CTRL ALT ESC: Frankenscape

By | March 20, 2019

by CTRL ALT ESC (website)

Margate

2-8 players

Languages: EN

closed
90 mins
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Genuis inventor Alec Smart and his assistant Tricity have gone missing.
In his workshop nothing is where is should be.
The strange force they have invented ā€˜Alectricityā€™ has the ability to create life itselfā€¦ but only when lightening strikes.
A thunderstorm is coming and has been forecast to last 90 minutes. With Alec and Tricity nowhere to be found, you team need to finish his work before the storm passes, or risk forfeiting this ground breaking discovery.
You have 90 minutes to finish creating ā€˜The Monsterā€™ who is the only one who can reveal your escape
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Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 23 users
combined with 7 pro reviews

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DypanicDuo experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
AJā€™s expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 22 Aug 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
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flyingoctopus expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Spanishfleas expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 14 Aug 2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
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PurpleB expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 16 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

A bit dark and dingy for me, but a great room.

imrahil experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 51min Outcome: Successful escape!
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Was our 6th room of the day so brain was definitely not at its best - but room was really good, glad weanaged to get to it just before it closes. 

FranklyOscar experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 06/05/2018
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Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 30 Dec 2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 63:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
Ronnie Meade experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivestory-driven

The room starts by descending to a courtyard and needing to gain access, the set here is simplistic and yet immerses you in to your challenge and the theme. Inside the design is still aligned and there is plenty to work through with some fun puzzles/games to complete. The ending is original and humorous. Thoroughly enjoyed this room. 

Nichola Morrison experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Kempshott_fox rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 14 Aug 2021 Team size: 4 Time taken: 45 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
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Tim Cooper expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 70:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
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furiouslycurious experienced rated this:

Great game. Really fun and innovative and enjoyable.

šŸŒµJuliette B expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 05/01/2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 61:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

Very enjoyable game, I liked how the start introduces you to the game world and there were several puzzles for us to work on. Needed some cluing for search fails (and there was some hard searching here in all honesty) but otherwise the puzzles were fun and logical and built to a clear ending - which is fun and pretty different. Lovely GM overseeing proceedings who kept the game humorous. 

Anouska123 rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Mike S expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Matt C experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 19/01/2019 Team size: 3 Time taken: 88 mins Outcome: Successful escape!

This room is great. They had no padlock (I love padlock so that was a bummer) but the puzzle did not disappoint me. Only issue I had with this room is the lighting but still a great room.

Robin Harris & Michael Bailey experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 12/10/2019 Team size: 2 Time taken: 64 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
Brad Knights rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Zoƫ Dudeney rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

This was one of the first rooms we did and we loved it. I think it's great that you get 90 minutes rather then just 60 minutes. The decor is great and so is the theme. Definitely recommend.

Angela Styles rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Barry Hammond expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 16/12/2018 Team size: 4 Time taken: 58.55 Outcome: Successful escape!

Reviews by escape room review sites

What's not to love about a Victorian-style mad scientist's laboratory? Your job is to finish the work started by a missing genius, before a thunderstorm blows over - something to do with building a Monster...

An unexpected start provided a nice lead-in to what's initially quite a traditional style of escape room, involving some searching and unlocking of drawers and cupboards, and items to collect to turn into a code - though not a code for a padlock, since the venue makes a point of not using ...

Pretty much everything you could want in an escape room: plenty of logical puzzles, great theming, humour and a thrilling finale. Plus - and this almost always seems to be a sign of a good room - it's ninety minutes long, so there's more time to build up the atmosphere.
We thought their other room 'Spacescape' was great - this was better! A solid room with an impressive ending

Complete puzzles and unravel the mystery in a highly themed, real life game thatā€™ll have you laughing and making memories with your friends and family!

Sometimes a game will try something new and clever, and itā€™ll be wonderful and raise the game to new heights. Sometimes a game will try something new and clever and itā€™ll crash and burn leaving the game a disaster. Ctrl-Alt-Esc try something new and clever and it works just fine, but you sort of wonder why they bothered.
A genius inventor has gone missing, and you need to finish his monstrous experiments before the thunderstorm ends, OK? Oh, don't mind that severed hand...

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