amywoof

Was really disappointed by this game. There were multiple locked boxes and padlocks that never came into play, not sure if they were red herrings, if the room had been poorly reset or we only got to play half the room. The first puzzle as you enter the room was frustrating as the only clue found turned out to be a red herring and never came back into play. It would’ve benefited from more narrative elements as more than once we found a three digit code and just had to try on all available locks until it worked, would’ve been more satisfying if we knew which lock we were trying to tackle - especially as not all locks were opened by the end. 

It felt like they had simplified the game as we were a team of two, which is disappointing as we paid £60 for half an experience. The host was very quick to give us clues, but unfortunately the clues were just a plain text solution to the puzzle- except for one clue which seemed to be for a puzzle we never had to solve. 

All in all we left a bit deflated and felt like we’d wasted our money. 

The host was lovely but the game was very bad. We paid £99 for the experience and it only took half an hour, we were not trying to be quick. A few ‘misdirects’ (puzzles with no solution to throw you off). Too many padlocks requiring 4 digit codes, not enough variety. The host had to activate some releases, including one where we just had to tell the host the answer to a riddle, which didn’t really work narratively. When boxes released there was no springing open/other indication of the door being released- you  had to pull on the door (which we didn’t try too hard as we didn’t want to use undue force). The puzzles weren’t satisfying to complete. The final puzzle required coal collected from previous puzzles throughout the room but there was seemingly no mechanical purpose for it so it wasn’t a satisfying conclusion. We didn’t even need to use all the coal collected. Overall we were really disappointed and feel very ripped off. We bought it for a birthday event and it provided 30 mins entertainment. We’ve done quite a few escape rooms before but we’re not very good at them, we usually take the full hour. 

A completely cynical cash grab with clearly no desire to design a fun or challenging escape room. Would not recommend.