by Escape Reality Newcastle (website)
4 Crown St, Newcastle NSW 2300
2-6 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
In 1934, Alcatraz transformed into a maximum high-security prison housing the most infamous and dangerous criminals. Situated in the chilly waters of San Francisco Bay, no prisoner has ever successfully escaped. Alcatraz has just reached its maximum capacity for the first time in history β because of you.
You are all masters of escaping and no prison has managed to contain you. As highly skilled individuals you have been plotting your escape plan and now the time has arrived. A diversion has been caused by other inmates and the warden has sprinted off to help, leaving you in your cells unguarded. This is your prime opportunity to make your escape attempt. Can you escape before he returns and catches you?
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based on ratings from 41 users
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One player does all the work. The other just gets locked in the cell for more than half the time.
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Alcatraz is a padlock-heavy, very linear game with a tendency towards fairly numeric puzzles. A good first impression was somewhat let down by some weaknesses of the game.
First of these was a puzzle where the clue for the answer was ambiguous, giving two possible answers only one of which would work. That's a design weakness, and was entirely avoidable here. It was compounded by the context, which involved a communication element that made the ambiguity harder to detect. (While discussing the ...
Alcatraz is a well-produced room with good puzzle diversity. The overall experience is ultimately let down by the sub-par hint system, but the room itself is good quality. Iβd recommend this room for larger teams that have a few escape room victories under their belt β youβll need every brain in the room!
Time penalties were given for each clue given which is the only downside for Escape Reality, however, we escaped within the 60 minutes we were given, so I'm taking it as a win.
A good looking room, with good puzzles, this was the last of 4 for us, I thoroughly enjoyed it, we could have, and probably should have made it easier for ourselves, but despite that we got through. The iPad with time penalties for clues is probably the only downside for me.
See also
- Escape Reality Cardiff: Alcatraz (Cardiff)
- Escape Reality Coventry: Alcatraz (Coventry)
- Escape Reality Edinburgh: Alcatraz (Edinburgh)
- Escape Reality Glasgow: Alcatraz (Glasgow)
- Escape Reality Leeds: Alcatraz (Leeds)
- Escape Reality Leicester: Alcatraz (Leicester) (closed)
- Escape Reality Manchester: Alcatraz (Manchester) (closed)
- Escape Reality Birmingham: Alcatraz (Birmingham)
- Escape Reality Preston: Alcatraz (Preston)