by The Escapologist Castleford (website)
Xscape, Colorado Way, WF10 4TA
2-6 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
Player review
Review by LockAndMe experienced
From arrival, this was a bad set up. Now, allow me to make this clear, I do NOT blame the staff, they are clearly undertrained, and over run (I blame the owners for this).
We had a room booked for 6pm. We showed up at 5:45pm to be told there was still someone in our room with 20 minutes left on the clock, so we went into this room late. The brief wasn't great, and after it happened we were told to watch a video which basically repeated the information that was already told.
The theming was pretty good to be fair. Credit where its due, it was good and expected, at times a bit too busy, but that is a personal preference. You'll note I suggested this game was dangerous, lots of loose wires, and screws just poking out of things. Not very safe.
The game itself flowed fairly well, and honestly, with a bit more signposting, wouldn't be half bad. A lot of spelling mistakes on stuff, which normally doesn't matter, but we all know if absolutely does matter in an escape room.
There was a lantern in there for us to use in the dark bits of the game, didnt work, so had to resort to using our phone (which we hate) as we tried to gain the attention via camera of the staff, but gave up trying after a while.
The ending of the game didnt work. It was a place item on this sort of thing, and we tried for at LEAST 10 minutes (and asked for clues over and over, but nothing) eventually the door opened and the host was there congratulating us, why, we didnt know, but they then explained that it was broken so he had to over ride it, so time wasted there.
I've heard bad things about this company, and we still wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. We shouldn't have done.
This needs very few tweaks and a good manager to ensure its staffed correctly and it will be as good as most rooms in yorkshire. Shame really.