Games in Reading by Escape Reading
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Very original and although not new tech, some tech. Very clever puzzles and was fun to collect money.
What an incredible game, I could not not have given it 5 stars. It was phenomenally made with so many clever but easy puzzles. All hand made by the team at Escape Reading but extremely immersive. So many cool details to remember and be excited about, starting by the fact that the game starts as soon as you enter. I though the weird and wonderful white noise in the toilet was a great detail too.
Solid room, but with only 2 people it's really tough, some puzzles need a lot of back and forth. Best with 3 or more.
It is so hard to describe this room without giving too much away. It is superb - a great storyline, great hosting and a scope more like European rooms. Enough said, go and play it.
We played as a two but it would easily work with a bigger team
Wow!! This is such an amazing room. It begins when you ring the buzzer (arrive as a full group and don’t arrive much before your time just be there at the start time). We popped to the toilet which was part of the theming.
The game is 90 mins, the most immersive we’ve done in the uk and honestly so cool! We were blown away by the immersion and theming and the puzzles were great.
There are a lot of surprises (all good). Although the theming is scary and there is a live interaction there are zero scares or jumps it’s all just themed and id be happy to bring kids ten plus to this room (younger would struggle to follow the story and time).
Loved this and can’t wait for the next one on site - I’d be shocked if this doesn’t become one of the top in the UK.
I did not expect to love this as much as I did - this is probably threatening to be my favourite room!
What I really like about this room is that the effort taken into putting the set together is really clear to see. It's not uber detailed - it's not trying to shower you in huge amounts of props and colour. It's thoughtful and considered, and it makes it very immersive.
The puzzles are brilliant - there's a fair amount of them to do and they are varied but they are rewarding and pleasingly non-linear. The flow is great and I was buzzing by the end.
It made me very happy to see a room that makes good use of music. I have been disappointed as of late with the sheer amount of silent rooms in the UK recently. Sound is so important to immersion and energy, and this room knows it. Admittedly it is mostly pop tunes, but there are some really fun switch-ups and also certain tracks play where the lyrics are relevant to what stage of the game you are in. I really enjoyed the last one that was played when you need to escape!
A few minor niggles were that it is showing it's age and needs a bit of TLC. It sort of fits with the theme but it is overdue a little. Didn't matter much at all but was a little noticeable. Also we were waiting a while for the room to be reset and a couple of the puzzles were having technical issues. These things happen I guess - nevertheless our host was great and was doing a stellar job - he managed to get the puzzles back and up running in good time while giving us a bit extra time to compensate.
Just really clever and an absolute blast from start to finish. A real enthusiasts joy!