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Played: 12 Jan 2025Team size: 4Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingintense😨creepy
Looking back, was I too harsh on "The Cabin"? I've been talking for a while about the games in the UK needing to change their design paradigm and looking back I think Cabin did that without me realising it. When I played the Cabin it was part of a large group so I missed chunks of the game, would I have rated it higher?
Anyway, this is about the Basement, the sequel to that game. Once again you are up against a serial killer and his evil machinations. The theming and set design is once again superb and really does lift the bar for games like this. Like the Cabin, there is a live actor interaction and again this is where I begin to see the European influence. The interaction is very different to how most UK games would do it and it really enhances the game, some people will feel awkward talking but others will embrace it. The Actor was great throughout and responded well to our randomness. The Puzzles are all in keeping with the overall theme and don't feel out of place.
If I'm honest (and I try to be) I think Cabin was a slightly better game but this is still very much worth your while (and would make an amazing game to play one after the other).
Unsolved are quietly raising the bar with this series of games and should be applauded for it, I'm only sorry I didn't see it until now. I can't wait to see what Part 3 looks like.
Chapter 2 is also very immersive, has a communicative integration of acting and a large number of versatile puzzles. Charlotte and Bradley took a lot of time afterwards and were excellent hosts!
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Played: 5 May 2024Team size: 2Time taken: 65Outcome: Successful escape!
Amazing hosts and well presented. The sets were very well designed. So many puzzles but added to the tension. The hosts were fantastic. Can’t recomend this company enough. Done both chapters and hopefully they are Working on a 3rd
Played: 29 Dec 2023Team size: 2Time taken: 31:10Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingintense😨creepy
Great fun, even though it had a live actor they fully adds another level to the experience and they don't come anywhere near you (just saying). Really good puzzles, lot's to do, great signposting. Great GM (and actors). We recommend doing The Cabin and The Basement on the same day. p.s. There's a nice little cafe at the bottom of the hill.
Team size: 3Time taken: 32Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivestory-driven😨creepy
I absolutely loved this game, even more so than the previous chapter The Cabin. The concept is similarly but somehow felt more chilling here. All of the puzzles were linked brilliantly to the narrative and gave a sense of dread as to what was to come as you solved them. Lots of fun and I can’t wait for chapter 3!
Played: 6 Jan 2024Team size: 3Time taken: 32:00Outcome: Successful escape!
immersiveintense👻scary
Oh wow. Awesome. Fantastic decoration and a suitably creepy follow on to cabin! Amazing amount and variety of puzzles, and some genuine shocks! Can't wait for chapter 3 now!
We loved the The Cabin and we were super excited for the second chapter. We were not disappointed! Another fantastic setting with great puzzles and flow! We did both The Cabin and The Basement with 2 of us but there's enough to challenge a bigger group. The staff are amazing and so welcoming and the venue is great. A must do for every escape room enthusiast! Both are in our top 5 and we have done plenty in the UK and abroad!
This was a really good follow up to The Cabin, even if it didn't quite reach the heights of that room.
I think the puzzles are great in this one, probably better in some respects than The Cabin's and certainly lots more here to do, hence why we only just made it out!
The theming is great but not as striking as The Cabin, and I enjoyed the ending quite a lot, except from the final puzzle which is certainly not as memorable as The Cabin's!
I note that it's probably unfair to compare this to The Cabin, and that I've referred to it 5 times now... Therefore I will say that this a fantastic room when judged on it's own accord, with some great puzzles and an engaging and immersive narrative.
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