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Played: 28 May 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 29:07 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-driven

A reasonably new room and good fun. A bit chilly and distraction of road noise. Well themed and set out as soon as you’re inside. Really good hosting from Alfie. A few bits in here that make you think, I’d say it would be difficult for younger members. We broke the room record but honestly we made a few mistakes - I’d set the challenge that I think it’s achievable in 15 mins if a team is on it from the second they go in!

Played: 28 May 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 39:51 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnystory-drivenfamily friendlyquite easy

This was a fun feel good room suitable for all the family with plenty young players would be able to join it with. It won’t be up there with my best games ever but we really enjoyed and glad we did it. Hosting from Alfie was superb 

Played: 12 May 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingfamily friendlyquite easy
A good, fun escape room. Really nicely themed and great hosting. This wasn’t really a hard game although some bits made us feel like idiots getting confused and taking a while to work it out! A fun feel good game suitable for all the family
Played: 12 May 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
quite easy
This wasn’t really difficult although there’s a few bits in it where you have to properly stop and think. We loved the fact that everything was right there in front of us, no searching. A couple of minor tech issues where things opened before they were supposed to but it didn’t detract too much. We all came out smiling. Of the three ‘games’ they currently have there this is the best of them all
Played: 12 May 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivengreat hostingmagicalquite difficult
This was a really tough game. Some of the puzzles we flew through but some of them although very simple were actually very difficult. Hosting was fantastic and the set is well designed. Don’t be fooled by the theme - I think young children would really struggle in here. For me it was perhaps a tiny bit too long - perhaps simplifying a tiny bit and reducing to 60 mins. But definitely a good game 
Played: 12 May 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techstory-drivenbroken techquite difficult
I would have scored this much higher if it weren’t for the broken tech which really took away the sense of accomplishment and thus the enjoyment. We really enjoyed working out who the traitor was. There were some great bits we’d not come across before. We were getting right into the second half of the game but then all of a sudden the tech then took us onto the final ‘puzzle’ which was the end of the room. We hadn’t finished solving two previous puzzles. We walked out of the room thinking we’d failed and not really sure what had happened. We were told it was the first time this has happened and that we would have only taken a few minutes longer but it really took away from the experience. We still enjoyed but I think we would have loved
Played: 12 May 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendlypoor hosting
I selected poor hosting because it’s not hosted. You are given an iPad to obtain clues from. This often doesn’t give you the right sort of nudge or just tells you what you’ve already worked out. Eventually it’s work it out yourself or it just gives you the answer so not as satisfying a game as it could be. Other than that it’s OK as a game. All based in one room, not really difficult and basic puzzles
Played: 6 May 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 51:47 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivennoisyquite difficult
A brilliant room. We absolutely loved it. So glad we found it and fitted it in on our day to London. Our host Nadia was lovely, really thorough and easy to follow. The game followed its theming and storyline throughout. We knew from before we were sent in exactly what we needed to achieve, we just didn’t know how to achieve that. It’s definitely a game that really makes you think which we like because it’s so much more satisfying when you complete it. There was one part where we really didn’t know where to start but after a quick clue to set us off everything flowed really well. I think the only negatives I would give are that the background music is louder than it needs to be which makes it harder to communicate amongst the team but more importantly harder for everyone to hear what’s being said on the walkie talkie
Played: 28 Apr 2024 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivengreat hostingquite difficult
We had high expectations for this but left feeling flat. The theming/set is fantastic. Hosting is really good, although the intro is perhaps longer than it needs to be and had lost us a bit. This wasn’t so much a game of finding and solving. Personally we felt it would be more suited to a team of 2 as often there was nothing for the rest to do. The first half of the game was better than the second. And the end we found a bit of an anti-climax
Played: 5 Apr 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 42:53 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingfamily friendly
Very mixed feelings on this room. It’s the newest room by the amazing clue cracker team. We love their games. Whilst this game was fun we feel it’s probably the weakest of their four games. It didn’t give that real adrenaline hit and sense of satisfaction afterwards that their first two do and doesn’t have the same sense of fun that the jungle themed one does. Hosting, as always was fantastic and really helps make this a positive game. Theming is brilliant, the first room being our favourite. Sadly the following rooms weren’t quite up there with it. It seemed a little illogical at times  and too much of it where we were more confused than challenged. Don’t get me wrong, we enjoyed the room and glad we did it, just not quite up to expectations 
Played: 5 Apr 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 49:24 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenintensequite difficult
Fantastic! We love the way the clue cracker team make their rooms. This is up there with the best ones we’ve done and is just as good as their jail break room. The story flows really well from start to finish, set is brilliant. Great hosting as always from this team. There is lots to do here which we like and is really well thought out. Anyone who loves a more difficult immersive game I highly recommend this and jail break. We’re gutted we’ve now completed all of this companies games … please make some more!!
Played: 1 Apr 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 37 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendly
This is billed as an escape game rather than an escape room. We’ve done a couple in different places that were all in one room which we preferred. That said there’s plenty to do and it’s only partially linear so different people can do different things. There was one bit which we knew what we needed to do but couldn’t do it and even at the end the lady said she couldn’t do it either! You don’t have a host watching over you, you’re taken to a room and introduced, then left to get on with it. There’s a tv screen with a mouse where the different puzzles are shown and you can click for clues which progressively give more information and eventually just tell you the answer - this makes it too easy and tempting for some to give up and not fully try. Some really good bits, some clever bits, some very basic and some mighty frustrating! Quite mathematical. Glad we went though 
Played: 1 Apr 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 41 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techcleverimmersivequite difficult
We didn’t really know what to expect with this game but chose it because it was closing soon. SO glad we did. Sometimes we’re a bit disappointed with games but we all left buzzing from this one. There were times we really had to stop and think and either weren’t sure what to do or how to do it. Clues are given in a way I’ve not seen before which we quite liked. Having done a fair few games now there were ‘tasks’ in here the likes of which we’ve never seen before, puzzles to really get is puzzled and a twist the likes of which we’d never imagined until it happened. It was the first time I’ve seen one member of our party really start to panic that we wouldn’t succeed. If you can get there before it closes you won’t regret it
Played: 30 Mar 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 46.06 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techstory-driven😨creepy
We were expecting amazing things from this room having done the Atlantis room on this site. Whilst it was still a very good room it wasn’t a patch on Atlantis and left me feeling a bit disappointed afterwards. The story can be a bit confusing at times. There’s no voice that comes into the room, the host enters multiple times which detracts from the overall experience.  It didn’t feel like there was as much to do in this room as there is in many others. Worth doing but not as amazing as I’d expected
Played: 17 Feb 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 46.46 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivengreat hosting
We loved this room! Very reminiscent of jungle run with a bit of crystal maze thrown in! The theming is on point and the hosting fantastic. They’ve got a great team. All well thought out and the game flows. Hosting was just great company and fun and we completed it without the need for any clues. Every one of us really enjoyed it. There’s plenty to do and you don’t have to do most things in a set order
Played: 17 Feb 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 57.02 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivengreat hostingquite difficult
Theming is on point throughout this game. Hosting fantastic and hilarious (thank you Quinn). There is so much to do in this game. There were 3 of us and we thought we were doing quite well but it was still very tight for time at the end. It’s definitely a game where you need to think! We each had a moment of feeling stupid for silly mistakes but that made it all the better! A great game and we can’t wait to do more here
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneystory-drivenfamily friendlyquite easy
Great fun and well done. A small space but lots packed in it. Can’t wait for the next one
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalbroken techunoriginalquite difficult
This was over complicated and confusing! Things didn’t work or opened when they shouldn’t have. Lost the will to live at one point. Kids enjoyed it, adults enjoyed parts but were glad to be out. There wasn’t enough for multiple people to be doing and some of it was very random
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverstory-driven
We really enjoyed it. Small aside, there’s one bit very early on where you need to look through something to progress - we were all too short!
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenoverpricedvery difficult
Some bits were confusing. One bit we knew exactly what we needed to do, but took forever to do it and were becoming frustrated because we couldn’t reach! Only just made it out! We all had fun
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenoverpricedquite difficult
Brilliant hosting. The odd bit that was more confusing than most but on the whole a great room which we really enjoyed
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivengreat hostingintensequite difficult
We did one and two back to back. A great way of doing it but with just 4 of us we really were worn out! Theming continues between the two. Candyland 1 could benefit from 90 mins instead of 60. We definitely had brain ache by the end!
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyimmersivefamily friendly
For a small space they packed so much in. Really well thought out and thoroughly enjoyable. You can choose to play as a leaderboard game or just play for fun. 
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivemagical
Fantastic. So well themed. Everything flowed. Great hosting. Highly recommended 
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
broken techpoor hostingoverpriced
Technology not working so we’d done things right but the next bit not opening. Staff not paying attention to walkie talkies. Tried to tell us we’d taken 3 times as long as we had. The worst room we’ve ever done
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnypoor hostingoverpricedquite easy
Very basic - good for those who haven’t done rooms before. Have to wait between sections while they’re resetting from the team before
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techstory-drivengreat hostingquite difficult
Absolutely fantastic. One of the best we’ve done. The effort and detail is immense