Tag Archives: atmospheric

CTRL ALT ESC: Spacescape

Margate, Jul 2018

CTRL ALT ESC’s second game takes you into space, on a mission to a planet called Dirt. Naturally the mission does not go smoothly, and you need to make an emergency escape from your failing spaceship.

Spacescape is an ambitious game with some intere… (more)

Escape London: Escape The Seven Seas

London, Jul 2018

The UK’s largest escape room franchise has been busy this year, with new branches popping up across the country. In London they’ve added a branch in Shadwell to the existing one in West London to double the number of games on offer. Seven Seas is one… (more)

Sherlocked Homes: The Cursed Willy

Athens, Jun 2018

It’s 1719 and you’re hunting a secret tune which is rumoured to grant all who hear it eternal life. Willie the pirate stole it from some natives (who cursed him), and no-one since has come back from his lair alive. Whilst searching for the tune the … (more)

Teorema: Atlantis

Sofia, May 2018

When researching games to play in Sofia and when chatting to local owners, more than once I heard Atlantis described as the best game in the city, stated not as a personal opinion but as an uncontroversial fact. The justification for that became clea… (more)

Dextrophobia: vol. 2

Sofia, May 2018

This curiously named game is second in a series that currently numbers three in total, each in a different location in Sofia; I chose to play the second one because that was the one I’d noticed recommendations for. Despite the implied continuity, Dex… (more)

Escape Arena: The Last Adventure of Indiana Jones

Bucharest, May 2018

By what I can only assume is a curious coincidence, every time I’ve played an escape game hosted in a pub it’s turned out well. (And no, I don’t drink before playing games, so it’s not because of the reviewer equivalent of beer goggles!) Perhaps less… (more)

Trapped: The Black Pearl

Bucharest, May 2018

I think I’m yet to see a pirate-themed game that didn’t look impressive, and Trapped’s game is no exception, with a black wood aesthetic and deliberately creaky floorboards. In fact, the main way in which it doesn’t resemble the inside of a galleon i… (more)

Locked Up: Chernobyl Reactor 4

Bucharest, May 2018

When people say escape games these days are increasingly experience-led, Chernobyl is a great example of what they’re talking about. While it’s as filled with puzzles as any other escape game (and more so than most, since this is a 75 minute game), t… (more)

Inside Rooms: Cabin in the Woods

Bucharest, May 2018

You’d think that we, collectively as a culture, would had seen enough slasher movies to know not to approach the creepy old cabin deep in the woods, no matter how lost we might be – but that’s what you’ve done, and good thing too, because in this ins… (more)

Inside Rooms: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Bucharest, May 2018

Market take-up in the UK having very clearly indicated an enthusiasm for Harry Potter as an escape room theme, games set in Wizard Schools have proliferated around the UK, tip-toeing around the line of IP infringement. Over in Romania there’s little … (more)