Escape Stoke: Casino Heist

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Stoke (website)

1 Piccadilly, ST1 1DB

Stoke-on-Trent

2-6 players

60 minutes

We have successfully disabled the security cameras for one hour.
Your mission? Steal as much as you can, and escape before the hour is up. The money is said to be scattered across the area guarded by a series of puzzles and riddles.
Will you escape or will greed consume you? Whatโ€™s a challenge without a little risk...?
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Rated between 2 and 2.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 12 users
combined with 8 pro reviews

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๐Ÿค˜The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Team size: 2
quite easy
Sandie Morris rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: Feb 2019 Team size: 6
Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 30 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
intense

Looking at previous reviews, we weren't sure what to expect but we were pleasantly surprised. We were told it was a challenging game, which it is in many ways but we enjoyed our time in here and liked the complex nature of some of the puzzles. The concept is a good one, with an added element that helps you understand how far you are through the game.

Our hosts were incredibly nice and a pleasure to chat to afterwards.

TheLosersClub rated this:Rated between 10 and 10 out of 5
Played: 9 Oct 2019 Team size: 3 Outcome: Failed ๐Ÿ™
illogicalplainunoriginalvery difficult

We dont like to bad mouth rooms however this room was terrible. None of the puzzles made sense and one of the final puzzles had absolutely no logic involved.

We ended up sat down for 20 minutes. We did it a while ago and hopefully they will of changed a few things.

If not its definitely a room to avoid

The set design is boring and plain, the props are all outdated

Katherine Gordon rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
Arjay Henshall expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: Team size: 2 Time taken: 58 Outcome: Successful escape!
Dani Rose Forder expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 23 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56.30 Outcome: Successful escape!
quite difficult

This was probably my favourite out of the games we played at Escape Ipswich, though still some flaws.

Set design was nice, i donโ€™t think the concept of the gameplay was explained all that well before we entered which hindered us slightly. My partner was obsessed with one puzzle for 90% of the game as he couldnt solve it (heโ€™s big into casino games and i didnt really follow the normal rules/terminology of the game in real life which made it way more confusing than it needed to be). I solved everything else in the game whilst he was focussed on that, so itโ€™s certainly not a game that requires a large group of people. 

The game started with a hint on the screen saying you may need to use some codes again so to leave them on the locks (never seen this before, would maybe have been better if you had something to write down on). 

I enjoyed some of the puzzles, and the feel of the room. Being punished on your total money at the end for the amount of clues you have is slightly annoying but didnt bother me all that much, but i know that it would for a lot of other people. 

Mighty Oaks experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 5 Feb 2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 27:43 (Vault) Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersive
kman expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 09 Dec 2016 Team size: 5 Time taken: 52m 00s Outcome: Successful escape!
Shane Craig Gausden experienced rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
Outcome: Failed ๐Ÿ™

I didn't like the idea of not escaping, part of the room felt more of a old pub not a casino. I would like to point out that you can't complete the room. 

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A game packed full of uninspiring puzzles, a couple of which required some leaps of logic that overstepped the mark for me. You'll get close to a full hour's entertainment but I left feeling the game could have been so much more.
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