Escape Hunt Basingstoke: Our Finest Hour

By | October 25, 2020

by Escape Hunt Basingstoke (website)

14B Festival Place, RG21 7BA

Basingstoke

2-6 players

60 minutes

Step into 1942, when the world is at war. The Nazis have developed a series of devastating new superweapons that could obliterate Britain and win the war at a stroke.
As MI6’s top agents you’ve been chosen to find and destroy these fiendish inventions before they destroy us. The latest news from HQ is that the superweapons are primed and ready to launch, so you have precisely 60 minutes to discover their location, destroy them and save Britain.
The stakes couldn’t be higher – take too long and there won’t be any Britain left to save.
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based on ratings from 49 users
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TeamHawley experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 55 Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Failed 🙁
Stevie Davies expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: September 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47m 10s
JoeRaymond experienced rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
plainunoriginal
dave470003 rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Team size: 4
value for moneyplainunoriginalvery easy
MightyMidds experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Great game! 

Only flaw (as with many Escape Hunt games) was when the GM had to look/listen for us doing something to trigger the next step, rather than it being mechanical. Most of the time, this is fine, except when the GM isn't concentrating! 

There was also an instruction sheet for a puzzle that literally made no sense to us, to which the GM said 'yeah, a lot of people say that'.

simonfinnie rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 30 Jul 2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Failed 🙁
value for moneyfamily friendlyquite difficult

Good escape room with some really nice touches related to WWII, but we were slightly frustrated by a slightly illogical puzzle two-thirds of the way through and despite requesting assistance several times were left on our own for quite a while. The hosts outside the game were extremely friendly and professional, but unfortunately they weren't as available as we would have liked in the game itself. 

That said, we had a great time and intend to go back to play the Alice room!

Alice Lucy rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 39:28 Outcome: Successful escape!
jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
beautifulgreat hostingpoor signpostingquite difficult

The room really felt authentic, all puzzles were fitting with the theme and felt like they were there to progress the story. A lot of the puzzles were poorly signposted meaning we weren't sure if we had successfully completed them or not. Aside from this our GM was really lovely and chatted for a while afterwards too. 

Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 24/03/18
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Escape Hunt is a name that enthusiasts may recognise from escaping trips abroad: they have venues in more than two dozen cities around the globe. They used to have a location in London, which shut down some years ago; but they've now re-launched in three UK cities with at least another three due to open. I didn't have a hugely favourable impression of their original London location, but early feedback on their new UK games was a lot more positive, so I was pleased to make a visit to their...

A solid game but one which, for me, never really took off with temperamental tech in the middle, use of technology that looked out of place for the theme, and a finale that was a bit flat. Nothing to ruin the game but enough to take the edge off of it.
I don’t know how this version compares with the six others country-wide, but we were pleased with the staging without being blown away

Overall, this was an outstanding escape room. If you only do one in your life, this might be a contender. If you want to do a lot and are looking for somewhere to start… honestly maybe don’t do this one first. I have a feeling it would make any subsequent ones you do a little less engaging.

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