Escapologic: Heistakes

By | January 16, 2021

by Escapologic (website)

21 Castle Gate, NG1 7AQ

Up to 5 players

Team of 2: ยฃ60.00
Team of 4: ยฃ70.00

Languages: EN

๐Ÿ“นremote avatar
not on sale

After a daring bank heist goes incredibly wrong, can you finish the job?

Five very different criminals were brought together to accomplish the impossible, break into the high security vault underneath Scelus Bank and steal whatever is inside. The operation did not go according to plan and the five have found themselves in police custody, on the run or even worse, dead!

Were they set up by the mysterious leader known as Xander and if so, to what end?

Now is your chance to assemble a crack team of your fellow criminals and take on the most heart stopping heist in history. Will you crack under the intense pressure or will you escape before the police turn up? Heistakes is our seventh room here at Escapologic Nottingham. Using an actual vault as the setting makes Heistakes one of the most realistic and immersive heist themed rooms in the country.

With the help of two anonymous hackers your task is to finish the job before the authorities return, the clock is ticking and youโ€™re running out of time!

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based on ratings from 34 users
combined with 10 pro reviews

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Darren Miller expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 5 Jul 2021 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
quite easy

Fun room, but on the easy side.  Host was great, but camera work was quite jerky at times.

๐Ÿ”James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 06/01/2021 Team size: 5 Time taken: 46:58 Outcome: Successful escape!
The second offering from Escapologic offers another well themed, taught and initially bewildering experience.  Another outstanding room, theming is on point and some thoughtful puzzles, highly recommended.  AV was Zoom/Telescape and was excellent throughout.  One hint: read everything.  Twice.
๐Ÿฆกcipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5

The second online offering from Escapologic and it does not disappoint. You join the action mid-heist and you're there to get your operative out with your 'acquisition' from the super secretive vault.

The room design and built is slick and impressive with some great interactive props, but its the attention to detail that shines here, the narrative has been worked so that the more you progress the less you need the inventory. From the integration of  the telescape as a plot point to the finale where your team will be collectively holding their breath in the final seconds, this is a wonderful adventure with puzzles what are excellently themed. If you're an Escapologic fan then look out for the many Easter Eggs  hidden in plain sight.

Ed (our operative) did a great job not to lead the team to the next clue item (so many hosts don't even realise they're turning to the lock/keypad/prob before their team tells them to). This allowed us to explore and discover everything ourselves and all get to experience those "aha" moments. 

Charly expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!

Good room with some surprising aspects we haven't seen in other rooms. Had us thinking ๐Ÿ™‚

msilcox expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: Feb. 27, 2021 Team size: 3 Time taken: 55 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!

Really excellent room--the set is exceptionally immersive, with lots of clever elements that we've never seen before.  Very good use of the inventory to provide materials that allows team members to split off and work on particular elements separately.  Our GM was excellent--he gave us some subtle nudges when needed but, they were well thought out to still let us figure out the key parts of puzzles ourselves.  A unique scenario too--not one we've seen before in the games that have been successfully converted for online play.  Strongly recommended!

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
magicalbacons expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 41:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingquite easy

Fun game. The set is well built and looks great. The puzzles are fun and well themed to the setting. The Telescape inventory was well used to deliver crucial information during the game. 

We finished the game with 20 mins remaining and found the game ended quite abruptly (I know this is a part of the experience) , we are relatively experienced players but we were expecting a more challenging experience. 

Perhaps it was just us, but our ending video appeared to cut out midway through and we were left wondering if there was more to come or if the game had ended. 

All in all, our avatar was wonderful, he followed our directions perfectly and played along with our more ludicrous suggestions, making for an overall entertaining, if not a slightly underwhelming experience. 

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
liam and rosie experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2
Brian experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Escapologic has built quite the reputation for quality games and (Iโ€™m sad to say) I havenโ€™t played them all even though I live in Nottingham. Escapologic arrived late last year to the world of remote escape rooms with a conversion of their very first room, Contraption. I played that and thoroughly enjoyed the experience and eagerly signed up for their second conversion, it was time to rob a bank in Heistakes!
Thanks to the adapted gameplay and story, this game translated really well to the online world. Escapologic are perfectionists and that shows in everything they do. Itโ€™s great to have more UK based avatar games coming online, this would be a good choice if youโ€™re looking for a fun avatar game.
This was definitely our favorite out of the two remote escape room experiences ESCAPOLOGIC currently have running online. They are new to the online world but definitely catching up quickly to the veterans out there. The avatar Ed did a great job guiding us through the room and the game flow was great throughout. We ended up having 14 minutes and 21 seconds left. I guess it does look like our team is better than yours huh?
Read the full, detailed review at EscapeMattster.com โฌŠ

A bank heist is one of the classic escape room themes, and Heistakes is Escapologic's take on the genre. The venue aims for immersion and realism, and they start that off with something impressive and highly theme-appropriate, that I haven't seen used in any other UK escape room.

The plot is that you are 'team B', attempting to complete the heist that a prior 'team A' failed, with help from a 'team C' of hackers who provide computer-based support, hacking into the bank's systems and communicat...

A game with plenty of impressive moments - cool centrepieces, fun puzzles and an interesting storyline - but tempered by a frustrating finale and failing tech.
This is a fun room, but due to how linear it is and the lack of puzzles we probably wouldnโ€™t advise it for large teams, especially if those teams are experienced. Itโ€™s definitely a room to give a go though as it is visually impressive.
A dramatic and theatrical game with clever technology, great theming and an engaging storyline. A really excellent game.

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