Escape Live Stratford

Quite a disappointing room/experience. There were many broken puzzles/elements in the room, which in all looked quite tired and in need of some TLC. Puzzles were fine, but more explanation of objectives would’ve been nice. Not a fan, couldn’t engage well with the theming. Quite sure this room used to have a nautical theming and has just been reskinned  

A decent room. Started strong, but puzzles became a little illogical towards the end. Just OK

Some puzzles elements required a lot of tweaking and we were even advised to use force to get them to work (!)

There are some truly satisfying puzzles to solve for everyone who's still a kid at heart. 

This is a fun and exciting theme for families. I can see how the room is designed for entertain players of all ages, and it would hit its target a lot better if all puzzles worked a lot more smoothly. 

The room has been designed specifically to sail on the Shakespeare's "brand", so to say. So, it feels a little contrived as it is basically an excuse to attach the label Shakespeare to a local escape room. 

That being said, the game was pleasant enough, and while there were some moments of uncertainty (as the narrative and puzzle flow were not intuitive at times), our game master was quick to react. We had a lovely game master who cheered up us when we exited and said what she liked about our team (which I find so much better and more engaging than the usual approach of asking what I liked about the room when I've had zero time to actually think about it)

The puzzles weren't very logical and it wasn't always obvious which padlocks the puzzles referred to. I did enjoy the Shakespeare element but to me that's the only thing the game had going for it

Hard to review without giving away spoilers, but the final stage of this room is completely infuriating. I'd say you need at least 3 or 4 people at least for this room, irrespective of your experience.

I'm really disappointed to be ranking this at a meer 2, because we had so much fun and I would recommend it, but it's ultimately badly flawed. I can't say much to avoid spoilers!!! But ultimately, we escaped by fluke; we managed to by-pass most of the room and still only escaped with 1 minute, 3 seconds to go! Had we have played the game in its entirety, I don't believe we would have escaped. And if half a game can be skipped, it's a poorly designed room. So, despite the great hosting and having a great time in a very pretty room, I can only give it a 2 out of 5!

It looks authentic and has a great atmosphere created by the lighting and the references to Shakespeare that continue throughout. The puzzles were very straightforward and not always logical, to be honest, so this wasn't one that we really gelled with. 

Saying that, we really enjoyed the theme and a lot of effort has been made to include some nice nods to the Bard.

A fantastic host here - one of the most enthusiastic, friendly GMs we have encountered.

This room works very well as a remote room, but in real life it may be alittle mundane. It is well themed and the puzzles are clear to see via zoom. The inventory isn't over used, but there are decent images in there if you want to refer to them and out avatar (Tom) was very good at clearing out what had been used. Add in a couple of nice 'ooo' moments and you've got a good remote adventure.

Everything we solved made sense and nothing felt like a logic leap and they've resisted the urge to include too much searching. My favourite of the three remote offering from Escape Live (so far).

This was a good, fun game. A bit riddle-y for me. I prefer physically achieving things, rather than reading > find a number > open padlock. There were also some nice surprises in this room though! So I'll definitely go back. I thought the story was good and the puzzles fitted the theme, so overall I would recommend this room. It's also a good starter one you could perhaps do with kids. They have designated it a level 3.5.