Live Escape Salisbury: SPECTRE

by Live Escape Salisbury (website)

49C Castle Street, SP1 3SP

Salisbury

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

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At what was thought to be an abandoned facility in the heart of Salisbury, there's been movement.

People have been caught on camera coming and going carrying scientific equipment and classified files.

This facility, Station Athena, was once one of the UK's leading research stations belonging to the RESPECT Foundation. Said to be focussing on genetics and human development they went from being at the forefront of many scientific breakthroughs in their field to completely silent.

No one has heard from or seen any of the RESPECT scientists from the station. Their families have also disappeared.

Has there been a cover up? Was the RESPECT Foundation hurriedly closed down? Where are those involved and what is happening at the once deserted Station Athena?

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LR experienced rated this:

Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivestory-driven

I liked the immediate immersion in the story that was worked even in into the briefing mechanism.

Stevie Davies expert rated this:

Played: May 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 40 something Outcome: Successful escape!

hi-techclevergreat hosting

TheCLAMS expert rated this:

Played: 6 Aug 2023 Team size: 5 Time taken: ~44 mins Outcome: Successful escape!

ratsontour expert rated this:

Played: 25 May 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:51 Outcome: Successful escape!

originalgreat hosting

Adam Bravery expert rated this:

Played: 23 Feb 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 41:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

good puzzles

Can tell this is an old game but a lot of the ideas in here were quite advanced for when this was built. Enjoyed a lot of the puzzles, but others felt a bit odd and required a fair bit of searching. Theming was simultaneously good yet plain. The story and ideas behind the game were good and the finale puzzle was cool, but other bits felt quite tired. The GM/owner Claire was lovely however and provided the perfect amount of help. We had fun in here, and would love to see the ideas in it modernised or refreshed

SpectrumAnalysis rated this:

Played: 24 Jun 2022 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

RR_Duo+ experienced rated this:

Played: 2020-10-31 00:00:00 Team size: 2 Time taken: 60 mins Outcome: Successful escape!

imrahil experienced rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

quite difficult

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Sabrina (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:

Played: 25 Feb 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 43:55 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Hidden away through a doorway and up a small staircase, Live Escape don't have the most prominent entrance - and if you're planning a visit, note that they're currently only open Friday through Sunday.

The game welcomes you as experimental subjects for a benevolent organisation called RESPECT... and proceeds from there. This is a nicely phased game with different styles of play at different points, with some good hands-on physical tasks and then impressive tech elsewhere.

From the start the ga...

A great game that pulls together an intriguing story, a broad range of logical puzzles and beautiful props.

People often visit Salisbury due to the proximity of some ‘large standing rocks’, but ditch the rocks and make Live Escape your destination, you won’t regret it

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Live Escape Salisbury has perhaps the most comprehensive briefing email I’ve ever seen, for reasons that soon become apparent. It’s pretty amusing, with lines like “don’t turn up drunk – you’ll just get frustrated that you can’t get past the first puzzle, and we will mess with the heating, the clock and your mind,” though one in particular stood out during our play in March 2018: “there is no need to climb on/through anything.

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