Clue HQ Swindon: Bunker 38

By | March 20, 2019
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by Clue HQ Swindon (website)

Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Whitehill Way, SN5 7DN

Swindon

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

You’ve been living in an underground bunker for years due to a radiation leak. Now you’ve been given the all clear, but you’re locked in and oxygen levels are running low! With only 60 minutes of breathable air left, will you be able to escape in time?
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based on ratings from 34 users
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LR experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 4
unoriginalquite easy

Pretty much the whole of this game was just trying codes over and over in different padlocks until you matched the right ones. No particularly memorable elements to this game but it was an ok play.

Izy Rhodes experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
One of the first ones I played. Is quite fun, as usual ClueHQ are very family friendly and this makes for a nice day out.Not too difficult and had some fun aspects. Nothing overly memorable though.
TheCLAMS expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
poor hosting
Kates experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendlyplainunoriginalvery easy

I think our main gripe with this one is it never felt particularly immersive and we zipped through it really quickly despite being only a pair having done 4/5 rooms each.  Whilst all elements worked just fine, the hosting wasn't memorable and puzzles weren't particularly varied. I imagine it might be a good "first room" for some folks, but having been treated to some excellent escape rooms in the local area it pales in comparison!

Sam Carr experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 6 Outcome: Successful escape!

Not for big groups

spbc expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 9 Apr 2019 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
unoriginalrepetitive
AJ’s expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 26 Jan 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48:15 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalbroken techoverpriced
Parts of the game were broken and didn’t really follow much of a logic pattern! Disappointing! 
The Kate Escapes rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 29 Dec 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 45:35
originalpoor hosting

Quite padlock heavy, I counted around 18/19, some basic ideas the introduce the concept of escape rooms, seemed a little tired too.

knoh39 experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfamily friendlyquite difficult
Webbcam rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 6 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting
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Outside the room I've been well aware of Clue HQ for a long time, partly because of their reputation of providing hard rooms, and partly because they first opened in Warrington, where I grew up. In fact, were it not for that reputation of providing tough rooms, I'd almost certainly have visited on a previous family
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8.5 / 10
We visited this Clue HQ franchise at the Secret Nuclear Bunker in Brentwood. What a great place for a Nuclear Bunker themed escape room! The staff were friendly and there was the usual health and safety briefings.
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reviewed in Warrington

This was the first room we did at Clue HQ Brentwood, and it left me feeling a little flat, was it a bad room? No, but it didn't fill me with joy either. The look of the room was OK, not spectacular, but it fit the bill, there were a couple of puzzles or hiding spots that I did not enjoy, one of which goes against what you are told in every other escape room, and therefore went unnoticed for some time. There were some positives, the theming was pretty good, and there were a few good puzzles, so, not too bad and still worth a visit at the right price, and if you are going to complete multiple rooms. 

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