Can You Escape: Operation H.E.R.O.

Semi-Super-Sleuthing

Can You Escape? offers a tidy 20% discount for students. I came to play H.E.R.O with another two newbies: the Game Operator was lively and did a good job of getting us into the room’s plot.

Story

Free a group of fellow superheroes captured by evil mastermind Möbius before they disappear forever.

Puzzles

This is not your conventional escape room: rather than working out codes and finding keys, there are a series of challenges scattered about the room that must be completed. In this sense, it’s much more like The Crystal Maze, and the tasks are therefore very practical. Some were fairly fun, but a few struck me as basic.

Mise-en-scène

I can accept it was a superhero hideout or whatever as it was dimly light and hi-tech-looking. The capes we were given to wear was a nice touch.

Final Comments

We ran out time on the final challenge- sad! Since my friends were both first-timers, if I’d have known this wasn’t a traditional type of escape room, I would have picked another one as I personally prefer those. I also think that they walked away with the wrong impression of what escape rooms actually are.