Vire Zone Remote Escapes: Nuclear Countdown

3-10 players

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A freak thunderstorm has struck an abandoned nuclear laboratory and activated an old nuclear countdown computer. You have 60 minutes to find the clues and disarm the codes before World War III. Will you succeed?

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reviewed as a physical escape room in Aylesbury

Mia Rabone experienced rated this:

Team size: 4 Outcome: Failed 🙁

illogicalpoor hostingunoriginalquite easy

It was a few years a go that I played this - so it could have changed. Really terrible experience. The worst host I've ever had. Poor puzzles, poor theming. Avoid!!

reviewed as a physical escape room in Aylesbury

Kieren experienced rated this:

Played: 28 May 2019 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48 Outcome: Successful escape!

illogicalpoor hosting

reviewed as a physical escape room in Stonham Aspel

Anonymous rated this:

Played: 15 Jan 2022 Team size: 52 Time taken: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

illogicalquite difficult

Good concept with iffy execution. Puzzles felt a bit disjointed and, for me at least, red herrings are a big no no.

reviewed as a physical escape room in Bishop's Stortford

Jose Adrian experienced rated this:

Played: Team size: 2 Time taken: Outcome: Successful escape!

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Escape rooms are only one of the attractions on offer at Vire - they also provide VR gaming in a variety of flavours, nerf gun battles, and a café. On the occasion we visited they were also hosting a birthday party for thirty hyperactive 8 year olds complete with conjuring show, giving a surreal juxtaposition between children’s songs on one side of a curtain and imminent nuclear Armageddon on the other.

That was another unusual feature of the venue (one which was explained in the briefing, so t...