Exciting Game Birmingham

Our third room with Exciting Game and we are yet to find a room that disappoints. The room was very aesthetic and atmospheric for the story line and the technology was modern with no issues. This was one of the more difficult rooms we have done having used 4 of a possible 8 hints with 1 minute to spare.

Decided very last minute to play - owner could not be more accomodating or lovely!!

Game was great, split start which we all love and puzzles that worked, made senses and were very logical. We may have had a quicker time if we hadn't "tidied up" so well and hidden the last bit of information we needed from ourselves - but it made for hilarious viewing for the GM and some red cheeks from us! 

Owner was so lovely, could have stayed and chatted for hours. Planning a return visit for sure! 

We hadn’t heard of escape game in Birmingham but when we reached out about the suitability for our young kids the owner was more than helpful and accommodating. Puzzles were logical and although a little worn in places it was a solid room. The owner was friendly and stopped for a chat after and if we had more time on our trip we would have definitely played more here. We are planning a return. 

There was 7 of us, so I think that might have taken away from the overall game, since we did a lot of tasks quite quickly and there was a lot of people working together to escape.

That being said, it was a fun overall experience, it was a creepy room, but not so much scary, had good jump scares that kept us on our feet, good overall.

Puzzles were great - but it wasn't worth paying extra for a live actor.

A great room for something a bit different less locks and numbers more interactive puzzles excellent host and immersive game, would definitely recommend for a bit of a fright and a bit of fun. 

I always like a heist room, as they encourage you to make the most of your time instead of escape as quickly as possible, and make the most of our time we certainly did. One puzzle was genuinely unfair - it involves using a function of an item that you're not told that it has - but the rest were clever, inventive, and satisfying. Hopefully that one puzzle will be altered, but with that caveat, a terrific room. 

The newest game at the venue and it's a heist!  You have one objective and also bonus objectives (if you have the time).  I really enjoyed this room, the puzzles were clever and relied on both observation, logic solving and some physical deduction.

Our GM was Sarah was excellent throughout and clued us just when we were getting a little frustrated.

This is a great little venue with superb hosting, with Escape Brum around the corner, this could form part of a great day out for enthusiasts.

Prison's are a perennial favourite for escape rooms and I have to say I'm a great fan.  There are some tropes that you can check off like bingo: -

Split Start in cells - check

Forced co-operation to escape cells - check

Having to put hands in toilets - check

Joking aside this is a well themed room featuring lots of tech and minimal padlocks.  You can play this game with varying difficulty levels, we chose the hardest and just made it out.  Theming is excellent and puzzles are oblique enough to be challenging.  This was my favourite room at the venue.

Our GM was Sarah was excellent throughout and clued us just when we were getting a little frustrated.

This is a great little venue with superb hosting, with Escape Brum around the corner, this could form part of a great day out for enthusiasts.

This is a well themed room featuring lots of tech and minimal padlocks.  Theming is a good and puzzles are in keeping with the carnival theme (there are some dexterity and physical puzzles to overcome).  There is an option to have a live actor but this is not mandatory.  Puzzles flow well and in some areas are a mostly non-linear fashion and be tackled seperately.  Our GM was Sarah was excellent throughout and clued us just when we were getting a little frustrated.

This is a great little venue with superb hosting, with Escape Brum around the corner, this could form part of a great day out for enthusiasts.

Great fun to run around this creepy carnival setting and try not to upset the ghosts. Good theming and some clever puzzle design. Plump for the live actor! 

It's fine, nothing mindblowing, very easy but our host's idea of giving us a clue was telling us how to solve the puzzle.

A satisfying, efficient room with some clever puzzles, tech that works well, and plenty to do in quite a concise area. 

This is a beautiful, classic Escape Room with great hosts and a couple of amusing surprises, so it was definitely fun. My understanding is this room is being retired now, to make room for a new one, so I won't say much more, but please don't judge the company on this review! Go check out their new room, whatever it may be and whenever it opens! 

My 30th game and easily in my Top 5. It's immersive and creepy. If you're looking for a game this Halloween, I highly recommend this one. I've done some scary rooms around Birmingham, and none compare to this. Not because it was totally terrifying (although I suspect they'll up their game for Halloween!) but because everything worked; The puzzles were in keeping with the theme, the immersive surroundings were high quality and everything just worked together. Their use of tech and video within the room was very impressive. You could tell time and care had gone in to the design of this game.

If I had one gripe it would only be because we got the record for fastest time, (Cirque Du Slay are now the Team to beat!) so in my opinion it could have been harder, and the GM shouldn't have given any clues, but I'm sure if you tell your GM at the start of the Game that you don't want clues (we didn't do that), I'm sure they would respect that. I'm sure she, like us, didn't expect us to whizz through like we did!

I highly recommend this room, and stick with the company, because they said they have more to come next year too! 

Exciting Game have definitely upped their game since my last visit! You wouldn't recognise it as the same company. I first played one of their games years ago, when they were just starting up. The games are a lot more impressive, immersive and technically advanced now. 

A major plus point for this room is the ability to set the Difficulty level! You just let them know at the time of booking how hard you want it. I do worry though that had we not picked the hardest possible difficulty level, then we would have escape pretty rapidly, as we had almost 14 minutes to spare. This wasn't the best escape game I've ever played, as I felt the game was too centralised to one area of the room but I will definitely be back to play their other games. The ending was also slightly underwhelming. I felt it lacked a crescendo moment. 

It's always nice for games to not be driven by padlocks and the use of tech in the room amused me. As ever, a big plus for me, everything in the room worked! I've become accustomed to having to rely on the GM's to bail us out when we hit a wall due to faulty equipment, but that didn't happen here. It's well maintained. Our GM was also brilliant. I felt like we could have talked for hours over our love for Escape Rooms. They were also very accomodating for me, as I've had to reschedule my game due to a bout of cancer I was dealing with, so I really appreciate their patience and support with that. 

Great hosts who enjoyed chatting and running the game. I do think the game is advertised badly on their website as it makes it look terrifying but in reality it's just your standard escape room experience with black walls and a few creepy objects. The puzzles were fun to tackle although there were a few moments where you didn't know what you needed to work on next which stopped the flow of the game unless you decided to ask for a hint. The rooms are good value for money and they had some amazing discount codes available as well.

It was OK. A bit of fun. It's been achieved on a budget and the puzzles are good, although if I'm perfectly honest, there were a couple of puzzles I never worked out, even after it was explained to me. We also weren't sure if we finished it, or if the door just randomly opened.

It was good in terms of being able to split up and multi-tasking as a team. I like that. And puzzles without padlocks. I liked that too.