Time Run

I won’t forget this night out in a LONG TIME. And that time can be very long when you end up travelling in TIME AND SPACE!
Sadly, there is not much I want to say about the experience itself, as I really don’t want to spoil the adventure and the surprises for you — but you can take my word for it: this escape room is worth every single penny you will spend.
You will have fun, you may freak out a bit, you will be impressed, your brain will be challenged, and finally… you will save the world as we know it.
Like our group did. With 30s to spare.
A few things mentioning however:
— They let in 2 groups at the same time, but you don’t run together.
— Ring the doorbell EXACTLY on time.
— It says you can run as of 3 people, but I would recommend 5.
— Don’t overcomplicate your thought process, some puzzles are simpler than they look.
All in all, JUST DO IT!

Best. Game. Ever.
I have done at least 4 other Escape Rooms in London, another in HK, and I played 7 at the last Unilocal License to Escape event and this is hands down the best adventure of them all. I sometimes felt like I was on the Crystal Maze, which of course is the dream!
This game was definitely the fanciest and the money they put into building their stories was well worth it as the rooms were all completely different but looked equally amazing and detailed. There were 3 rooms which tested different types of problem solving. Some are not that intuitive and I wished they had clued us in a little earlier before we wasted a lot of time in Room 2, but even without the high of winning, it was still an incredibly fun adventure. I love the storyline and Babbage and the steampunk theme, it’s all really gorgeous.
It is annoying that they don’t have a waiting area but at least we found a pub nearby to wait in as it was freezing outside. The staff there is really lovely and fun. This is a little pricey but for the journey you get, it’s worth it.
I totally recommend this for anyone who wants to have an adventure!

The very best escape room in London. I’ve done 29 rooms in total (mostly in London) and this is head and shoulders above the rest. Only reason not to do it is that it will spoil the rest for you…

I am a fan of Escape Rooms. I am not a fan of trying to organize my life (and my friend’s lives) months in advance to do them. That’s probably why I haven’t been to as many as I would like. But I did manage to organize lives together to come to Time Run and search for the Lance of Longinus.
I’m not going to lie. It is kind of annoying that you have to arrive exactly on time. I’m always early, and it was annoying having to wait outside. I mean it’s just silly. I can see why (as they are busy setting up the rooms and things when you finish), but still it would be nice to have a holding area with a toilet or something so we don’t have to wait around.
But I digress. I won’t spoil anything. Time Run was a lot of fun. It’s also a lot fancier than other places I’ve been. There was a lot of stuff around for visual appeal, and the story line is better than some of the other escape rooms around. However, each of the three segments is pretty much self-​contained, so you won’t be using that weird object you found right at the beginning for some obscure puzzle at the end. Nope, you’ll be using everything you find in the room to work on the puzzles in that room. So that was a slight disappointment. (P.S. This isn’t a spoiler as they specifically tell you before going into the room that you won’t be taking items from one region to another). I suppose it makes it easier for them to fix up the room for the next set of Time Runners before the actual game is over.
But really, these are all nitpicky things. The whole event was fun and amazing, and we actually were quite good at getting the clues (apparently we didn’t need many, or so they told us when we left). They also sent us humorous hints when I swore that something was possible (Turns out it was).
We even got out with over six minutes to spare. So go us! I’m pretty sure we beat the other team that was doing it. I think they’re booking until the end of January. So try to get in and do it before then if you want to go. Given the theme, I can definitely see how they could come up with other stories to tell, so maybe they will just continue to do different stories as time goes on.

How on earth am I going to review an escape room? I mean, it’s not like I can actually tell you anything about it without ruining it.
So I guess all I’ll say is that it was a lot of fun! I was dubbed the second most responsible person in our group and got to be the keeper of the timer. Ooooooh. I don’t know how it compares to other escape rooms, as it was my first. But it was great! Lots of thought went into the sets and it was really well done and played by the two people we encountered. (Yay, Aubrey and dude at the end!)
Now to wait and see how we fared on the October leaderboard!

As with all escape rooms, I can’t say too much apart from this was probably the most impressive escape room I’ve ever been to. It felt like I was on a movie set. The storyline was a lot more linear and relevant than hint hunts (although I still love you hint hunt) and problems.
You will definitely need the clues to get out in time. It could have benefited from a visible clock in the three rooms as my timer didn’t seem to sync with our final time. I could have sworn my clock said we had 8 minutes left and not the 1 minute on our score card but hey.
It is pricey considering the booking fee ups everyone’s price by £5 (annoying considering we booked for 5 and ended up paying £25 to book, that could pay for a whole other person).
Still, it was exciting, challenging and involved lasers! WOO.
The current challenge ends in December and there seems to be plenty of availability when I booked online so go. They’ll probably reset in the New Year and if they manage to scrap that booking fee or reduce it substantially, I’ll definitely be back.

A great event if you love trying to solve hands on puzzles with visual and audible clues, you get one hour within 3 zones to escape, are you up to the challenge?

Wow what can I say this Time Run escape experience is an amazing one. You go through 3 different very different rooms during your puzzling journey. The décor in the rooms are amazing and the rooms are professionally done. The puzzles are great some easy and some hard but don’t worry Babbage will be on hand to help assist you with clues if you get stuck on any particular puzzle. Me and my team managed (Life Begins) to complete in 62 minutes and we used approx. 20 clues which is average. You also only play with your friends and not strangers. However you will need 3 or more players to play. Only downside about this escape room type experience is that it is located in a odd location but saying this it would not put me and my friends off in going along to another ones of theres if they made a new adventure up. Is a must to do.