Breakout Manchester: Virus

By | March 20, 2019

by Breakout Manchester (website)

14a Brazennose Street, M2 6LW

Manchester

2-5 players

60 minutes

closed
Can you slow down the outbreak and find the cure? You only have 60 minutes to do so or the fate of mankind may be in jeopardy. Virus was our 2nd room to open in Breakout Manchester. It has some great, unique and ingenious puzzles that makes the room very special indeed.
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Overall rating

Rated between 2 and 3 out of 5

based on ratings from 9 users
combined with 2 pro reviews

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Player reviews

Hailstone experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 2
story-drivenillogicalunoriginalquite difficult
TwoSummits rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 1 Mar 2017 Team size: 4 Time taken: 42mins Outcome: Successful escape!
quite easy
MerseyMarauders expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalplainquite easy
SpookyEm rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
unoriginalquite easy
Adam S experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 27 Sep 2014 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
Played: 24/04/15
Scotus0 expert rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
Played: 11/12/2017 Team size: 2 Time taken: 60:00 Outcome: Failed πŸ™

Vexed by Virus

When I found out this room had closed, I was very pleased!

Story

Uncover the work of a group of scientists who have succumbed to the virus that has broken out all over the world, retrieve the antivirus and save humankind. It was your typical find-the-antidote-cure-the-world story.

Puzzles

Unfortunately, we ran into a couple of equipment-related problems. When we had one 'article' to find, it eventually became apparent that it was physically inaccessible. After spending ages frantically searching, we were simply given the answer in order to progress and had an extra five minutes added to our time. There later came a point where one of the 'puzzles' involved watching two egg-timers. This was very time-consuming (in a place where every second counts!), frustrating and, well, tedious. Even if we did break out, I felt like we’d had too many hints to warrant a well-deserved victory.

Mise-en-scène

It felt run down compared to the rest of Breakout’s rooms. The props and surroundings were not mind-blowing, and there was an abundance of red herrings.

Final Comments

We got about three quarters of the way through the room before running out of time. Due to the aforementioned issues, this was (and probably still is) the worst room I’ve ever played.

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
Played: Team size: 2 Time taken: Outcome: Failed πŸ™

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Outside the room It's been a long time since I've headed into the centre of Manchester, and I didn't really know what to expect. What I certainly didn't expect to be paying nine pounds for two hours of parking. I thought things were meant to be cheap up North!?! In fairness, Breakout Manchester is located right in
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