by Escape One Algarve (website)
Edifício Pátio Da Rocha, Escritório 5, Rua Das Ânforas, Praia Da Rocha, 8500-325
2-6 players
£17.00pp €20.00pp
Languages: EN, PO
60 minutes
On the grounds of your school there is a dilapidated old building. It’s never used, and you often wonder why it’s there. A faded sign on the wall says ‘Project Cyborg’. What could it have been used for, years ago?
One day, you are helping the teacher to clean out some cupboards, and you find an old key. It has a tag with an enigmatic symbol: An eye in a cog. This must be the key to that interesting old building!
And now, you’ve assembled your team. You’re ready to stand in front of that door and finally turn the key. What secrets could be hidden inside?
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For us this was a great experience! The end puzzle had a lot of math in it (adding and subtracting many many times - nothing complicated) and it can be a bit tedious, but we are math people, so it didn't bother us.
We did have a few "that is really cool" moments in this one. One with shadows and one with latin. That is not saying too much, I think. We really liked some of the decorations - they were a bit geeky. Fun.
We took 2 hours on this in a team of two. We did feel that a bit of signposting pointing out when a puzzle was not yet relevant would have been nice. There was great signposting in some places, but because some elements gave you a lot of information that could be read in a lot of ways, this wasted a bit of time for us.
Even using 2 hours we felt that getting out was too early. Ready for more.
The inventory was visible when looking at a puzzle and worked well (This game is built on telescape). We did have a bit of lagging problems, but that might just be our computer, since it only affected one player. Otherwise the tech worked well.
Recommended!
Literally the mathiest mathscape room I have ever encountered. Got to the point where everyone on the Zoom would laugh out loud when we uncovered a new puzzle and it was inevitably more math. It was...functional, so one and a half stars. But the puzzles were repetitive and process-heavy, the math was tedious, and we were pretty much checked out by the time we finished. Twenty pounds is a bold amount of money to ask for this.
DEFINITELY LOTS OF BRAIN TEASERS AND INTERESTING PUZZLES.
KEPT US ON OUR TOES. THANKS A MILL. KEITH & BEA.
Really good fun and it definitely made us think and work together. Once we got used to the set up we thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thoroughly enjoyed the experience! It took a little getting used to, to figure out how to input the answers, but once we did, it was a great experience! So glad I was able to play this game without having to get on a plane! Thank you!
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There were a few cleverly designed puzzle that we thoroughly enjoyed. We love puzzles, so this game was right up our alley!
See also
- Escape One Algarve: The Laboratory (remote livestream) (not available)
- Escape One Algarve: The Laboratory (online digital) (not available)
- Escape One Algarve: The Laboratory (Portimão)