Category Archives: International

GetOut: Robbery at the Museum

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Another Riga heist game, and this time we had to steal a diamond hidden in an art gallery.
The decor was mixed; the first sections felt reasonably authentic, whereas the last two rooms definitely felt artificial.
There was a a good mixture of puz… (more)

GetOut: Maniac

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Firstly, be warned that this game includes very explicit and graphic imagery of nudity and mutilation – if you don’t have a strong stomach or are uncomfortable with confinement, this may not be the game for you.
I’m not a big fan of slasher horror g… (more)

Escape Room: “Mona Lisa” Affair

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5
It seems the good people of Riga are rather obsessed with theft based games, since this was the fourth heist themed game that we played. In this instance, you’re given a pre-burglary briefing with various bits of equipment and instructions to follow…. (more)

MyEscape: Gordon vs E-corp

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 4 and 4.5 out of 5
Gordon vs E-corp has a distinctive name and an unusual setting. In a future dystopia, humanity needs to escape from a dying world to a distant planet; and the man who has invented a fuel source that could allow us to reach it has been kidnapped by a … (more)

MyEscape: Jewelry Theft

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5
The second of four (!) heist games we played in Riga, Jewelry Theft (or Jewelry Thieft, as their website currently calls it) has you breaking into a high-end jewelry shop to swipe the Fabergé egg hidden somewhere inside. Fortunately a friendly cleani… (more)

Exitmania: Titanic

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 2.5 and 3.5 out of 5
The theme is Titanic and after donning our 1920s life jackets (a nice touch), we were blindfolded and led in. The game started with a slight homage to the film, but then proceeded with straight up ship based puzzles. The decor of the room was excelle… (more)

Find Exit: 221B Baker Street

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5
The aim of this escape game is to identify the name and location of a murder culprit from the clues left behind in Sherlock Holmes’ office, so as to save an innocent friend of yours from imminent judicial execution. Finding that information will also… (more)

Find Exit: The Bank Job

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
The Bank Job starts in darkness, and I was pleased to be supplied with not just the usual hand-held torches but also lens-less glasses with mini torches built into the frame, which both make the darkness less annoying and had a nice elite cat burglar… (more)