Locked In A Room London: Parallax

By | March 20, 2019

by Locked In A Room London (website)

ExCeL London, 1 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Docks, E16 1XL

East London

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closed
5 copies
Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for details
The time-travelling super genius, Professor Pottenger has been kidnapped by unknown assailants! The assailants hideout has been located but questions still remainโ€ฆ Where is Pottenger? Who kidnapped him? Who do they work for? Enter their hideout and obtain the vital intelligence needed to unearth this peculiar mystery, before itโ€™s too late!
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Rated 0 out of 5

based on ratings from 19 users
combined with 2 pro reviews

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Player reviews

Laura Knight expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 16 Oct 2024 Team size: 2

Perfectly good game. A couple of clues left us a little confused even after we solved them. Would recommend for beginners and team building sessions. 

SupertrampEcho experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 5 Sep 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 40 Outcome: Successful escape!
DopamineDino rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 25 Feb 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 59:27 Outcome: Successful escape!
Izy Rhodes experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
story-driven
We had a nice time in this room. Some good puzzles that I still remember today. Story was the focus which was nice and we enjoyed the setting too. 
madhatter rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenoverpricedvery difficult
Some bits were confusing. One bit we knew exactly what we needed to do, but took forever to do it and were becoming frustrated because we couldnโ€™t reach! Only just made it out! We all had fun
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 1 and 1 out of 5
JoeRaymond experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Laura Knight expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
TeamDenton experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 5 Time taken: 39 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-driven

This was a nice room - well themed and with a range of puzzles. Some of our team hadnโ€™t played an ER before but are big video game players so had no problem with the puzzle solving elements. There was one puzzle that seemed to require long arms but maybe we missed something to make it easier? Overall good fun! 

Mark Jackson experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 9 Oct 2022 Team size: 5 Time taken: 56 Outcome: Successful escape!

Solid room. Nothing ground breaking but a solid play. Lots of combinations.

SupertrampEcho experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenintenseepic
Philip & Gemma rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 18 Nov 2017 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingenjoyableplain

We won't waste your time rewording something that already exists, as Toby in the EtR pro review below has hit the nail on the head.
Puzzles made sense, theming nothing to write home about, enthusiastic hosts.

Jasmine Barrett rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-driven
Sam Carr experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivenquite difficult
abunai expert rated this:Rated between 1.5 and 1.5 out of 5
Richard Gauger rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 7 Jul 2021 Team size: 4 Time taken: 60 Outcome: Failed ๐Ÿ™
originalcleverquite difficult

Great staff and a great puzzle!  Took too long on one of the tasks, resulting in timing out.  Would recommend this more for experienced "escapers" who know what too look for (I was the only first-timer on our team).  Great fun and would definitely recommend.

Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Emily Milton rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Brian experienced rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

Reviews by escape room review sites

In enthusiast discussions, Locked In A Room is a company that rarely gets mentioned, and for good reason: enthusiasts are absolutely not their target audience. Their high-capacity branches with multiple copies of each game room are set up above all for corporate outings, and their games fall into that middle ground where they're not notably atrocious nor sufficiently high quality to stand out.

Parallax was the third of their rooms I'd tried, and it followed the style of their others: a strictly...

Parallax is a perfectly acceptable game, but I wouldnโ€™t necessarily  recommend enthusiasts playing it at Center Parcs simply due to the price

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