by Gatwick Escape Rooms (website)
117 Victoria Road, RH6 7YS
2-10 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
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We got to the last puzzle with a good amount of time left, but couldn't figure it out and thus failed.
For our group, we didn't click with this room at all - especially the second half felt very illogical. We struggled with broken tech (flashlight didn't work, two puzzles didn't trigger the needed outcome) and our GM seemed bored, disengaged, didn't notice when we finished puzzles and at some points it felt like they were just laughing at us.
Our main issue with the room is that there's often only one puzzles to solve, leaving little to do for the entire group other than stand in front of that one puzzle.
We didn't find it scary, probably because we were mostly annoyed.
Fun and quite scary. Lots of puzzles that were on the trickier side. Very enjoyable!
I liked this game and it seemed to flow well. Its a bit creepy so not one for small children or those easily frightened! The puzzle all seemed to work well and it was a lot to do in 60mins so it definitely filled the time. I don't feel we struggled on anything really and didnt have much time left at all. Good solid game, nothing ground breaking but still a good one to play and I liked the set/theming.
Some great use of space within this room and puzzles with brilliant aha moments. The locks were in need of TLC as many were stiff even with the right code and the ending wasn’t great (but I believe this was because something was broken).
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