PániQ-Szoba: Chernobyl

By | July 24, 2022

by PániQ-Szoba (website)

Budapest, Mária u. 19

Budapest

2-8 players

Languages: EN, HU

60 minutes

At Paniq Room you have the chance to prevent the biggest catastrophies the world has ever seen. The only way to do that is by using time travel. In 1986 the no. 4 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has exploded, releasing toxic fumes into the air. You have a chance to save hundreds of people and prevent the reactor from exploding! You will only have 60 minutes!

In memory of those who suffered from this tragedy. With this room we would like to honor the victims of Chernobyl.

This escape room was called Armageddon and used to belong to TRAP. The tasks and codes remain the same.
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based on ratings from 17 users
combined with 4 pro reviews

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Riot Games rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techimmersivequite difficult😨creepy
Szépen kivitelezett, nagyon menő dizájnnal. Még nem játszottam ezzel a szobával a TRAP-ban, így nem tudok nyilatkozni semmilyen témával kapcsolatban, ami megváltozott. Zoli (úgy gondolom) remek házigazda volt, rendkívül kedves, és pontosan annyi segítséget nyújtott, amennyi szükséges volt. A zajszűrő fejhallgatók kellemes meglepetésnek számítottak. Néhány izgalmas pillanat és érdekes technológiai megoldás! Szép folyamatosság, nem túl lineáris. Alig várom, hogy visszatérjek, és kipróbáljam a Saw-t, amit a házigazda ajánlott.
Beautifully executed with a very cool design. I hadn’t played this room prior to its move from TRAP so cannot comment on anything theming wise that has been changed. Zoli (I think) was a great host, super kind and gave us just enough help. The noise cancelling headphones were a lovely touch. Some exciting moments and an interesting use of tech! Nice flow and not too linear. I’m looking forward to going back and trying Saw which the host recommended. 
🌵Juliette B expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 20 Apr 2024 Team size: 6 Time taken: 45:40 Outcome: Successful escape!
plainquite easy
Admittedly, I wouldn't have chosen this game myself but our 9 year old now has the ER bug and decided she wanted to do an ER for her birthday party and this fitted the requirements. Essentially - they all had a great time, they were all new to ERs bar our child, and the GM did a good job with some gentle clueing although we also provided some hands off guidance from within the room. I wouldn't recommend it for enthusiast groups - the space is a little spartan and worn down, and it is a bit light on puzzles (even factoring in the above, we finished in 45 minutes) plus the ending comes as a bit of a surprise and could use some more build up. If you need to take some newbies to play somewhere, they will still have fun (but if at this venue, I'd choose Mayan Temple over the other games). 
Jamie Anderson rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 11 Oct 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:39 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techstory-drivengreat hostingquite difficult

One of the more difficult ones we've done. Had to resort to asking for a lot of clues to be able to finish in time. One small section had actually broken which the gamesmaster had to come in to fix for us but the room was still fun

bingerz08 rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 26 Aug 2015 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techoriginalclever

My first ever escape room and the best of memories (although I see it's sadly now closed). An awesome 3 room adventure with a cool centrepiece and great props (white coat and guns really made it immersive!)

puzzlebitch experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

This game is a lot of fun! Theming is very much on point and there are some good hands-on puzzles. There is a LOT to do in this room though so inexperienced players or smaller teams may want to consider a larger team!

Oscar rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
immersivestory-driven😨creepy

This was my favourite room at Lockhouse, there's enough quality props and tech to make it feel like a treat, and the puzzles were tricky enough to get us talking for quite a while. A little bit corny but I don't mind.

Dan Taylor experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
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For some reason both the escape game venues currently open in central Cambridge use room designs from Hungarian company TRAP. I played most of the TRAP games in Budapest some years ago, but Armageddon is one of the designs that didn't exist at that time, so I happily booked in to try it when passing through town. I remembered the Budapest TRAP rooms as as solid and slick mass-market games, but then they were some of the first escape rooms I ever played, so I didn't have much to compare them to....

A strong room with impressive set design and puzzles we've not seen anywhere else.
The second room from our Cambridge double bill.
The less experienced escapers in our team found the room to be a lot of fun, but those with a few more escapes under our belt were left a little underwhelmed. There’s a nice variety of puzzles but it’s a pretty short experience and a very crowded one with seven players.

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