Compendium Escape Rooms: UI-55

What can I say other than WOW!

What a room, like nothing I'd ever played before.

The place is huge and there are puzzles everywhere. From the minute you walk in you are in for a treat.

Trying to avoid spoilers but the key system is unique, brilliant and infuriating at the same time (in a good way).

Whatever your team size there are enough puzzles and space to split up and do different things. But at the same time its possible to do collect everything with a team of 2 adults and an 8 year old.

The ending is so fun and frantic and a nod to a 90s TV classic. Definitely one of my favourite games ever

The Laboratory and Bedlam are some of my highest-rated games, so I came back to Compendium with friends to tackle Wrong Turn followed by this one.

Story

Board the U-boat to retrieve Britain’s stolen fortunes.

Puzzles

Since this is a collection-based challenge, the large selection of puzzles can all be solved from the start. Split up and solve! From enigma codes to torpedo firing, they are all on theme.

Mise en scene

The dedicated craftsmanship and attention to detail makes every aspect of this jaw-droppingly big room so believably submarine-themed. It’s vast, it’s grey and it’s nautical. A triumph!

Final Comments

We collected all 52 bags and escaped in a near record-breaking time. Take a large team!

Missed 4 puzzles, but got all of the available loot

First collection game we played and we fell in love with the concept and it will always stick with us as it was our first

We managed all to get all of the tokens in the hour as a 2, but the method of collecting the keys was annoyingly time consuming as it required 1 person to stand at a machine for the majority of the time. This meant one of us didn't get to see everything. For large teams though, this wouldn't be a problem. 

One of the best collection games I have played. The content fitted very well into the theme of the game and a decent size team would easily play this room without getting in each others way. It was just fun trying to complete the puzzles and the whole set was very well presented with some good use of tech and basic puzzles to fit everyone. Highly recommend to anyone who likes collection style games as this is one of the best available in my opinion.

What a game! Huge, full to the brim with puzzles. Kept us busy for the entire time but we completed the full game which we are proud of as a two! Highly recommend brilliant game!