by The Great Escape Game Leeds (website)
Atlas House, 31 King Street, LS1 2HL
2-5 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
We all have that one idiotic friend. The hopeful one ready to take a punt on being a millionaire. Sadly, this time it all failed and it’s your job to rescue them after they stupidly traded their soul for a scratch card.
It’s time to come together and conjure up the ultimate heist, or pay the ultimate price. After all, anything for your friends right?
Play ‘No Hope In Hell’, the second chapter of ‘The Devil’s Playground’. This game is the updated version of one of our most popular legacy games, now retrofitted with an updated storyline and 18 new puzzles (don’t worry, we still kept the best ones from last time!). Whether you got chance to play the original The Devil’s Playground and want to continue with this version, or whether you’re entirely new to the game, No Hope In Hell is ready to offer you chance to put your skills to the test and see how you’ll fair against the Devil himself.
You’ll have one hour to travel deep into the underbelly of hell and resurface with your sins, or forever spend an eternity at the command of Lucifer. Sounds simple right? It’s time to make your first decision of the game: will you take on this journey?
Here’s the plan: Break into hell. Trick the Devil. Save your friend!
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It was a clever concept and the puzzles were interesting. The theming is great but felt like things could have been a bit clearer in places.
Never have I been so disappointed with an escape room
For a start if you have played Devil's Playground then you are in for a nasty surprise. While it's advertised as a sequel and some nods to the original can be expected the set is a carbon copy (without a lick of paint), the flow of the game the same, some of the old puzzles are still written on the wall but no longer relevant and the first puzzle is identical with the same answer.
We got out with 15 minutes to spare but spent 10 minutes fighting broken tech on the last puzzle to be told "thats never happened before", well the same thing happened to me on the same tech on the original game 7 years ago so either I'm very unlucky, incapable of placing blocks or that's not quite true.
Puzzles had vital signposting missing and one were just subtly wrong, so subtle you weren't sure if you were missing something or the puzzle was wrong.
It was a busy corporate night and the host was very pleasant and professional but was clearly watching several rooms or just not watching as clues were generic or things we had already done.
I have fond memories of the original, not ground breaking but fun and felt a labour of love, this feels the opposite
SO immersive! I love the storyline to this one especially the set up in the beginning!
Maybe needs a prompt for when you 'arrive', so you know when it's time to open the door and get started.
We were also left wishing there was more to explore... One more area, just to elevate the ending as it ends on a flat note I feel.
I think I hyped up that incredible set piece as 'leading you' into a final room.. In light of this, the room felt a little small.
That said, theming was PHENOMINAL. Like out of Universal theme parks. Story was so immersive. Puzzles were great. Host was exceptional. It's WELL worth the trip and the care and effort in the theming alone makes me want to play more at this venue.
It was okay. They are all pretty okay here. Nothing stand out