by Vire at Stonham Barns (website)
Stonham Barns, Pettaugh Rd, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket IP14 6AT
2-7 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
The temperature is rising on the nuclear core …. You have one hour to find and solve the clues before an unthinkable catastrophe unfolds. Can you stop a nuclear explosion that will obliterate everything for centuries to come?
Do you have what it takes? Failure is not an option.
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Good concept with iffy execution. Puzzles felt a bit disjointed and, for me at least, red herrings are a big no no.
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!!
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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...
See also
- Escape If You Dare: Nuclear Countdown (Bishop's Stortford) (closed)
- Aylesbury Escape Rooms: Nuclear Countdown (Aylesbury) (closed)
- Vire Zone Remote Escapes: Nuclear Countdown (remote livestream) (not available)