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Exite: 4 Elements

Helsinki, Jun 2016

The theming in this room is not as strong as in Exite’s others, and it has a somewhat linear sequence of puzzles. It uses a progression through the elements structure, which both helps give a sense of clear progress and also fits with the abstract bu… (more)

Exite: The Curse

Helsinki, Jun 2016

We were one of the first groups to play this room, and at the time no-one had beaten it – we didn’t either, though we missed it only by a matter of seconds. It was difficult mainly because of the sheer quantity of puzzles to get through, which arguab… (more)

Exite: Airplane

Helsinki, Jun 2016

Gorgeous theming made this room an absolute pleasure to play. We completed it very quickly, and maybe it’s on the easy side – though partly that’s just because the puzzle sequence is put together such that the game has an intuitive flow from one poin… (more)

Escape Games NYC: Outer Space

New York, Jun 2015

This room kept us appraised of our progress using some nice-looking screens built into a plausible spaceship console. By-and-large the room had good production values and a sci-fi atmosphere that supported the game. There was a brief backstory includ… (more)

Escape Hunt Entertainment: Theft from the Laboratory

London, Jun 2015

To be honest, I don’t remember this room particularly clearly, though I do remember thinking it was fairly average at best. And since it’s now closed down, I’m going to leave it at that, at least until I get a chance to play one of their many, many f… (more)

Trapped In A Room With A Zombie

London, Feb 2015

This is, of course, a rather different kind of escape room. Avoiding the zombie, and distracting the zombie so that you can access objects in the far side of the room, becomes as much of a focus as the puzzles themselves.

The zombie himself was outs… (more)

Cluequest: Operation: Blacksheep

London, Jun 2016

Cluequest are clearly a professional outfit and whilst the initial welcome might be a bit rushed, the staff clearly try to take care of you once you get going. Blacksheep is the second of their 3 rooms. It was a marked improvement on their first in t… (more)

Cluequest: PLAN52

London, May 2016

Cluequest are clearly a professional outfit and whilst the initial welcome might be a bit rushed, the staff clearly try to take care of you once you get going. Plan 52 is the first of 3 rooms, and it’s worth saying that whilst I could take or leave t… (more)

Claustrophilia: Voodoo Tales

Budapest, Aug 2014

Like the other Claustrophilia room, this is a very puzzle-centric room with a couple of refreshingly physical tasks as well as the usual assortment of search and solve puzzles. It’s more heavily themed, and pleasantly creepy.

However, the Claustroph… (more)

Claustrophilia: The Wicklewood Heritage

Budapest, Aug 2014

Wicklewood doesn’t have much in the way in theme or story, it’s more just a room full of puzzles – but they’re excellent puzzles. There are a couple that are quite unusual and pleasing, and more physical than normal. Personally I’m all in favour of r… (more)