Unreal Room Escape: La Mina

By | January 18, 2020

by Unreal Room Escape Barcelona (website)

Carrer de Bacardí, 32, 08902

Barcelona

2-7 players

Winner of a 2020 TERPECA awardWinner of a 2019 TERPECA award90 mins

Player review

Review by Adam Bravery expert

Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 6 Dec 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 75 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalbroken tech

Another spanish TERPECA game that was disappointing. I get the sense that when first built, it was really cool and unique as the set is decent and huge, but it has not been well maintained and there were broken bits of tech and lots of wear and tear to the set. Also, there's a toilet in the middle of the game, like a totally out of theme working toilet for customer use. Just really took me out of the theme to open a door and find that. 

Mainly, it's the puzzles that were the worst offender. Most were either very straightforward and easy to solve, and lots were just illogical with poor signposting. Some were alright, but often used worn props that felt a bit naff. On one occasion, we asked the GM multiple times for help only to be ignored for a few minutes and then finally get a quite confusing hint - partly due to the language barrier I suppose. 

Honestly, the game just felt designed around set and wow moments - of which there were definitely some unique and cool moments - and puzzles just felt an afterthought and there's been little maintaining of the set. Wasn't particularly impressed, especially given its high TERPECA rankings. Just play the Pit at Escapement Margate instead

Adam Bravery has played 138 games - see all ratings and reviews

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