by Gamesaints Lincoln (website)
Sessions House, Monks Rd, Cathedral St, Lincoln LN2 5HQ
2-6 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
Player review
Review by Elderly Escape Artist experienced
Played this game with high hopes as had played its previous incarnation under the Escape Lincoln banner and been underwhelmed. Publicity advised that the rooms at this location had been totally refurbed with new puzzles, theme, etc.
Not the case. Same (split) start to the game, same puzzles for the most part and same objective. GM, whilst very pleasant, was obviously busy running all three games that were open at the time and slow to provide clues when asked for resulting in a very frustrating game and a lot of wasted time standing around. One particular puzzle stumped us for a prolonged period of time resulting in us failing and even when explained there was no logic (team mate is an engineer!). We were told that 16 other teams had failed that week and we weren't surprised. We had successfully completed the rooms previous incarnation but the lack of attentiveness on the part of the GM flunked us.
If you've played this game as Prison Break at Escape Lincoln, don't waste your money playing it again. If you really want to play it, try and book on a Wednesday and use their half price offer and you won't feel as bad!
Another minor bug bear is the lack of immersion, lots of college noise (which I guess is inevitable in a college) but we were told to tell any students entering the room through the open door to go away!