Tag Archives: atmospheric

Adventox: Alcatraz: No Way Out

London, Apr 2017

Rated between 2.5 and 3.5 out of 5
It really lifts a game when the physical location has been decorated with care and skill. When the designers have put in the work to include clever, creative ideas that not only go beyond just ‘solve a puzzle to get the code for a padlock’ but also s… (more)

FunEscape: Lost Girl

Warsaw, Mar 2017

Rated between 2 and 3 out of 5
This room started with great promise. After an interesting initial setup in the first room, I was very disappointed with the remainder.
They had gone for a dark room, which can be done very well; this wasn’t. At least two of the torches weren’t pow… (more)

Quest Hunt: Space Odyssey

Warsaw, Mar 2017

Rated between 4 and 4.5 out of 5
This is Quest Hunt’s most challenging room. It starts off with an amusing introduction video which set the scene well.
This was the fourth space themed game I’ve done. It had some lovely puzzles and in particular a nice feature in the middle of the … (more)

Team Exit: Spy at the President’s

Warsaw, Mar 2017

Rated 3.5 out of 5
Billed as Team Exit’s harder game, it started and ended strongly, but had weak points through the middle. The briefing (pay attention!) instructs you to deactivate the lasers in the room, which give a very impressive atmospheric start; similarly the … (more)

Escapers: Tomb of the Dragon

Warsaw, Mar 2017

Rated 4 out of 5
Poland has a very established directory / rating site for escape rooms, and (at time of writing) Tomb of the Dragon holds the coveted number one spot in their list. For that reason we made the journey out to play it, even though it’s quite a long way… (more)