Clue HQ Manchester: CSI: The Panic Room

No Need to Panic...

My second visit to Clue HQ as they did a good value '6 play for £60' offer.

Story

Find out who managed to kill a wealthy businessman inside his personal Panic Room.

Puzzles

They were very discernible; it was easy to see what you had to do and when. Although there were one or two difficult physical puzzles, it would have been too easy without them. Most involved a fair bit of working out, but as a team of six, this was no problem, especially as we could split up.

Mise-en-scène

Not great. It was techy-looking and appeared very similar to Detonation, just with different props/equipment in there. Although the victim is described as a businessmen, the 'body' looked like a young chavvy teenager (I'm sure he was wearing trainers).

Final Comments

It wasn't a particularly exciting escape experience. A team of six was too big- take about four people.

Decent room. Some puzzles were a little complicated but most are smart and enjoyable. Great for larger teams as there's lots to do.

Unfortunately we were one the first to try out this room when It opened, the puzzles were pretty good, most made sense, unfortunately some pieces of the room weren't set up correctly and 1 or 2 pieces broke/didn't work resulting in stopped playtime for resetting.

Hosting was good and I can't say for certain if the room has improved since the opening few weeks, but knowing clue hq I'm sure it will have 

A different set up in the sense that it's about solving a crime rather than escaping from the room, there was a central 'evidence base' that helped to measure progress, which we liked. The geography of the room wasn't our favourite feature and we found ourselves getting in each other's way a few times but there were some nice puzzles, including a really neat audio one.

It's a solid room that was fun to play.

One of the better rooms at this location.