No Escape: The Breakout

By | March 20, 2019

by No Escape (website)

Unit 38 The Studios, 10 Hornsey Street, N7 8EL

Central London

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closed
Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for details
Your boss was recently sent to prison. With the help of the internal post officer, he sent you an important message. There is only a 1 hour window to break him out.
This game requires tactical teamwork, an empathic mind and on-the-spot initiative. Will your team infiltrate Hornsey Prison and break out your boss before it's too late?
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Farmergeddon Outta Here experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 2 Jul 2017 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
kman expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 17 Jan 2018 Team size: 5 Time taken: 48m 38s Outcome: Successful escape!
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 15/07/17
Mike S expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Miss Geeky rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5

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The Breakout is Enigma Escape's second room, which in their narrative continuity occurs before their other room, which I guess makes it a prequel. Despite the very different types of story ('escape from a psycho' versus 'break someone out of jail', the two games are connected by a shared cast of characters.

They also share a naturalistic style of game which tries to avoid obviously artificial puzzles and instead build puzzles into the game set in a way they might occur in a real life situation....

A game full of contrasts. Great centrepiece technology that should have been awesome but was let down by some usability issues. A huge centrepiece puzzle that was plain tedious and resulted in people missing parts of the games and, finally, where their first game took pride in being "real", this time round several of the puzzles felt contrived. "
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