Games in Norwich by Cryptic Escape
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A very immersive spooky escape room. The space is very well designed and puzzles are logical and enjoyable. Felt like a real haunted house! The atmosphere is scary, but the escape room is still very enjoyable for nervous players.
Another wonderful escape room at this venue. Loved exploring some unique elements I hadn't seen elsewhere. This escape room was very memorable with an immersive set and fabulous puzzles.
A really fantastic escape room. The props and theming were stunning. Hosting was superb. There was a nice variety of puzzles and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Very enjoyable to play a fantasy/magic room that _isn't_ Harry Potter-themed for once!
Some nice interactions and puzzles, well-themed, good use (but not overuse!) of various tech, all of which worked correctly, and a pretty good set piece at the end. Overall, very solid.
This was one of my favourite ever escape rooms. The puzzles were all different, and there were some new styles of puzzle I've not come across before. The hosting was helpful but not pushy; it helps that you can accept or decline clues if given unprompted, but if you're on the right track and ask for a clue they will tell you that. I would love to come back and do more of their rooms.
Really enjoyed this game. Fun way of getting clues. Interesting mix of puzzles that all worked really well together.
The newest room by cryptic escape- very strong theming with a cool reveal towards the end! Mixture of puzzle types and an innovative clue request system. My only negative was that the introduction by the gamesmaster felt a bit rushed and wasn't given the opportunity to use the facilities beforehand! Our favourite from this company remains their haunted room but this is also a very good room.
For sure our new favourite room! Absolutely fantastic!
Great looking room. Puzzles were quite straightforward with a few redherrings
Really enjoyed this room with my 12yr old son and his friends. Lots of content, covering pretty much everything you could possibly imagine in an Egyptian tomb-raiding adventure, and kept all our team pretty much non-stop busy for the whole hour.
There's a fair amount of tech, which is all integrated well and provides a clear purpose - it never feels like they've just added tech for the sake of it (and, it all worked well!). There's no single "wow" center piece, but rather a series of solid, satisfying set pieces that accompany story beats which mark progression though different areas of the game.
Theming is good - lots of large scale statues, walls adorned with hieroglyphs, and some archaelogical tools that need to be used. The puzzles are mostly searching, object association, combination, and usage - there is very little text, and no tedious "hieroglyphic" codes to be deciphered.
There are no TV monitors in the room - the game timer and clue system is handled via an iPad which can be carried around with you. We made use of a few clue requests, which were very quick to be replied and quickly put us back on the right track.
I wouldn't say it was ever scary, but there are a few moments that my team shrieked (with surprise, or excitement). And I guess (what with this being set in a tomb in which an ancient king was buried), there could be some content that might put off the incredibly squemish. But otherwise, totally family-friendly.
Definitely recommended.
Great range of tools and objects, good development, surprises and good hosting. Wish every room was like this.
I really enjoyed this room wonderfully laid out and a real challenge, some of the ideas used in this room to obtain information is incredibly original. Again this seems to be a theme with the Technology-based rooms , it doesn’t take a lot for the tech to fail. And leaves me wondering whether the technology is even necessary. Fab room though !
Loved how this room started and I quite like the theme. Again let down by a poor host who really didn’t give us the impression that they wanted to be there. And what really lets this room down is a huge part of the room we completely bypassed so we never needed to open it and a red herring that I must’ve spent 10 minutes on and we still managed to get out in 37 minutes. Great decor great layout half decent storyline Poor hosting and I hate red herrings!
Fun room with a Harry Potter Vibe. Good fun
Fun game! Solid room with some good tech. If you like the Parry Hotter games, definitely give it a play.
Fun and solid room! It had a few logic leaps but the GM did a great job giving clues (some more pointed when we needed it) and led us to figuring out what to do next. It had a fun use of AR which was a fun addition. It was also well decorated and looked great. Definitely recommend!