Breakout Chester: Dead End

By | January 30, 2022

by Breakout Chester (website)

42 Bridge Street Row, CH1 1NN

Chester

2-5 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

You are survivors of a zombie apocalypse and for many years, an elite group known as ‘The Network’ have been living in the underground, tasked with keeping the generators running and powering ‘Safe Zones’ around London. The generators have stopped working and communications with The Network have been lost. You have no choice but to form a team of volunteers and journey down to the station to investigate. Good luck, the fate of humanity is in your hands.
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Overall rating

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 17 users
combined with 2 pro reviews

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Player reviews

Scotus0 expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 13 Jul 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: ~48:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenintensequite easy😨creepy

Terror on the Tube

Dead End was recommended to me- and what an impressive game it turned out to be!

Story

Venture down to and repair the generators that are keeping London’s ‘Safe Zones’ powered during a zombie apocalypse.

Puzzles

Absorbing and practical; the solution to one was unclear but they were otherwise enjoyable.

Mise en scene

The room boasted an immersive, apocalyptic Tube station layout in which there was a suitably eerie atmosphere. Action also took place on a train carriage with great attention to detail.

Final Comments

One of my party (who has played a fair few with me) said it’s the best escape room she’s done, so kudos to Breakout Chester.

samsham experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 24 Mar 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53:19 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenintense
Chris Metcalfe experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyoriginalimmersivequite difficult
CanIHaveACluePlease rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersiveintensequite difficult😨creepy

Good game that really put us on edge. Theming was great and I enjoyed that the clues were hidden in the decoration itself. Some clever puzzles and one particularly tricky one that had me and my partner arguing. 

Really had my heart racing at the end as we completed the final puzzle and waited to see if we'd survived.

Enjoyed that there were multiple puzzles that can be completed at once meaning we could work on different things at the same time. Also loved that little bits of knowledge/tiny details that we each picked up along the way came together in the end.  

TheEscapeBoomers expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalgreat hosting

Better than BO's usual level of room, but nothing more special. 

Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 10 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50:58 Outcome: Successful escape!
original
Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
story-driven😨creepy
MartinStrong76 experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 13 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 54.35 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivequite difficult

Great theming, especially after playing the original room that used to be in that space. They have done an incredible job! The puzzles, whilst all fit the theme, some were quite challenging, and could have perhaps done with some signposting as they were a little out there? Still enjoyable non the less!

Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalgreat hosting😨creepy
pawh83 experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 45 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult
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A real LEAP up in standard for Breakout (and the Chester rooms are all very good anyways) but if this is the direction they’re taking, I’m very, very excited to see what they come up with in the future, this did not feel like a typical Breakout Franchise room, this room has the stamp of independent design on it.

What a way to start our escape room journey…

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