Games in Portsmouth by Other World Escapes Portsmouth
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We returned to Other Worlds to try the Pub Lock inn, as we had previously played Chip Shop we wanted to give the Pub a go.
As we were being introduced to the team a member possibly the meanager decided to walk through our team and force us out of the way which seemed very unproffessional and rude. He could have waited until our host finished her tinrtoduction and let us into the room and then moved passed us.
This room is not one to take your kids to as there are a fair amount of adult humour involved which, we actually enjoyed and helped be part of the game and theme.
The puzzles were lots of codes and locks with a few others sprinkled in, but most were logical and required a good bit of teamwork.
Overall we found this room similar to the Chip Shop, nothing groundbreaking but pretty standard overall and a similar amount of puzzles and a similar style to the game.
Still a decent game but for us another ticked off the list of local games played, very disappointed with the manager incident but in all we enjoyed the room but it isn't one that you'll be talking about for very long afterwards.
Good gun with lots of hands on puzzles. Great set. A little easy for the time. Would be great for families.
There’s lots to like about this room but I can honestly say I was exhausted at the end!
There were a few puzzles that caught us out and I would say possibly the most physically challenging game I have played. Our GM was very welcoming and gave us helpful pointers when needed
Chip Shop brought our total up to Ten for the number of Escape rooms we have now done and in general we enjoyed it, the decoration and overall design was aesthetically good and our host David was very pleasant and very good throughout the room and once we entered we found the puzzles a good mix of mental and skill games.
We wouldn't say that the puzzles are overly difficult but a good difficulty and some of them were certainly original and good fun at the same time.
The clue system works well and we had to ask for two or three when we found ourselves stuck only to realise that we didn't need the clues it was just our lack of reading exactly what was in plain sight, the only real downside to the Chip Shop is that there is a second room which isn't big enough to hold more than two people to solve the puzzles inside, our experience was that I stayed out of the room whilst my other escapists were solving the puzzles inside. There is a lot of moving to be done in the small room and I was just getting in the way rather than actually helping so I spent my time stood outside waiting for our team to solve the puzzles which put a dent in the fun of the room for myself personally. I would imagine teams larger than ours would also feel the same way and would end up swapping in and out of the room depending on who would be able to solve the puzzle, not only that but the access to the small room isn't the easiest to get in and out of.
All in all Chip Shop is fun and we enjoyed ourselves in general, not our favourite but good family fun and a successful escape to boot! Other World Games have some good rooms and we'll be back to do another one of theirs!
Escape room number 6 for our team of 3, one we had been looking forward to and it didn't disappoint! Our host Ross was very friendly and explained the game very well.
If you read any mentions saying this game is similar to the "Crystal Maze" there are similarities but we'd say the rooms aren't as big as you might think but the way the puzzles playout and how they are designed are similar to the TV show.
For a team of three to finish 6 minutes under time without any clues tells you that , a team of 4 would probably be the ideal number but, any number would be able to complete the puzzles.
The game design and overall theme was excellent and the games were fun and intuitive, a lot of logical puzzles mixed in with a skill puzzle or two make this a fantastic experience.
Our only negative comment would be that air conditioning would've been great as it was 24 degrees outside and wearing helmets in small spaces, we were all sweating profusely, had it been 30 plus degrees outside, the rooms would have been excrutiatingly hot. there are small hand held fans available and we regretted not taking them but, our overall experience was not ruined due to this matter.
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