Escape Hunt Bristol: Our Finest Hour

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Hunt Bristol (website)

Cabot Circus, BS1 3BX

Bristol

2-6 players

60 minutes

Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for details
WWII. As a team of British secret agents, you know only one thing can save your country from Nazi invasion: cooperation.
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based on ratings from 51 users
combined with 5 pro reviews

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gamesmaster13 rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 28 Aug 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 51:22 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivefamily friendlyunoriginal
TheCLAMS expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersive

This was our favourite game at EscapeHunt. Some cool elements to this room and great theming

Billy Rigler rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 27 Dec 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 30:21 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersiveoverpricedquite easy

The escape room was fun and the puzzles were all high quality, given the time taken though, it didn't felt like a difficult enough challenge. 

The ending was abrupt and wasn't satisfying. 

SupertrampEcho experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenintenseepic
Brandon experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 17 Aug 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 37:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivengreat hosting
Sam Carr experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting
Mark Jackson experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁
cleverstory-drivenintensequite difficult

Hard for just two players. Good story and very immersive

Emma Macedo experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 6th May 2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 57:31 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-driven
Fiona Smith experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 24 Jul 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: DNF Outcome: Failed 🙁
beautifulhi-techcleververy difficult

Great room - have done quite a few and thought this was one of the most difficult (in a good way). It was just too clever for us in the end but every time we asked for a clue we were like ‘Ohhhh of course’ whereas sometimes you think ‘…well that’s a stretch.. never would have got that’. We were told we weren’t far from the end but I would have liked to have been shown (briefly - not the details of the clues) what we would have seen to get the full experience of the room.

Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 28/08/2019 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Escape Hunt is a name that enthusiasts may recognise from escaping trips abroad: they have venues in more than two dozen cities around the globe. They used to have a location in London, which shut down some years ago; but they've now re-launched in three UK cities with at least another three due to open. I didn't have a hugely favourable impression of their original London location, but early feedback on their new UK games was a lot more positive, so I was pleased to make a visit to their...

A solid game but one which, for me, never really took off with temperamental tech in the middle, use of technology that looked out of place for the theme, and a finale that was a bit flat. Nothing to ruin the game but enough to take the edge off of it.
I don’t know how this version compares with the six others country-wide, but we were pleased with the staging without being blown away

Overall, this was an outstanding escape room. If you only do one in your life, this might be a contender. If you want to do a lot and are looking for somewhere to start… honestly maybe don’t do this one first. I have a feeling it would make any subsequent ones you do a little less engaging.

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