Escape One Algarve: The Laboratory

A nice science lab room in a rustic (vaguely steampunky) setting with a lot of nifty cross connected puzzles. Uses "telescape" inventory which I like.

A one room remote play room with a science theme, this was a slow room to start as we must have spent 10 minutes just guiding the avatar around the room to see everything.  Some clever ideas and some favourite old tropes, a diverting hour.

 My escape room club assembled 2x teams of 4, (most accessing from separate locations) to tackle The Lab, one of the many physical-turned-virtual escape rooms now popping up. The game is played via Zoom and in English (David, the excellent host, is a Brit). There is also a separate user-pannable 360 shot you can access via the web that shows the whole layout of the room - a useful innovation. Both teams escaped within the hour - but only just. The puzzles are plentiful, varied (albeit around a central theme) and well designed as is the room set-up. Both teams took an age to get going but we accelerated as the time went on, the impending hour mark sharpening our focus. We required no hints although David helped by performing our instructions efficiently. The camera work and communication from David was excellent. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and thought the €45/session price was very reasonable given the full hour of entertainment it provided. Recommended!