Unescapable Escape Rooms: Edith

This game was hyped up to me as one of the scariest escape games there is. I did not get this experience, I got lights turning off randomly for long periods of time making my team stop in our tracks as we couldn't see anything. We also kept being directed into another room to waste time it seems, throughout the game it seemed that we had been slowed down multiple times by the games master as we were completing the room too quickly. We were also told about a live actor before we came to play but they must have stopped doing that as all we got was a few random taps or bangs on the floor and I never saw this live actor in the game. overall it was a disappointment after ages of the game being hyped up to me and my team we feel we didn't get the experience everyone else had.

*POTENTIAL SPOILERS*

Now, this room has been mentioned to me a few times, as one of the most intense, scary experiences out there in terms of escape rooms. This is wrong, we got a few bits of tapping, and a lot of random darkness. This, was unfortunately, overhyped. Which, isn't the rooms fault, I appreciate. 

However, what was the rooms fault was the lack of content within it. I counted 5 locks. The puzzles we easy (I appreciate we're an experienced team, but still), we were slowed down by bits of random darkness, which I HATE, it doesn't make sense, in my opinion it is literally the host saying we're going to fast, let me turn the lights out so you have to stand around doing nothing until they come back on, thats very frustrating. 

*AGAIN SPOILERS*

There was parts of the game where we were split up from each other, but at one point, we had to leave a person handcuff and chained behind for a number of minutes, considering this person paid to be part of this experience, that seems like a waste of money on their part, even more so that the reason we were sent to a different part of the game was to go and solve a puzzle that we had already done earlier in the game, the host did try and cover this with explaining we did a few things quickly so didnt realise, but, at the same time, the puzzle they thought we needed to do, the solution was by our sacrificed friend anyway, so there was no need to go back, thus proving, it was just another, let's slow them down, type of thing. Not great. 

REALLY disappointing. I have spoken to a lot of people who said when they played it under it's original owner, it was a great experience and really creepy, and they were surprised when I said it was one of the most disappointing escape rooms i've played. 

Don't believe any hype. It seems to have been left to rot.

The puzzles weren't difficult, and a few times, we were just given items that would help us out through holes in the walls, not even something we could work out, just, heres the answer.

Real shame if im honest, and at £100, to be out in less than half an hour? Well, I felt ripped off. 

Apparently, this game isn't for the faint-hearted!  - Unfortunately we escaped too quickly to actually didn't experience this, however, we enjoyed the settings! 

Possibly not the best choice for my first ever horror room... had to tap out after 28 minutes! So creepy it was quite hard to concentrate on the puzzles in hand, a couple of jump scares - when we quit, the GM showed us round the rest of the room and explained what would have happened if we'd carried on which was really interesting, but I'm very glad we left when we did! Great use of space, lighting and sound to enhance the creepy vibe - if you love horror games, definitely do it!

This game very quickly exposed who the wimps in our team were! Had us screaming, jumping and sometimes just outright running away. But it was a fantastic laugh afterwards once our heart rates had calmed down to look back at the experience.

Immersive set and a fantastic games master who really set the scene and story for us. 

This is my favourite of all the rooms here. Immersed from start to finish. The simple use of sound created the perfect atmosphere. We were on edge constantly. 

Jump scares here and there, parts of the game definitely took me out of my comfort zone, but it was great fun!!! 

I played this a few years ago. I love horror, but I don't really get scared by anything in escape rooms. I found it very easy. We got out very quickly. 

This was terrifying (or maybe we’re just wimps)- great acting and theming throughout the experience. Some really unique moments in this room that I won’t spoil but we really enjoyed them. There was one skill based puzzle that we just couldn’t get to grips with which effected our overall time badly. Otherwise loved it. 

I think it took over an hour for our heart rates to return back to normal after this one! Because the reputation of this room precedes it, we went in with trepidation, which gave us foggy brains for even the most straightforward of puzzles but we were expertly guided by an enthusiastic games-master. The setting was simple, but unusual. I am glad we played in a pandemic so nothing could get too close but, even with this restriction, the room was definitely terrifying enough! If you like a scare, go for it! Only reason it is not 5* is because one puzzle in the first space was quite fiddly and irritating!

Especially with only two people, this room is super scary!! The spooky atmosphere gets you from the start, and then there are the jump scares...

The theming is consistently well done throughout. When we played one puzzle hadn’t been re-set properly and the key was just hanging there, which was a shame as it meant we missed out on that part of the room. Other than that, all the puzzles were effective and fitted in with the creepy-Victorian-seamstress vibe.

If you wanna be scared and you’re in the East Midlands, this room is a must!