Escapologic: Reactorvate

By | August 1, 2023

by Escapologic (website)

21 Castle Gate, NG1 7AQ

Nottingham

2-5 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Your Great Uncle was once a leading scientist known for developing state of the art nuclear technology. In central Europe, during the late 1970’s, one of his experimental reactors went into meltdown as soon as it was activated, causing one of the most catastrophic disasters in modern history.

The government blamed him for the event, stating that his reactors were not safe to begin with, he was imprisoned for life and remains locked up to this day.
After receiving a letter from prison you have reason to believe he was framed by a fellow scientist and that the original reactor was tampered with.

Your only option is to break into an abandoned power plant located in rural Russia, find a second inactive reactor and start it up. If it is fully functional then you may just have the evidence to free an innocent man. If your Great Uncle is lying, then you may need to run for your life!
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based on ratings from 31 users
combined with 8 pro reviews

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StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 5 Oct 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 59:17 Outcome: Successful escape!
frustrating

My least favourite of our ten rooms in Nottingham.

Hard to say anything without spoiling it anything that uses the lack of light as the main "puzzle" for half of the experience is not for me. Years ago we did an escape room that was designed to show fully-sighted people what it was like to be blind - that was a good room. It's a nice gimmick in some rooms but here it was too long and in the end frustrated and bored me.

Way too much reading and I'm the one in the group that likes to read. I had no idea what was going on towards the end, I'd checked out. Escaped by the skin of our teeth. Story and hosting were fine.

lishahirst experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 2024-06-01 Team size: 2 Time taken: 00:46:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
Really well done game, very immersive with no padlocks. The games story is really good and the rooms are massive too. Eat carrots!
Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 13 May 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 57m52s Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techstory-driven
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
great hosting😨creepy
The first 10 minutes were fun then the game turned into reading instructions followed by reading instructions, followed by reading instructions. Then a fun (yet frustratingly slow) mechanical element, then escape.
Jemileh experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 21 Apr 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 43 Outcome: Successful escape!
Team Jophie experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 18 Feb 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 41:38 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersive
spbc expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 20 Oct 2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfun
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
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Reviews by escape room review sites

Reactorvate eschews the obvious plot for a game set in a nuclear power station in favour of a more complicated premise: your great uncle was blamed for a catastrophic meltdown, and your aim is to sneak into the abandoned station, find data to clear his name, and get out before you’re caught.

This game’s most controversial decision is that one sequence leaves you in more or less total darkness. That initially seemed like a terrible idea, reducing us to fumbling our way around a large and complic...

My favourite games are those that completely immerse you in the world around you, particularly by forcing players to perform “real-world” tasks, and make you feel as though you are the star of your own film. Reactorvate did this, and more, and has firmly embedded itself in my mind as my favourite game at Escapologic’s Leicester branch (so far, at least).

The technology Reactorvate uses is great. You get to do physical puzzles, mental puzzle, observation puzzles…and you get to DO so much. We love a room that offers players the opportunity to really feel as though you are ‘doing’ the puzzling, rather than simply solving notes scribbled on a page. The whole thing had such a tactile feel as we lifted heavy objects and manipulated strange contraptions we’re all too young to know the true purpose of.

This isn’t an escape room – it’s a nuclear reactor simulator! A really great fun room with lots of dramatic moments.
This is my favourite of the 4 games at Escapologic Leicester. It doesn't feel like an escape rooms but it has all the joys of one. If you only have time to play one game, this would be my top choice if you aren't worried about a high level of difficulty. A must play.
Escapologic had us breaking into an abandoned nuclear power station and starting up the reactor in order to clear our great-uncle's sullied name... All in a day's work!

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