Make Your Escape: Utopia

By | March 20, 2019

by Make Your Escape (website)

First Floor, 4 Osmaston Road ('The Spot'), DE1 2HR

Derby

2-5 players

60 minutes

In an alternate time-line, the world is divided between those who have and those who have not. Utopia and Dystopia share a story and a past, separate yet intertwined, where perhaps not all is as it seems.
For those in Utopia, life is good and technologically advanced. Every need is catered for. Every wish fulfilled. Overseen by their benevolent government, the Utopians are protected from the outside dystopian world and the disease-ridden creatures that roam there.
As they strive to maintain perfect balance and harmony, will you be able to pass the selection process and begin your new Utopian life?
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Rated between 3 and 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 45 users
combined with 7 pro reviews

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Player reviews

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 6 Aug 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Ellie experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 2021-06-06 00:00:00 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersive

Rating based on playing this back-to-back with Dystopia.

flyingoctopus expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techoriginalbroken tech

Played back to back with Dystopia. I prefered this over the other one.

Interesting idea, a few different prop pieces and puzzles.

On entry we were told of a broken puzzle that we had to ignore. We then end up having tech issues with another puzzle.

I just don't understand why some companies run broken games. 

jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 14 Apr 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 43:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
clever

Very clever how this room blends with Dystopia - Would recommend playing back to back if you can. Set design was really cool and all puzzles fit well within the theme.

matt_keds expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 22 Feb 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 57 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techstory-drivenbroken tech

#45

After completing The Signal and Spellbound in the morning, we headed back after lunch to tackle Dystopia and Utopia.  Having two rooms blend together like these two do with their stories is something I’ve never seen before and felt very original.

- The decor of Dystopia may seem a little lacking at first, but there is a story-based reason for it. This was a very fun room, but with a slightly frustrating final puzzle that even our host had admitted a lot of people (himself included)  had found difficult to see/comprehend. However it didn’t spoil our experience of the room.

- After completing Dystopia we headed straight into Utopia. The way you start the game was surprising and unique, although could have been tightened up a bit so that no GM interaction was required (players of the game with understand what I mean by this). This would also have added to the immersiveness of the game. 

After getting through to the main hub of the game, I can say the decoration of the room was fantastic, with a couple of things I’ve never seen before. The puzzles in this room are all very electronic-based, compared to Dystopia where it is mainly padlocks.

Unfortunately,  due to this reliance on technology, one of our puzzles didn’t operate at all, causing the GM to have to come in  and pause our time while he fixed it quickly.

The final part of the room was again very tech-dependant, with a couple of frustrating and lacklustre puzzles, with a poor way to interact with them. When we finally had the means to exit the game, our host came in to tell us while we had escaped, we couldn’t fully complete the experience because another team was in the area we escape to! (previous players will understand what I mean)

This was very frustrating as it would have been down to the GM’s poor time/team management, and it meant we couldn’t fully complete the experience. After a brilliant morning, this obviously left a very sour taste in our mouths, given that we had spent so much time and money at a venue and couldn’t complete the experience.

All in all, I would still recommend both rooms, and that you should definitely do them back to back, starting with Dystopia. 

Personal ranking of the rooms at Make Your Escape would be:

1. Spellbound

2. The Signal

3. Dystopia

4. Utopia

abunai expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
If you are visiting this venue playing Utopia and Dystopia back to back is a must.
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 04/11/18
Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 31 Oct 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 44:52 Outcome: Successful escape!
Play this back to back with Dystopia for the full experience.
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
fraggle42 experienced rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 10 Jul 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47.01 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techbroken tech

Tech problems but kindly offered a free game as an apology. Good customer service was appreciated. 

🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 31/07/2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59:15
hi-techstory-drivengreat hosting
The other half of the game from Dystopia (although both can be played stand alone).  This is very different and involves a lot of high tech puzzles and games as you try and find the way to escape.  Its easy to overthink some puzzles, as the GM told us afterwards, we tore our way through the hard puzzles and completely over thought the easier ones.  I'd say this is slightly harder than Dystopia as the pressure can build at one stage but would also be good for larger groups.
Sophie Bertalan rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Laura McGill expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 13 Jun 2021 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Tim Cooper expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Team size: 3 Time taken: 41:44 Outcome: Successful escape!
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MissLoopyLou93 experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 8 Aug 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 57:12 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techgreat hosting

A great room! Really good tech. I recommend playing this with dystopia. 

SiSitAndWait rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 55odd Outcome: Successful escape!
We did Dystopia followed by Utopia, such an unique idea to go from one to the next, we thoroughly recommend you doing it like this.
The set design in this game is amazing!
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
PurpleB expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: Jun 2019 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

The production value in this game is superb. We played it as a 2 and it worked really well. I also loved the ending :-).

imrahil experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Arjay Henshall expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 14/09/19 Team size: 3 Time taken: 46.08 Outcome: Successful escape!
Pagan Hollis experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 7 Feb 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:09 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneygreat hostingquite difficult
BenMill experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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browngate experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Anna Baillie experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 7 Feb 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 34:35 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techstory-driven

Solid game, really liked the lack of padlocks but found the ending puzzle a little lack lustre. Set looked amazing, and appreciated the storyline!

Pegz241 rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 22 Feb 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59:41 Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
hi-techboring

Nice room with a fairly immersive storyline. The most part of the room was good but you can tell its GM ran, ie, I didn't feel like I had actually completed the puzzle but they opened it anyway? 

Personally did not enjoy the final 12 screens, but overall I would recommend you give this one a go

ashpf experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
AJ’s experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 31 Dec 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53:47 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techoriginalstory-drivenquite difficult

This was our 50th game and a great game! Very hi tech one that definitely suited our eye! Really clever tech plays it’s way through the game and this was our last game of the day having played all 4 back to back! Lovely surprise at the end with bubbles and chocolates to congratulate us on 50 rooms which was a fantastic touch and really appreciated! 

Elliott rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 5 Mar 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 38:58 Outcome: Successful escape!
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arandzom experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
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Lucy (The Detol Crew) experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 4 Mar 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 28:31 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivestory-drivenquite easy
RJ Chowdhury experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 7 Feb 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 34:35 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivestory-driven

Really enjoyed the tech in this room. At some points it was a little linear, but the room was mega immersive and impressive. I thought the puzzles were really original!


We did both utopia and dystopia on the same day and they flow well together, especially the storyline!

Steph Norchi experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 17 Apr 2019 Team size: 4 Time taken: 58:43 Outcome: Successful escape!
hourglassescapesltd expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 20/03/2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42:57 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techcleverstory-driven

We played Utopia immediately after Dystopia - I highly recommend players do this as it's so cleverly written! 

Utopia takes on the high tech side of things and it does it very well! 

The tech in this room felt like we were in a movie, it was super fun and very immersive, set design is fabulous, hosting very good - they are practically invisible and it  works super well and the link between the two games is just brilliant! 

gimiabreakout experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
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Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 21 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techstory-drivengreat hosting

A brilliant sequel to Dystopia, these rooms as a combination are absolute winners! Loads of tech and crammed full of puzzles. Superb hosts - particularly Lucas - whose enthusiasm was just second to none. 

Jordan Brown experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 15 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 44:13 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techimmersive

Utopia is the sister room of Dystopia and is a complete 180 both in theming and puzzle approach. If you love tech, screens and buttons, you will love this room. Not my favourite room but some clever puzzles and all tech worked well (a miracle in itself!). Similar to all the other rooms, there was no ambient music - very strange.

Karen Peers experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 3 Time taken: 28 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivestory-drivenvery easy
🤘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautiful
Adam Bravery expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 21 Sep 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48:39 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-tech

Cool idea to play with Dystopia. First puzzle stumped us for a while but the end of the game was pleasantly non-linear. Theming was good

Escapetopus experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 04/08/2018 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!

A slick futuristic room, although we did have a niggle with one of the puzzles not quite working properly. 

Reviews by escape room review sites

Utopia is the sister game to Dystopia, its complement and its inverse. Where Dystopia’s decor is urban decay, Utopia is all sleekly gleaming computer panels; where Dystopia's puzzles tend more to the physical, Utopia's use touch-panels and screens and electronics.

Your mission is to pass the tests that will allow you entrance to the elite enclosed community of Utopia - though your motives for doing so may depend on whether you've just emerged from Dystopia or not. The over-arching plot advance...

A pair of games that were both enjoyable experiences, but which really came into their own when played back to back. Break out of Dystopia before discovering the truth behind the perfect society of Utopia.
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to live a world like in the movie ‘Divergent’, then you need to play both Utopia and Dystopia, back-to-back.
Utopia and Dystopia are two different games, but we’re covering them in the same article. I’m not sure that’s wise, because, they’re very, very different. But they are connected: both figuratively and literally. Figuratively, they share the same universe and form two parts of the same story. Literally, you can play both games together and certain things in one can game can influence the other, turning it in to a competitive event. I also believe it’s possible to play both games back-to-back, coming right out of one and into another, but that’s somewhat dependent on there not being anyone in the other game!

A challenging logical room that requires a lot of mental input but very enjoyable.

We played Dystopia and Utopia back-to-back. Alone this is another good game, but played as a sequel to Dystopia it adds a whole other layer to the development of the story.

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