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Adam Bravery experienced reviewed Mr Copplestone's Curiosity Shoppe by Escape Quest:
Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 29 Jun 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 30 Time Echo Crystals Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersiveintensequite difficult

Fantastic game with non-stop action and superb puzzles. Set design was spot on and our host Elaine was super friendly and gave helpful nudges when needed. Perhaps wish it was less padlock heavy but generally you knew which puzzle related to which padlock and all the puzzles were great fun, clever, and well signposted. Otherwise can't fault the room; it's amazing and absolutely worth playing. 

🔐James Bloodworth expert reviewed Time Travel by Escape Rooms King's Lynn:
Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 25 Jun 2022 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingfamily friendly

It always nice to see a concept that is different to the norm and this certainly qualifies.  This is effectively 3 escape rooms in 1 giant room with a central plot to tie it all together.  The idea is you have a large group (6-12) and you can move between each room.  We tackled this as a party of 3 and we completed in just under 2 hours, we each took on a room and when one of us got stuck we would change rooms and move to help each other and so on.  At its maximum it would be tight to have more than 2-3 people in each of the rooms (particularly one as there is a lot of stuff to move round) and each room is actually trickier than they initially look (I’d say the Wild West room being the hardest of the three).  There’s a lot of puzzles and it’s worth booking the double slots to try and do all of it as a smaller team.  Our clues were once again delivered by a tablet and our GM, Linda, clued us effectively and at just the right time.

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Ladylusiphur reviewed A Dalek Awakens by Escape Hunt Birmingham:
Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 56 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenbroken techquite difficult

I've read through the bad reviews of this room and can only say I guess different things appeal to different people. 

We booked this one not expecting a huge amount, we're big Doctor Who fans, but found 'Worlds Collide' in Leeds to be one of the least enjoyable rooms we've ever done.  (They were charging significantly more than an average room when it first opened, and it was just a pretty standard set-up with a couple of Doctor Who props thrown in. We expected more)

This one was very small, but the decor and soundtrack really helped to set the scene and keep the story going. They've made it quite high-intensity by having occasional moments where you have to stop what you're doing due to a 'threat', so it keeps the adrenaline up. 

Others have said some puzzles didn't make sense, we didn't find this to be the case. We only needed one or two hints throughout, and managed to work out the answers to the majority of puzzles from the information given. Some are logic based, some are more physical. If you can't work something out, just re-read the information, it's all there. 

The major let-down is the upkeep, it does need a bit of an overhaul. When we went a piece of one puzzle was missing (presumed stolen), and others looked like they needed some general repairs. New gloves would be good, and securing some of the floor pieces, as I tripped over some floor tiles. (It appeared that the floor tiles might be part of a puzzle, but they weren't so could just be glued down properly) 

I think because we weren't expecting much we enjoyed it more, but it's a nice little game for a couple. I agree it wouldn't be suitable for bigger groups, but 2-3 is perfect. 

roberts0502 rated The Missing by Escapism Chester: Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 2 Jun 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivecreepy

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matt_keds experienced rated Séance by Enigma Rooms Wakefield: Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 26 Jun 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 44:44 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenintense👻scary

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Escape Enthusiast experienced reviewed The Watcher by Xscream Escapes:
Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 25 Jun 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 49 mins
originalstory-drivenintense🧟terrifying

Quite possibly the best horror game i've ever played. The concept behind the room and plays quite a heavy role in your progression. There are some shocking twists and turns and the puzzles have a nice flow to them. 

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abooth expert reviewed Dr Watson's Office by Escape Live Liverpool:
Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
Played: 4 Jun 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 49 Outcome: Successful escape!

This room is 'ok' in the grand scheme of things, but some parts of it are just absolutely unnecessarily difficult, and you don't need to solve everything before you can escape.

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Ladylusiphur reviewed Secret of the Leopard People by Kanyu Escape:
Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersiveillogicalquite difficult

I believe we were the first members of the public to try Secret of the Leopard People when it first opened, and I somewhat regret that. It'd be nice to wipe my brain and try again once (hopefully) some of the minor issues we had are ironed out. 

Firstly, it looks gorgeous. Clearly a LOT of money has gone into this room, and it's paid off. It's one of the best looking escape rooms we've done in a long time, with plenty of lovely puzzles to explore. The theme is exquisite. Often these kinds of rooms look very tacky, not so here, it mostly looks authentic.

The room doesn't have any written clues, and while this was fine at first, as the game wore on some of the visual clues weren't quite as successful. It wasn't always clear what we had to do, and some games had similar symbols so working out what related to which puzzle was confusing on a couple of occasions. I could sense the GM becoming a little frustrated with us, but I suspect as more people play the game they'll spot if it was just our brains at fault or if they can add things to make it all a bit clearer. 

One bit of the room wasn't quite set right, and reset itself during the came which confused us, as I wasn't sure if we'd triggered something. I think it was just a door going back to where it should have been all along though. Similarly, we accidentally triggered something in the latter stage which completed something far too early. Again, it's a learning process and that will hopefully be worked on to make it impossible for future teams to do that. 

I think after the game has settled in and the team can tweak any issues it'll be one of the best, it just needs a tiny bit of work. (That may have happened already, it's been open a couple of months now) 

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