by Escape Entertainment London (website)
George Yard, EC3V 9DH
2-6 players
60 minutes
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based on ratings from 9 users
combined with 4 pro reviews
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We did not get on in this room. From the off, it had my back up by combining the breaking of two rules of escape rooms as the very first "puzzle." It didn't get a lot better. There aren't a lot of puzzles in this room, and for whatever reason, we found them very hard. A couple were just difficult, and that's fair enough, but others required leaps of logic that were not signposted well at all.
Also, reading through the other reviews for this gameβand my thoughts while we were playing itβI noticed that some of the puzzles in this room have been stripped down/changed. I have no idea if it would have improved our experience had the originals been in place. The decor in some places was extremely worn.
We only just managed to get out (although I had doubts we really did), and I was too grumpy to stay for the photo opp at the end.
I don't recommend it for enthusiasts at all.
It was a fun room with decent puzzles, but be wary if you have bad knees. It required a lot of sitting on the floor and crouching, which I struggled with, causing us to run over by 2 minutes. They let us finish the room because we were so close. A few pretty cool puzzles, although one was a little janky. As a couple doing this room, the waiting area and initial briefing felt very corporate-focused, but the room didn't.
Theming: 7/10
Puzzles: 8/10
GM: 6/10
Value: 7.5/10
Fun: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
Amazing venue with lovely staff, very fun photo opp at the end of your game too! Room had some good puzzles, nice mixture, some nice touches.
We chose this room as a company activity as we had two teams and they had more than one room with the same theme. This added the 'competition element' and so more fun for us all...
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This room stood out for the sheer crazy number of keys involved - when you're used to getting excited over each hard-won key, it's entertaining to have such a profusion of the things.
For a heist theme I'd point players to Enigma Quests or maybe ClueTrace first, but this was a perfectly decent series of puzzles.
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Escape Entertainment is best equipped for corporate team-building days... And yeah! It makes sense. There are in fact 6 identical "Bank Heist" rooms in the building, allowing for up to 36 players to simultaneously go head to head. On the rainy Saturday morning we'd chosen, the site was deserted.