The Escape House: Galacticus

Super cool room from Escape House that we were all keen to play following their previous room. Loved all the tech and the clever puzzles, although it definitely increased in difficulty as the room went on! A couple of puzzles were slightly unclear, but we worked it out in the end and managed to escape! Very cool theming and quality of puzzles.

Marked down a little for x2 things:

1. The use of AI (inc. the introduction videos) felt unnecessary and against the essence of the handcrafted nature of the Escape House.

2. The first impressions of the waiting room etc. isn't great. It's a cool building, but the entrance room could really do with some TLC, including a bit of a dusting on those shelves! If only they could bring the same level of theming to their entrance as they do to the games! Having visited Tulley's and seeing their (albeit much larger) entrance, I feel like some notes could be taken by EH!

All that aside, we had a great time and can't wait to play whatever their next room is.

Great room, one of the most immersive I’ve ever done, really interesting puzzles and the the tech all worked properly!

Genuinely one of the best rooms we've played. Beautifully designed with some amazing tech. There's something for everyone in this room, our kids came out buzzing.

After I played Spellbound at the Escape House in St Neots I said they had the best escape room in the country and that no one could beat it, but, it seems they can themsleves, I think they actually topped it with this one. The story, the puzzles, the attention to detail and especially the amazing set and props are superb.  Some of the puzzles used ideas I've never seen before and the each puzzle was achieveable without being too simple.  Obviously I don't want to give away any details but I'll end by saying we did a 300 mile trip to play this escape room and it was worth it. If you only play one escape room ever, play this one! 

Fantastically built, non linear but also with a clear path, love that it was 90 minutes. A brilliant variety of puzzles. Just super fun.

A very well presented room with lots of high tech puzzles and very little use of padlocks. The first room at Escape House was great but I think this does improve on their first effort and is well worth a visit as you can see the amount of work put into this.

This was astonishing in so many ways - the originality of the puzzles while remaining thematic, the technology on display here, the great use of space (no pun intended) and the brilliant set design. Definitely one of my favourites! There's so much to do but it seems well-balanced in terms of the time allowed and how much there is to get through. We only just did it without any hints! 

If I'm being picky I would probably prefer they get rid of the AI video captain (he's not used much at all, no more than a few minutes) and change it to audio only perhaps so the AI-ness is less obvious. I think escape rooms are a good fit for AI given time and budget constraints (and there was a terrible actor video at Atlantis in Broadstairs that I remember) but I don't think it fits here where everything else is so painstakingly crafted! 

All in all, we absolutely loved this and definitely worth a dedicated trip!