Escape Hunt Manchester: The Last Vikings

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Hunt Manchester (website)

Corn Exchange, Exchange Square, M4 3TR

Manchester

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Your Viking clan sits unprotected from the wrath of the Ice Giants. Only the Norse gods can save you now.
Step into a legendary age of gods and monsters, where your peaceful Viking village is being threatened by an invasion of spine-chilling Ice Giants.
With your warriors away you don’t stand a chance in a fight, so in desperation you journey to the banqueting hall of the gods to throw yourself on their mercy and beg for help.
But when you enter your heart sinks – Thor, Loki and the other Norse gods are nowhere to be seen. With just one hour before the Ice Giants destroy your village, can you work together to summon the gods and gain their protection?
Take too long and the Vikings will be no more.
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Overall rating

Rated between 2.5 and 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 30 users
combined with 3 pro reviews

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πŸ”SpontaneousIllusion expert rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalbroken tech
🀘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
illogicaloverpricedunoriginal
Scotus0 expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 01/02/2020 Team size: 5 Time taken: 50:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

A Victorious Viking Venture!
This marked my first visit to Escape Hunt: I was saving it for when I had a big group coming to keep costs down.
Story
Summon the Norse gods for their protection against the Ice Giants who are on their way to destroy your village. NB: I really like this storyline: simple, creative and adventuresome with a clear goal!

Puzzles
We were all stumped at first- the first puzzle must have taken us ten minutes- but with a couple of hints, we then powered through. There were one or two occasions where it was almost a tad too unclear what needed to be done. However, it seemed to gradually get easier: we made light work of the final tasks. The puzzles were entirely (and appropriately) practical, making it the most hands-on room I’ve ever done so far. Vikings wouldn’t have been involved with number-crunching or word games! The game was very linear, perhaps too much so for a group of 5. We were all often huddled around the same thing, so I'd recommend a smaller group for this one.

Mise-en-scene
The room was thoughtfully decked out like a Viking cabin. There were β€˜proper’ props e.g. metal helmets, furniture and tools to appreciate. A lack of traditional number locks in favour of other means of progressing fitted in nicely with the Nordic setting.

Final Comments
We broke out with ten minutes to spare. This room scores highly in all three of my sub-categories!

StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 02/02/2019 Team size: 4 Time taken: 44:23 Outcome: Successful escape!
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 23/12/18
MerseyMarauders expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingoverpriced
Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Team size: 2
great hosting
Hege Egeberg rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
🦑cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Richard Holtby rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 2019 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

I always go to escape room chains with a bit of apprehension as those usually don't offer that sense of uniqueness or discovered hidden gem that you can find in local escape rooms. But Escape Hunt Liverpool offers a real warm welcome and immersive atmosphere that Liverpool Breakout or Birkenhead Clue HQ lack. First of all, the Albert Dock location is really cosy and you feel welcome straight when you pass the door. Our host Jenny was everything you want for in a host: friendly, warm, funny, best friend material and theatrical from the introduction to the escape. She was a bit clue-heavy despite our request for no clues but she kept in character throughout with all clues given in a tone suggesting that a god was speaking to us, or a story narrator was guiding our steps; that really was a + point for the immersion. The room itself was a perfect example of how to maximise the space, a perfect proof that you don't need a massive room to do an effective escape game. There was absolutely no padlocks throughout the game, only a couple of keylocks but even then those were offering more than the chance to open a box as they were instead unlocking a new puzzle to solve. The atmosphere was really accurate, no heavy action movie soundtrack but instead a more ambiency and sound effects background that really fitted the room. The puzzles were smart and hands on, and the story was well respected. The Last Vikings is taking you on a journey! The room itself is quite small and with a bunch of clues we escaped in 45 minutes so I would not recommend it for more than 4 players as it can feel a bit linear at times (but in a good way as it serves the story). It was a real pleasure and refreshing to escape from this adventure. The Last Vikings is a great addition to the rooms available in Liverpool. You should definitely give it a go if you are around. I'm looking forwards to try their other rooms in the near future!

MightyMidds experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
TeamHawley experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

The Viking theme was really well done and we particularly enjoyed the physical elements to this game.

abooth expert rated this:Rated between 10 and 10 out of 5
Played: 5 Mar 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalunoriginal

Absolutely baffled this has so many high ratings - I'd say it's the worst of my 85 games. Poor theming, illogical puzzles, we had to rely on clues far too much which suggests a lack of signposting, half of it is broken and shoddy. Nah.

AubreyB expert rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
broken techoverpriced
We were in Reading where there are so many great games, but we couldn't get into any of them.  Despite our misgivings we thought we'd give another Escape Hunt game a try - after all, it couldn't be that bad, could it?  It was.So many broken props and puzzles.  So many gaps where it was obvious something should have been there. A GM who didn't keep up with play.
Sam Carr experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautiful
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 30/06/2023 Team size: 6 Time taken: 55:40 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-drivenepicquite difficult
abunai expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Schteeeve experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersive
MerseyMarauders expert rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Team size: 3
cleverpoor hosting
Emma Macedo experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 5th November 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 53:29
immersivestory-drivenfamily friendly
roberts0502 experienced rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Played: 3 Feb 2023 Team size: 3 Time taken: 39"29 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicaloverpriceddated
2For1 experienced rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 31 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59:59 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenbroken tech
Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 10 and 10 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalbroken techoverpricedquite easy
We got off to a bad start when we arrived 15 mins before our game time but weren’t shown to our room until 15 mins after our start time. Our GM appeared to turn up late then had to go and prepare our room. Once inside puzzles were illogical, tech was broken and we felt stuck continuously. Not enjoyable in the slightest and for experienced players this felt like an overpriced game with very little in the way of puzzles and lacked any flow leaving us extremely frustrated at every turn. 
Lindsey Carey (Dinner Jackets) expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 27 Jul 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 30:02
story-drivenpoor hostingquite easy

Decent room but hosting at Exeter left something to be desired. Visited the Central Birmingham branch the day before this and the difference was striking. We got out of the room in 30 minutes and the response from the host (a different one to when we went in) was β€˜Your time is 30:02 but we’re out of time cards. Was your locker number 1?’ We were left to sort out our own photo and leave. The game itself was fine, a couple of glitchy bits but it really was the (lack of) hosting which let it down. Rating is for the game.

JoeRaymond experienced rated this:Rated between 10 and 10 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Failed πŸ™
illogicalbroken techpoor hostingquite easy

Failed to get out because the GM kept missing what we had put where in the room. Utter shambles of a room (and GM).

ShellH experienced rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalbroken techpoor hosting
Seven Of Diamonds experienced rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Played: 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogical
Claire Stephens rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: Team size: Time taken:

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