by Escape Newcastle (website)
15 Princess Sq, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ER
2-6 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
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based on ratings from 13 users
combined with 1 pro review
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This is a break-in, not a break out. The building itself is an old bank and you're literally breaking into the former vault - nice twist.
We struggled with a couple of puzzles at the start, but this was us being thick rather than the room letting us down in any way. As I recall, we escaped in the nick of time, but we could have been faster if we had thought about it more.
The room was a little basic in design and looked like it had been done on a bit of a budget, compared to their other rooms, but we still enjoyed it and importantly: escaped.
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Really good and original concept, less an escape more a break-in. The last lock was fiddly meaning we thought we had the code wrong.. it may have been an issue on our end ๐
Great fun throughout anyway.
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A fairly easy one for us, but still good fun.
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Well paced game with plenty of puzzles in the vault to keep you busy for the full hour.
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