Escape Leicester: Area 51

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Leicester (website)

3rd Floor, Horsefair House, Horsefair Street, LE1 5BP

Leicester

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closed
Do you and your team have what it takes to break the codes, find the clues, solve the puzzles and escape the room with the secret of Area 51 before your 60 minutes runs out?
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Rated 3.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 24 users
combined with 5 pro reviews

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🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 11/12/2022 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techgreat hosting

This is a sci-fi room with no padlocks or other types of physical locks, progress is made by opening keypad locked doors or using RFID equipped objects.  We found it difficult to start before we found our flow and it's quite easy to overthink some of the problems.  Host was excellently on point and gave us a nudge when we needed it.  The story didn't quite make sense and it felt like a story for a different game but this was good fun.

Tatticorn rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 50.01 Outcome: Successful escape!
Ollie C rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 12 May 2017 Team size: 5 Time taken: 58 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalplainvery difficult

When booking the name at first made it sound very interesting. However once inside it was very plain and it was mostly white walls and a LOT of padlocks. Some of the puzzles were tough and there was a few moments where we were unsure where to move onto next as the puzzles didn't flow together very well. There was also no confirmation that you had escaped. We finished a puzzle and spent a while wondering what we had to do next before realising the exit door had unlocked and we could push it open.

Matthew Canner rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
James Van Der Hoorn rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 7/2/17 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Not as good as the other room, and one of the first I've played, but seem to remember it being pretty decent still.

🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 2017 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!

I was a bit disappointed by Area 51 which was way less atmospheric that the others with low decorations and a very high difficulty. But the room has been changed to Legacy which is worth the visit!

livharvey rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyhi-techcleverquite difficult😨creepy
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Playing on a separate occasion, I'd agree with those comments, although I'd add in a note of appreciation for the game having more than one room, good puzzle variety, skilful and entertaining hosts, and a refreshing lack of frustration points - generally whenever you've solved a puzzle, it's clear that you've done so.

Compared to the Casino room I did at the same venue immediately beforehand, the game structure is more linear and the content somewhat easier. Experienced teams will find it easy ...

A decently themed game which was generally enjoyable but was badly let down by a flawed puzzle and a broken lock.
Escape London invite you to travel back in time to a top-secret, 1950s laboratory investigating other-worldly happenings in Roswell. Those little grey folk look friendly...
Highly linear, lots of different and new kinds of puzzles to enjoy in a sci-fi themed adventure. Accessible for beginners.

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