Games in Swindon by Co-Decode
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Objective based rather than time so that always makes a good change
Team of 4, needed a couple of small nudges and a very kind one extra minute, to complete all objectives
Good mix of puzzles and a few things not seen before
Nice use of a relatively small space
Lived up to its reputation and well worth playing
Very enjoyable and great hosting
Easy parking and smart building (lovely toilets!).
Played as a four. Great concept and some very clever tech and programming underpinning it all. Found it quite challenging! Relies on all the team being with it and involved. Great smart building. Easy parking. Good value for money.
This isn't an escape room as such but an "experience" which I guess fits into the escape room category. The tech is fantastic but after 75 mins it's a little repetitive and not that exciting.
The buttons knobs switches and screens are great but I feel it's let down by the stapled foiled wall. The quality of the entire venue and other rooms sets my expectation very high and this just feels very out of place. On the outside of the room they have a really cool spaceship looking panelled wall - I'm not sure why this isn't carried on into the room - it would look way better!!
Honestly though, I'd still recommend going to give it a go because clearly a lot of effort has been put into all the games here!
This is a fantastic venue with a beautiful game - very well thought out and high immersion set design. The quality of this game really is 10/10.
Came in with a lot of expectation on this game as co-decode have made some of my favourite games of all timr. The set was fantastic, the whole setup of working as diffrent members of a spaceship crew is very original not like a normal escaperoom. Loved you could choose your roles. However I did feel a little stuck to my desk and found it a bit difficult to describe to team what we needed to do on some puzzles. The puzzle have a lot of depth and are challenging. Liked the scoring concept too we came out intermediate amazed at some of the high scorer on there website .
7.5/10
There was nothing especially special about this room.
But for us it was pretty much the perfect escape room experience. And what more can you ask for?
First off we had a warm welcome and the reception area and the themed toilets were impressive.
I think it's a fairly new location.
Even though it was a reasonably hi-tech room everything worked perfectly.
There were good signposts we were never short of things to do, never standing around agait "what do we do now?"
It was very immersive and engaging with a good range of puzzles, that all fit the theme.
Including some low-level robotics which I feel could potentially be a growth area in escape rooms generally.
I will say it was a surprisingly small space.
I would recommend 3-4 people, any more it could be tight but some of the puzzles seemed to need more than 2, although I'm sure they have a work-around.
There was a kind of electronic video map which was the way we tracked our progress.
One of the members of our group was worried about getting dirty because it was a mine, but there was no need to worry on that score, it was very clean, and thankfully it was well lit.
So this particular group of 4 had recently done a room at Pier Pressure (Brighton) and Mindworks (Worthing) this escape room was a full £20 cheaper, for the same standard of room, which I think is noteworthy.
I can totally understand why this room has been around the top of the Southwest list for as long as it has. There is not a great deal to get excited about around (or to the Southwest) of this area.
Nothing that I can think of, certainly nothing in or around Bristol.
Which I always find surprising and disappointing in equal measure.
It's in the city centre there's a car park right outside the venue.
Overall I would definitely recommend this room.
And I look longingly to companies such as this, to lead the way to a brighter future, for the UK Escape room scene.
A "mission" room, instead of a strict escape, with completion and bonus criteria.
The ingenuity of the puzzles is what stands out here; in a single game I can think of (but not name, to avoid spoilers) three gameplay elements which I've not seen in any other rooms.
It's probably best suited to 4 players, and is nicely parallel without being confusing, once past the initial stages.
Something different and a lot of fun to complete. Such variety of puzzles and all so satisfying to solve
