on. The difficulty rating should be two stars, not three. Overall, a chilled and amusing room.
Reviews by escape room review sites
We have sinister dreams about a doll possessed by a little girl that wants us to help free her from a carnival. Can we save her?
Rated as the easiest of Breakout Liverpool's games, we added Cursed Carnival to our schedule partly for the theme and partly just because it was available at a convenient slot time. With most of Breakout's games being on the easy side for experienced players, I was expecting Carnival to be brief and insubstantial, but was pleased to discover that it's actually one of their better games, and not noticeably shorter.
Every now and again an escape game gives you an item or clue before you go into t...
A fun and lower difficulty room that is great for beginners and surprisingly very family-friendly, despite its supposedly creepy theme.