Tick Tock Unlock Leeds: The Hatch

6-7 Park Row, Leeds LS1 1NX

3-6 players

60 minutes

closed

Congratulations! You have just won once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Island. You will love it so much, you wouldn’t want to leave … or be able to. Even if you found your way back, the world that you left behind would never be the same.

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Brit Of An Escape Habit blogger rated this:

Anonymous rated this:

Played: Team size: 6 Time taken: Outcome: Successful escape!

reviewed in Manchester

Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:

Played: 13/02/16

reviewed in Manchester

Scotus0 expert rated this:

Played: 21/06/2018 Team size: 3 Time taken: ~55:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

Lost the Plot

This was another trial-run I did with other new recruits when I was working for Tick Tock.

Story

Having survived a plane crash, reunite with your group and disable an electromagnet device to prevent your memories being wiped. Lost meets Memento, maybe? The set-up didn't really line up with the ultimate goal.

Puzzles

Although there wasn't an awful lot, we still had enough to be getting on with. Teamwork was crucial in the first part. The final puzzle took a lot of time and effort, and the components it used was very clever.

Mise-en-scène

The 'jungle' was lacklustre; a couple of the items inside were random, if not out of place. The electromagnet area was drab.

Final Comments

If the story isn't strong enough, it just seems like you've been thrown into a room to solve a few brainteasers and hopefully have a good time. Meh.

Reviews by escape room review sites

The Hatch is set on a mysterious tropical island, but to avoid disappointment players should be careful to temper their expectations as far as the set is concerned: the decorations don't go much beyond some plastic foliage, and certainly don't add up to an illusion of a distant beach. Expect an escape room with some light theming rather than a Hollywood set or an immersive experience, and focus on the game content.

That game content was something of a mixed bag. An early puzzle struck us as a b...

Outside the room What do you get if you lock three escape room bloggers in a room? I fancied finding out, so I reached out to the two other people who write UK escape game review sites, ReallyFun.UK (nÃ©e QMSM) and Escape Game Addicts, and asked whether they fancied playing a game together. I really didn't expect to
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reviewed in Manchester