The Adventure Is Real: Agent Venture: The Heist

By | May 23, 2020

by The Adventure Is Real (website)

4-5 players

£56.00

Languages: EN

🎧actor / audio
not on sale

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Review by Wei-Hwa Huang expert

Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 5/28 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

Not an avatar in a real room, but a very competent actor talking over audio, taking on different roles and voices when necessary.  The players all have different roles, which means that you have information that's given only to you, in the form of a giant Google Drive data dump.  You can communicate anything to other other players, of course, but there's so much to do that you'll barely have enough time to find what you need to finish the mission, let alone tell everything to the other players.

The separate roles and the frenetic pace elevates this above all the "control an avatar in a real room" experiences, assuming you can handle the time pressure and the need for everyone to be active.  The other rooms usually have enough flexibility to allow a player to be passive and let the others play the game.  Here, you can't afford that.

It's possible the game even has replay value.  We're interested in finding out.

One (hopefully spoiler-avoiding) note -- even if you fail, stick around.  Your booking is for an hour, and there's definitely content to be had even after the timer buzzes.

Wei-Hwa Huang has played 156 games - see all ratings and reviews

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