Tag Archives: immersive

Escape in Time: Secret Studio

London, Oct 2016

This room was a cut above the rest from the moment we arrived. Set up and run by enthusiasts from an actual film studio, the props and theming were outstanding and the room has a couple of moments in particular that really stand out.

One puzzle was … (more)

Exit Room: KGB

Tallinn, Jun 2016

The enthusiastic staff acting for the lead-in to this one was great, and definitely bumps it up a notch; it was also free of the frustrations I encountered in the other rooms from this company. Definitely my favourite of the three.(more)

Enter the Oubliette: Escape from New Pelagia

London, Mar 2016

It is a tragedy that this room had to close after losing their venue, since it was probably my most highly recommended escape room – fingers crossed they manage to re-open somewhere else.

The immersion and attention to detail was at a whole differen… (more)

Handmade Mysteries: Lady Chastity’s Reserve

London, Aug 2015

Instead of trying to escape, you’re trying to retrieve a bottle of wine; while that makes little practical difference, it’s nice to vary the genre a little. The room is one of the physically smallest I’ve done, though we had a team of five and it fel… (more)

Hell in a Cell

Bristol, Nov 2016

Hell in a Cell is a room for a large team, and makes heavy use of darkness and atmospherics. The puzzles would be mostly pretty easy in a brightly lit room… but they’re mostly pretty easy anyway, because the staff push you hard in the right directi… (more)

Trapped In A Room With A Zombie

London, Feb 2015

This is, of course, a rather different kind of escape room. Avoiding the zombie, and distracting the zombie so that you can access objects in the far side of the room, becomes as much of a focus as the puzzles themselves.

The zombie himself was outs… (more)