You have arrived for your guided tour at Fusion-Tec, a new startup company that has developed a miniature nuclear module to power military vehicles. You are one of a select few who have been given a chance to see the inner workings of this exciting, state-of-the-art company. But, there is a problem, a BIG problem, can you and your team mates use your problem-solving skills to solve the problems and prevent a nuclear disaster?
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When booking this game you're asked what difficulty level you want to play at: Standard, Advanced or Genius. Usually this manifests itself in some arbitrary clue limit but not so here. Instead it dictates which 'manual' you want to take into the game with you. Genius mode is only recommended if you've done "50+ escape rooms". Having passed this milestone some 700 games ago we decided to give it a go.
Normally I strongly dislike any sort of manual/journal/instruction book in a game. Being told where the puzzles are loses a lot of the discovery aspect. But pleasingly the Genius manual only has two pages, and really you should only look at one of them; which explains which answer goes into which lock based on a series of icons. Ignoring the rest of the hand-holding (which we were told is more and more explicit depending on which manual you take), what you get is a more challenging than average room, which isn't afraid to chain steps and tasks together before giving up a final answer. This, combined with some nice looking and well implemented tech, made for a very enjoyable experience, particularly suited to the more experienced player.
I played Genius Escapes’ Nuclear Nightmare in Eastleigh near Southampton. last weekend. The best room I've played so far. Really nice staff and a good introductory video. There is some very clever technology and puzzles. I only discovered it by accident when I went to The Steel Tank micro pub next door who server great beer and it has a nice atmosphere :-). My wife is not too keen on small or dark rooms but loved this one. We played the Standard level and managed to escape with 1m 15s to go! It is non linear and we started off quite slowly as there is so much to do but then things all stated to come together and we made it. Highly recommended.
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If you’re an enthusiast looking for a challenging room, then play this one on Genius level. This is a challenging but fair game and despite feeling like we were going to crash and burn multiple times, we thoroughly enjoyed our time averting the Nuclear Nightmare.
What better way to unwind than with a last minute idea of going to an escape room. Genius Escape’s Nuclear Nightmare was our choice as it was close to where three of us had met for dinner. None of us had heard about this room, but when you book you get asked if you want standard, advance or genius mode. This intrigued us.
