Escape Reading: Blown Away

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Reading (website)

Queens Walk Unit5, RG17QF

Reading

3-6 players

60 minutes

Reading town center is being evacuated.
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Rated between 3 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 19 users
combined with 2 pro reviews

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JoeRaymond experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 23 Dec 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 59:10 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalgreat hostingfamily friendly

This room has two levels, one designed for 3-4 players, and the other designed for 5-6 players. We played the room as a team of 4, but on the level for 5-6. I think this level of difficulty was spot on for 4 people and we completed the room with just 50 seconds to spare.

In terms of set design, the room is nice, but not exceptional. It’s also clearly seen better days and is scuffed throughout. No major issues, though.

The puzzles are fairly unique for an escape room. There’s lots of teamwork required to do almost all of them. I enjoyed this, but some might not. The puzzles are also largely physical rather than logical. Again, some will like that and others won’t.

Overall, I enjoyed this room and would happily recommend it to others. Probably someone who is less into escape rooms and more into teamwork activities - which, to be fair, is pretty much how they advertise the room by saying that the puzzles are inspired by Crystal Maze.

Mia Rabone experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenintense

Loved this! Highly recommend. Great range of puzzles and lots of unique/original elements. 

Astrid Calway rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Outcome: Failed πŸ™
Brian experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
Kelly Archer experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Team size: 2

One of my all time favourite rooms. This requires a good dose of team work in order to solve some of the puzzles. I love the way the room is styled - the theme works brilliantly.

Spanishfleas experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Mark Jackson experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
intensequite difficult

Requires good team work to escape this one! Very immersive

Spartabantam experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 18 Feb 2020 Team size: 4 Time taken: 50:13 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivefamily friendlyteam

Definitely one of may favourite games played so far.  The puzzles and the theming go together very well, and the puzzles are non-linear meaning that everybody can do their own puzzle.  

Others involve very much working as a team, and those are the puzzles I love best.

Blown Away By It! πŸ˜€

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 2 Jan 2022 Team size: 6 Outcome: Successful escape!
clever
imrahil experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
quite difficult

We did this on the increased difficulty (did all 3 rooms that day). 

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While there are a handful of hard-core enthusiasts who might attempt to play solo, for most players solving as a team is one of the joys of escape rooms. A disproportionate number of my most memorable moments in games have involved tasks that required players to work together in some clever way. And while Blown Away is an impressive game in many ways, what I really loved about it was that it's built around interesting, smart puzzles that can only be solved by a team working together.

Blown Away...

Despite not being β€˜blown away’ by this room, it was an enjoyable experience and kept us engaged well. Take your communication β€˜A-game’ with you and you’ll have a good time.

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