Escape Hunt Watford: Our Finest Hour

By | May 4, 2021

by Escape Hunt Watford (website)

Watford

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

WWII. As a team of British secret agents, you know only one thing can save your country from Nazi invasion: cooperation.
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simonfinnie rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 30 Jul 2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Failed ๐Ÿ™
value for moneyfamily friendlyquite difficult

Good escape room with some really nice touches related to WWII, but we were slightly frustrated by a slightly illogical puzzle two-thirds of the way through and despite requesting assistance several times were left on our own for quite a while. The hosts outside the game were extremely friendly and professional, but unfortunately they weren't as available as we would have liked in the game itself. 

That said, we had a great time and intend to go back to play the Alice room!

MightyMidds experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Great game! 

Only flaw (as with many Escape Hunt games) was when the GM had to look/listen for us doing something to trigger the next step, rather than it being mechanical. Most of the time, this is fine, except when the GM isn't concentrating! 

There was also an instruction sheet for a puzzle that literally made no sense to us, to which the GM said 'yeah, a lot of people say that'.

Sam Carr experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting
Catherine Chamberlain rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
Played: 5 Feb 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 55 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
immersiveillogical

I was really excited to play this as I'd done other escape hunt rooms and enjoyed them. 

Unfortunately, it felt badly designed. The way the puzzles worked wasn't clear, even with instructions for some of the systems it didn't make any sense. 

Not sure if our host was very attentive. We picked up the phone once with no response. Then the second time they responded. We aren't sure if they should have the first time? 

We also had a different game master start our session and then a different one at the end. 

We weren't offered a team photo either. 

Not terribly impressed unfortunately. 

Alice Lucy rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 39:28 Outcome: Successful escape!
jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
beautifulgreat hostingpoor signpostingquite difficult

The room really felt authentic, all puzzles were fitting with the theme and felt like they were there to progress the story. A lot of the puzzles were poorly signposted meaning we weren't sure if we had successfully completed them or not. Aside from this our GM was really lovely and chatted for a while afterwards too. 

Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 24/03/18
Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautiful

This is a decent room and there is one particular element that is incredible! Lovely puzzles and a good amount of challenge that fitted in with the theme and kept the two of us occupied.

Mark Jackson experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed ๐Ÿ™
cleverstory-drivenintensequite difficult

Hard for just two players. Good story and very immersive

Emma Macedo experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 6th May 2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 57:31 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-driven
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I donโ€™t know how this version compares with the six others country-wide, but we were pleased with the staging without being blown away

Escape Hunt is a name that enthusiasts may recognise from escaping trips abroad: they have venues in more than two dozen cities around the globe. They used to have a location in London, which shut down some years ago; but they've now re-launched in three UK cities with at least another three due to open. I didn't have a hugely favourable impression of their original London location, but early feedback on their new UK games was a lot more positive, so I was pleased to make a visit to their...

A solid game but one which, for me, never really took off with temperamental tech in the middle, use of technology that looked out of place for the theme, and a finale that was a bit flat. Nothing to ruin the game but enough to take the edge off of it.

Overall, this was an outstanding escape room. If you only do one in your life, this might be a contender. If you want to do a lot and are looking for somewhere to startโ€ฆ honestly maybe donโ€™t do this one first. I have a feeling it would make any subsequent ones you do a little less engaging.

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