The Escape Agency - "Soviet Threat"

LOCATION:  Paris, France

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Date Played: January 23, 2023

Genre: Action, Adventure

Difficulty (Based on 4 PPL): 4/10

Total # of Players: 2-6 PPL (Ages 15+)

Length of Time: 70 Minutes

Price: €21-€48/PP (pending on team size)

Booking Type: Private

Escaped? Yes (52 Min)

📖 THE STORY

The Agency has called you back for a very important mission, even if you are supposed to have retired some time ago. As a matter of fact, you are the only available agents experienced enough to avoid a nuclear disaster: an old URSS command center got reactivated and is about to launch all its nuclear missiles in strategic places around the world! There is no time to waste! Luckily, there is one secret bunker used by the URSS in Paris during the cold war that you can use in order to deactivate the nuclear program. The world is counting on you!

🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

• The theme is pretty common but The Escape Agency managed to play their cards beautifully: the puzzles and mechanisms are well integrated to the set and the story for a better immersion and a good climax at the end of the game! You can feel the adrenaline and excitement at the finish line!

• Riddles are pretty intuitive and easy to understand except maybe one that needs more thinking.

• There is a pretty good use of the space available (in Paris, rooms are much smaller than in other countries overall due to the high price of the field, so people must be creative).

• There is a good variety of puzzles and that requires different skills: observation, search, logical thinking, coordination and you can do several in parallel so you can split your team if needed for a better efficacy.

• The game mastering is good and the storytelling is well done.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

• Maybe the theme is a bit too classic if you are used to play a lot of escape rooms (nuclear explosion incoming, save the world and so on), but it is well built in my opinion.

• One puzzle may be improved a bit as it is less intuitive as compared to all the rest, it may be puzzling (pun intended) especially for beginners.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

It is a very well designed room but pretty classic as compared to the newest ones

released so far, so if you are experienced and have played tons of rooms around the

world, you won’t be amazed but overall, it’s still a very nice room!

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

• No parking (in Paris it’s pretty difficult to find a spot to park, usually I don’t recommend to use cars)

• There are metro stations nearby (M4, 8 and 9 to "Strasbourg Saint Denis" station or M5 to "Jacques Bonsergent" station)

• You need to use stairs to reach the starting room so unfortunately, people with physical disabilities cannot play the room. For pregnant women and people with epilepsy it should be fine but don’t hesitate to call them first (you will need to do it anyway to ask to play the room in english, otherwise it will be set up for french by default)

• There is a small lobby and you will be offered drinks if you need. You can relax on a couch or chairs if needed

• Toilets are available

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