But the technical details and the police procedural nature of the puzzles also gave me strong Scandi-noir vibes too.Īdd to this that it's a rare 90-minute game where the puzzles are well-paced throughout and you have yourself a wonderfully substantial room to enjoy and savour with a satisfying conclusion. The use of lighting and narration enhances the story, especially the introduction, which sets the mood beautifully and creates a feeling of being in one of those old film noirs, like a Sam Spade film.
There's a detailed plot to play out into which the puzzles have been intricately woven. It's a little way out of the centre of Edinburgh, but it's well worth traveling that little bit further.Īt first glance, it looks like any other escape room startup, but once you're in the room you'll find that this is more like playing a box game than playing the usual one-hour adventure of some of its neighbours. If you're looking for something a little different then head to Case Closed which is upstairs in Black Axe Throwing. We absolutely loved it and are so glad we got to play it with that last minute booking! When debriefing our escapade to Hamburg with the rest of the crew, we all seemed to agree that this room was our favourite one of the trip and would be the "best escape room to go to when during a stag-do in Hamburg".
It also felt like 5 persons was maybe a bit too many for that room that allows up to 7 players, I would not recommend it for more than 4 players maybe, just because some rooms are quite small and doesn't allow to have several players working on the same puzzle. Our team got a bit stuck in the second room, not sure if the puzzle flow wasn't made obvious to us or if we were simply tired after escaping from 2 rooms just before that one. I can already picture myself going "Oh no, no please don't draw a 5, I don't want to land on the bloody spike room!"). To add the feeling of excitement that you get when playing the Goose game and wondering which square you are going to land on, the game itself could be improved by decorating each square by different 'outcome': a coffin drawing would illustrate the coffins rooms while a creature drawing would point you to the creature room etc. Several suggestions came to mind after sleeping on this escape: to make the Goose game a bit clearer, 'Start' could be written on the game board as we didn't understand which end was the start and which was the end. I wish I could describe in details what happened but I would not want to waste the surprises!
The forbidden game cast movie#
The puzzles of the room are very clever but the strength of the room lays in the impressive effort put into some events and atmosphere that could easily have been skipped when creating the room but instead it was clear that when creating the room, the designer really wanted to bring the feeling of a scary movie jump and scares. The room contains a lot of impressive designs and very clever light shows that highlight the story unrolling in front of your eyes. The introduction of the room was in German, not sure if it was a mistake or if it's not fully translated but you quickly understand that you are about to play against the ghost/spirit to survive through a creepy and scary game, which will make you jump, scream and maybe even grab the legs of your partners.
You first enter in a small room where you face a 'Goose game'. The Hidden in Hamburg scary room is giving Jumanji realness. Not playing that impromptu Forbidden Game would have been a massive loss! I can't be more grateful to Betti and Felix to open outside of business hours to allow us to book as many rooms as possible during our limited time in Hamburg. She was probably the best game master I've ever had in 80+ rooms, she was honest about the rooms of her company, she wasn't protective about receiving feedback, she was putting some characters and role play to her introductions and she knew what ER enthusiasts are looking into when going for an escape. We loved Master of Time so much that we accepted to try their scary room at 11pm in the evening, needless to say it was already late enough to put us in the mood of a scary room.īefore talking about the room, let me tell you something about Betti. After escaping from the Master of Time room, our amazing game master Betti offered us to book another room after her working hours.
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