Author Archives: escapethereview

Edaqa’s Room: Prototype

Online, Jul 2020

Rated 3.5 out of 5
The premise of Prototype is that while applying for a job at an escape room company you get stuck in their room… meaning that yes, this is a (digital) escape room where the goal is to escape from the escape room.
This is a digital point-n-click ga… (more)

The Escape Game: Hanna Unlocked

Online, Jul 2020

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
The gradual increase of escape experiences that are based on official IP franchises is I guess a welcome sign of how increasingly well-known and mainstream the hobby is, and the lack of geographic restrictions makes plY-from-home games even better su… (more)

Agent Venture: Cyborg Island

Online, Aug 2020

Rated 4.5 out of 5
In the grand tradition of sequels, Agent Venture’s second game is everything their first one was, but more so. Where the first had you infiltrating a building, this time round your target is the island where the bad guy is building his cyborg army. T… (more)

Agent Venture: The Heist

Online, Jul 2020

Rated 4 out of 5
Even though the term has broadened recently to include a whole variety of online experiences, I wouldn’t call Agent Venture an escape room. It uses some of the same skills, and will appeal to a great many of those who like escape rooms, but it’s a di… (more)

Live Escape Salisbury: POD

Online, Aug 2020

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
Firstly, note that at time of writing POD is due to close as a remote play game in a week or so, so if you want to catch it you’ll need to move swiftly. I was in fact in two minds about whether to play it, since I believe it’s going to be adapted int… (more)