HOUNDS – Immersive Experiences & Cocktail Bar: Questionable Ethics

by HOUNDS - Immersive Experiences & Cocktail Bar (website)

12 - 13 Queens Square, RH10 1DY

01293307563

Crawley

2-7 players

Languages: EN

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Lucy (The Detol Crew) experienced rated this:

Played: 21 Sep 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

funnygreat hosting

Great hosting from Mischa AKA James! He made the experience very fun and immersive, lovely interactive room with lots of different tactile puzzles, and some acting thrown in! 

Peter Hoare experienced rated this:

Played: 13 Jul 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 48 Outcome: Successful escape!

hi-techimmersivegreat hostingquite easy

Our first room here, the theming is incredible, nice and high tech, lots of new areas to uncover. Great host who stayed in character throughout. We found it a little easy, it would have been nice if there were a few more elements in there to make it last a little longer, particularly in the final area. 

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Laura McGill expert rated this:

Played: 8 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

originalstory-drivengreat hosting

Kelly Archer expert rated this:

Played: 30 Mar 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

originalfunnygreat hosting

Hounds have made three absolutely amazing games all in one location and all for their first ever rooms.
In this game we are test subjects for a secret Russian lab. The two GMs (I don't know why they needed two, except for the story line) were excellent, particularly the security guard who kept his act and accent up the whole time we were at Hounds (about 5 hours) including when my partner bumped into him in the toilet. He was genuinely hilarious.The room itself is excellent - some introductory warm up puzzles before you get into the nitty gritty of the game where the story and styling changes. The theming is excellent, the puzzles flow and the ending makes for a nice finale. Hounds really do know how to make a game end with a bit of pace and pizzazz. 

caroline354 expert rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Fun game without anything particularly wow - no real story development during the experience but a couple of nice puzzles. Rooms on the smaller side compared to other venues in the area. Lovely host - they do have in character intros but the room would benefit from utilising these characters for actor interaction during the game to elevate the experience.

A Blacksmith expert rated this:

Played: 30 Oct 2022 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

hi-techimmersivegreat hosting

A solid room, some crafty puzzles and locks. Nice theming and a very reliable room by Hounds. Great hosts.

🎲A Jones experienced rated this:

Played: 22 Oct 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47:28 Outcome: Successful escape!

hi-techfunnystory-driven

Overall a great room. Strong theming and some light entertainment. Puzzles were a nice mix of dexterity rather than just the usual. Not quite as immersive/fun as explorers diary but still very much worth doing!

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You can’t always judge a company by its lobby area, but it’s always an encouraging start to walk into a venue that looks atmospheric, stylish and welcoming. Hounds Escape not only did well on that initial impression, but then built on it with their pre-game briefings, which for both this and their other game were humorously and energetically delivered in character.

For Questionable Ethics, our host was wild-eyed and Russian, and stuck to his role with gusto before, during and after our game. Th...

Hounds Escape have managed to take everything that I’ve loved about other venues I’ve visited and games I’ve played and put them all under one roof. Questionable Ethics is a superb game

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As far as the plot goes, it probably is best to go in blind (as well as blindfolded) – suffice to say that the scientific study is probably not meeting health-and-safety regulations, 

Crawley is infamous among scare enthusiats for one reason, Shocktoberfest, but it appears to have more going for it than I first thought. Enter Hounds Escape Room. Located in the heart of Crawley town centre this escape room company is fairly new to the scene but everywhere is giving it rave reviews, so of course we had to go and check it out for ourselves. We booked both their rooms for the same day and up first was Questionable Ethics.

8.9/10

An unmissable game which we loved playing. Hounds Escape Experiences are competing with the best of the best and holding their own. A fantastic game which is a must play! 

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