ClueQuest: cQ ORIGENES

By | March 20, 2019

by clueQuest - The LIVE Escape Game (website)

169-171 Caledonian Rd, London N1 0SL

+44 7798 772 382

Central London

2-6 players

Team of 2: £40.00pp
Team of 3-6: £35.00pp

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for detailsDeaf friendly - contact the venue for details

Professor BlackSheep seeks to recreate the original genetical experiment that turned him into a sheep. He has launched a cyber attack on our old mainframe in the hope of extracting secret data, along with the genetical research he's missing.

In order to stop the Professor from breaching our firewall, you and your team will have to access Mr Q's old base. The only way in, however, is to shrink down to the size of a mouse with the help of the Shrink'o'Mat.Word of caution, agents: the technology you'll be exposed to is...a bit unstable and still experimental. You'll have only 60 minutes to counteract the cyber attack and secure the mainframe before the Shrink'o'Mat's effect wears off and things get messy.

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based on ratings from 70 users
combined with 10 pro reviews

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Hennerz204 rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 9 Nov 2024 Team size: 5 Time taken: 54:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techcleverimmersivequite difficult

Some of the puzzles are really unique, that I've not seen anywhere else before. The premise was also clever with the props to match. One of the best rooms I've done

escapemynightmare rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
🔐EscapedBear experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 3 Sep 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 56:44 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techcleverquite difficult

Only one padlock? Yes! Great room, some imaginative puzzles and quite tricky in places. Nice use of tech, good theming and superb hosting. Recommended! 

DypanicDuo experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 29 Aug 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 51:47
originalquite difficult
madhatter rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 6 May 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 51:47 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivennoisyquite difficult
A brilliant room. We absolutely loved it. So glad we found it and fitted it in on our day to London. Our host Nadia was lovely, really thorough and easy to follow. The game followed its theming and storyline throughout. We knew from before we were sent in exactly what we needed to achieve, we just didn’t know how to achieve that. It’s definitely a game that really makes you think which we like because it’s so much more satisfying when you complete it. There was one part where we really didn’t know where to start but after a quick clue to set us off everything flowed really well. I think the only negatives I would give are that the background music is louder than it needs to be which makes it harder to communicate amongst the team but more importantly harder for everyone to hear what’s being said on the walkie talkie
Lise expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 8 Apr 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloverpricedfunlessquite difficult
nathgreen21 rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 8 Mar 2024 Team size: 3
hi-techbroken techpoor hosting
The room is very well designed, sadly when we entered the room there was a clear issue with the 'control' software not starting, which meant nothing we touched or did had any effect for the first 7 mins, which was rather off putting. I got the impression they thought we had not noticed the technical errors.
It felt like a share of the puzzles were overcomplicated for the sake of it. I would say there are now 'better' rooms on offer around the country. 
The use of walkie-talkes was frustrating with the rather loud soundtrack.
This isn't negative, and there were great positives just our opinion on the room!
Dan Getliffe experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 28 Feb 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58.45 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techcleververy difficult
I think this is one of the harder rooms out there (especially for 2) and maybe a little bit too hard at points. The logic makes sense, but I feel like for some things your mind wouldn’t go there without a clue, but when you do get one it seems obvious! However that aside, this is a really good room with awesome theming and attention to detail, and not a padlock in sight! Very tactile with many interactive elements, and all worked seamlessly. Very thematic tasks as well if you are paying attention! Made us feel a bit thick coming out with all the things we missed but it gave us some things to learn from. Really good fun! 
A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 13 Feb 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 54:09 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersiveepicquite difficult
Undeniably an epic room, great theming and some rather tricky puzzles. A must for any Escape Roomer.
Ratchel experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
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Reviews by escape room review sites

A new game from Cluequest is a rare and much-anticipated thing. One of the very first U.K. operators, they took the approach of running many copies of their games in parallel rather than churning out lots of different games, and when they do release something new, each time it’s easy to see that they’ve put a lot of work into making it a clear step up from the last, not just more of the same.

All their games share a secret agent theming with players being recruited for a super spy agency run by...

A game that more than lives up to clueQuest's reputation with great story, decoration and puzzles. If you're in or near London - play this game.
clueQuest is one of the oldest providers in London. They released four escape rooms and apparently upped their game significantly with each following one. The latest one is cQ Origenes, which is apparently the best escape game in London (rated #125 and #87 in TERPECA 2020 and 2019) not being far behind the best TERPECA rated UK game - Loot the Lanes. All of their rooms follow one prevailing theme, where cartoon mice and sheep are the main characters. A rather cryptic name is actually a wordplay connecting words "origins" (as story-wise this game is a prequel to the previous ones) and "genes".
This room has almost everything I look for in an escape room: beautiful set design, clever puzzles, enough narrative to drive the game forward, and just a bit of humour

We absolutely loved the concept of this room, it was so simple but designed incredibly well. We had so much fun exploring all the props and clever, special touches in the space. The props were well designed and pretty much everything really ‘worked’, meaning a great deal of exploring the room pays off, not only for progressing the story, but also for the wow-factor of discovery!

I love the concept and was very intrigued, as this is a very ambitious theme for a game – presumably they weren’t REALLY going to shrink us down…?

Easily ClueQuest’s best game, and hence the best extant game in London for me at the time of writing, I highly recommend this to anyone in or visiting London.
Another visit to clueQuest, another dastardly plan to foil. We volunteered to be shrunk to the size of our murine hero, Mr Q, to enter his old lab and counteract Professor BlackSheep's heinous cyber-attack…

cQ Origenes has been at the top of our escape room wish list for a while now, after a previous excellent visit to ClueQuest it was time to play...

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