PániQ-Szoba: Chernobyl

By | July 24, 2022

by PániQ-Szoba (website)

Budapest, Mária u. 19

Budapest

2-8 players

Languages: EN, HU

60 minutes

At Paniq Room you have the chance to prevent the biggest catastrophies the world has ever seen. The only way to do that is by using time travel. In 1986 the no. 4 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has exploded, releasing toxic fumes into the air. You have a chance to save hundreds of people and prevent the reactor from exploding! You will only have 60 minutes!

In memory of those who suffered from this tragedy. With this room we would like to honor the victims of Chernobyl.

This escape room was called Armageddon and used to belong to TRAP. The tasks and codes remain the same.
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Rated 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 20 users
combined with 4 pro reviews

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Riot Games rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techimmersivequite difficult😨creepy
Szépen kivitelezett, nagyon menő dizájnnal. Még nem játszottam ezzel a szobával a TRAP-ban, így nem tudok nyilatkozni semmilyen témával kapcsolatban, ami megváltozott. Zoli (úgy gondolom) remek házigazda volt, rendkívül kedves, és pontosan annyi segítséget nyújtott, amennyi szükséges volt. A zajszűrő fejhallgatók kellemes meglepetésnek számítottak. Néhány izgalmas pillanat és érdekes technológiai megoldás! Szép folyamatosság, nem túl lineáris. Alig várom, hogy visszatérjek, és kipróbáljam a Saw-t, amit a házigazda ajánlott.
Beautifully executed with a very cool design. I hadn’t played this room prior to its move from TRAP so cannot comment on anything theming wise that has been changed. Zoli (I think) was a great host, super kind and gave us just enough help. The noise cancelling headphones were a lovely touch. Some exciting moments and an interesting use of tech! Nice flow and not too linear. I’m looking forward to going back and trying Saw which the host recommended. 
ozle rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 6 Oct 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 37
cleververy easy

Very easy for 4, feels quite dated.

Nice hosts though

LolainHollywood experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
teishab rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Failed 🙁
value for moneyclevergreat hostingquite difficult

It was my first escape rooms experience but really enjoyed it. There was much arguing in our group about the importance of the fan! Sadly we didn't succeed but it was great fun!

🌵Juliette B expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 20 Apr 2024 Team size: 6 Time taken: 45:40 Outcome: Successful escape!
plainquite easy
Admittedly, I wouldn't have chosen this game myself but our 9 year old now has the ER bug and decided she wanted to do an ER for her birthday party and this fitted the requirements. Essentially - they all had a great time, they were all new to ERs bar our child, and the GM did a good job with some gentle clueing although we also provided some hands off guidance from within the room. I wouldn't recommend it for enthusiast groups - the space is a little spartan and worn down, and it is a bit light on puzzles (even factoring in the above, we finished in 45 minutes) plus the ending comes as a bit of a surprise and could use some more build up. If you need to take some newbies to play somewhere, they will still have fun (but if at this venue, I'd choose Mayan Temple over the other games). 
A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
🤘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2
2 Bodies 8 Minds rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 7 Jan 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivengreat hostingquite difficult😨creepy
Incredible room, the theme and attention to detail crafting the room is brilliant. Host was a pleasure, Burt. Only issue we found was at the start, a video tells you to ignore a lock on a desk, it must be full of electrics for the room, but it made us discount that desk draws entirely, turns out we needed to open the draw next to this one! Brilliant room though, suspect some will find it very challenging but it flowed well for our team and we had a great time, already planning our next weekend away back here to do a few of their rooms it was that good!
MaliceInWonderland rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Jen experienced rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
Played: 7 Aug 2023 Team size: 5 Time taken: 31.53 Outcome: Successful escape!
broken techpoor hosting

I was disappointed with the whole experience here to be honest, seeing as I’d heard quite positive things about this venue. The welcome was poor, three hosts sat behind a desk on their phones. Part of the game wasn't working and when we asked if it should be doing something, we weren't really helped. The themeing was good but there was no really excitement when we successfully escaped. With 3 children in tow, the lack of fanfare just made us feel quite flat. The hosting really let this one down.

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For some reason both the escape game venues currently open in central Cambridge use room designs from Hungarian company TRAP. I played most of the TRAP games in Budapest some years ago, but Armageddon is one of the designs that didn't exist at that time, so I happily booked in to try it when passing through town. I remembered the Budapest TRAP rooms as as solid and slick mass-market games, but then they were some of the first escape rooms I ever played, so I didn't have much to compare them to....

A strong room with impressive set design and puzzles we've not seen anywhere else.
The second room from our Cambridge double bill.
The less experienced escapers in our team found the room to be a lot of fun, but those with a few more escapes under our belt were left a little underwhelmed. There’s a nice variety of puzzles but it’s a pretty short experience and a very crowded one with seven players.

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