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Team size: 3 Time taken: 42:39 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenpoor hosting
Played: 14 Dec 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56:03 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingillogical😨creepy

A solid room with some fun, creepy elements (but nothing too scary!). A few puzzles felt slightly illogical, but with some help from the GM, we were all good. I would recommend some of the other rooms at this company over Z, especially for a bigger group, as the room is on the smaller side, but overall a nice room. 

Played: 13 Nov 2024 Team size: 5 Time taken: 50:43 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalplain

Illogical puzzles and a lots of wear-and-tear hidden by darkness in the room. The storyline also isn't particularly clear, and all the health and safety information was mumbled by the GM. Would not recommend - there are much better options elsewhere in York. 

Played: 8 Nov 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 67:33 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverstory-driven

This is a really good room, with some original and creative puzzles. It has a nice linear flow, and a really clever 'niche' that really brings the room together. It could do with more of a focus on the decorative element, as the puzzles are so strong, that the decoration is slightly disappointing. Overall though I would highly recommend!

Played: 27 Oct 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 32:28 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivestory-drivenquite easy

This is a good room, with some fun puzzles and a solid storyline. The puzzles are quite easy though, especially for those more experienced, so I would not recommend for larger groups. 

Played: 12 Oct 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed :-(
illogicalplainquite difficult

We didn't have a good experience with Gr8 Escape. Our GM was inactive for the first half of the room, and despite waving multiple times, we received no hints. The room itself is also poorly maintained - a lot of necessary writing has been rubbed off the walls, which leads to a lot of guesswork for the puzzles. The puzzles themselves are also quite illogical, and once one thing is solved, it's hard to figure out what the next step is. I would not recommend this room!

Team size: 2 Time taken: 49:52 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalgreat hosting

This is a really good room - it's got some nice, original puzzles, and the room design is brilliant. It's a fairly small room, so I wouldn't recommend for any group bigger than 3. 

Team size: 2 Time taken: 40:22 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyoriginalstory-driven

The room shows definite signs of wear-and-tear, but the storyline and puzzles make up for it. There are some really original puzzles, and the GMs are absolutely lovely. I would highly recommend this room for anyone, especially families! 

Team size: 3 Time taken: 43:13 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivestory-driven

This room has a classic escape room design, and it's very well done. The puzzles are nice and linear, and the lovely GMs are super helpful and attentive, and this is the best example of a 'classic' escape room that I've played so far. 

Team size: 2 Time taken: 56:11 Outcome: Successful escape!
Team size: 2 Time taken: 52:13 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivemagical
Played: 5 Sep 2024 Team size: 5 Time taken: 48:35 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverimmersive
Played: 28 Aug 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 51:22 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivefamily friendlyunoriginal
Played: 7 Jun 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 44:21 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyoriginalstory-driven
Played: 6 Jun 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 39:21 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenfamily friendlyplain
Played: 3 Jun 2024 Team size: 7 Time taken: 55:51 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivestory-drivenquite difficult👻scary
Played: 1 Jul 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 48:22 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalpoor hostingplain

After having really enjoyed Titanic I had high hopes for this room, but unfortunately, it was an enormous let down.

It started off badly when the GM told us we 'didn't look experienced enough' to play this room (she said it had a 23% success rate), and laughed at us when we said we were still willing to give it a go. I've never encountered a GM like this before and we were all left feeling quite uncomfortable. 

The game itself was difficult purely because the puzzles were illogical. Once found, they were easy enough, but to actually locate what the puzzles were required huge leaps in logic. It just became a guessing game. The room was also relatively plain, and the design got worse as the game progressed. One section was a plain white room with about 5 props in- I've never seen an escape room so sparse. 

We were clued through a hatch in the door, which was a fun idea, but our GM was talking to her colleagues while we waited for her to clue us. This totally broke any sense of immersion, and we almost considered leaving. 

We did eventually escape, though the final puzzle was broken so this was revealed by the GM coming in at the end to tell us that we'd completed the room.

I would absolutely not recommend, there are much better options elsewhere. 

Played: 9 Apr 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 49:32 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyintensetoo dark👻scary
I think this room was well done and had a nice set design. The puzzles were good, and were only made difficult by minor jump scares in the room. There seemed to be a lot of red herrings in the room however, and it took a lot of time to work out what was part of a puzzle, rather than just being decoration in the room. The puzzles are also maths-heavy, and you're very reliant on torches, which can be a bit annoying. There was also quite a jump scare at the start which I don't think is advertised clearly enough- this is not one for people who don't enjoy creepy/scary rooms, and although it's not too bad, I didn't enjoy it as much as I might have without. The GM was really nice and reassuring however, and definitely put me more at ease. 

Played: 1 Apr 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:30 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivebroken tech
I was sceptical about this room after hearing mixed reviews but I actually did enjoy it! The room layout/design is really nice and there are some fun puzzles that work well. It's definitely doable as a 2, and the pacing of the puzzles is good.
Unfortunately, there were a few things that weren't great. The health and safety briefing at the start didn't include all of the information needed, so the GM then kept coming into the room to point out things he forgot to tell us (including 'when the phone rings I'm trying to send you a clue'- we were not told this, and prior just thought it was background noise!). He also came in to explain that some puzzles weren't working- it didn't affect our game too much at all, but it is something to note if you really enjoy the immersion aspect. It's also important to note that the GM directly interacts with the game, and you need to shout out answers in order for them to open something- I didn't mind this, and our GM was very attentive with his responses, but I can imagine that this might not be everyone's style. 
I think this is definitely worth doing if you can get a deal on it (we used the 2 for £40 deal), but it's not one to travel for.
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-driventired setquite easy
Had a lovely time at Red House Mysteries! Good room (albeit a tired set), good storyline and loved the clueing system. Very doable for 2 players- it's not difficult and has some nice puzzles. Not one to travel for, but definitely worth it if you're already in the area. 
Played: 3 Apr 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 51:09 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverfamily friendly
Played: 2 Jan 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48:49 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivemagical
Played: 21 Feb 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 38:21 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenfamily friendlyquite easy
Played: 16 May 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48:31 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenfamily friendlyquite easy
Team size: 2 Time taken: 50:27
value for moneyclevergreat hosting
A really great room, immersive and cleverly thought out. GM was so attentive and helpful, not overbearing with clues but we were never waiting about with nothing to do. Very accessible for two people, would definitely recommend. 
Team size: 5 Time taken: 47:27
traditionalbroken techplain
Quite a traditional escape room, nothing special and a lot of the furniture and tech was tired and in need of a revamp. Fun way to spend an hour, but nothing that special. 
Team size: 5 Time taken: 57:35 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverpoor hostingunoriginalquite difficult
Some really clever puzzles in this room- we went in the first week it opened, but some tech was already broken :( GM couldn't hear us so kept giving us clues to puzzles we had already done, and at the start, the room just looks like an office space filled with Ikea furniture. It does get better, but it's a shame the same amount of effort wasn't put into the beginning of the room. 
Team size: 5 Time taken: 45:21 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalbroken techpoor hosting
Really disappointed with this room- multiple puzzles broken, GM wasn't helpful and seemed to know about the broken puzzles but didn't warn us- her response was 'yeah that's just like that'. Not worth the money, there are much better ones to play in York.