Would you Escape from a locked room in 60 minutes ? Interactive video game in real life!

So, couple of days ago I have joined an unusual event! I went to Escape Room in Manchester. I know it sound intriguing.. because it was intriguing ! If you enjoy playing an on-line games, solving puzzles, finding hidden codes etc. this is right for you. Even if you are girly girl like me, who holds game joystick only to flip next movie on Netflix at Xbox! Do you like Dan Brown movies/books? Da Vinci Code? Not quite the same but the fact that you can be Robert Langdon for a moment and try to escape from a locked room within 60 minutes; doesn’t make you excited??! Right, now I’ll explain you more about what is Escape Room and where to find it.

Escape Room is located in heart of Manchester City Centre, right nearby Arndale just above Bijou Club on Chapel Street. Monday, I had the opportunity to join the Event along with other bloggers and invited guest. Again, Thanks to lovely Stephanie from LedigoPR. As always, the LedigoPR team put an amazing effort to make everyone feel welcomed and as soon as I walked the door I was handed my favourite Champagne. I have joined the girls and soon we were ready for the real life interactive game experience! Excited!

Escape Room is an interactive real life escape game in Manchester. At Escape Room Manchester, you can chose from 5 different rooms, that have specific difficulty levels from 3-5; Slaughter House, Prison Break, Room nr 13, The Mummy and the Secret Lab. Of course, we started from the most difficult! Because we can! 😉 Our room was”Slaughter House”- very scary and realistically designed room with it theatrical look. Each room is different depending of the theme. I really liked the way they were designed. Not overpowered, still kept your imagination going. We felt like we seriously entered an a secret room. Each accessory piece I believe were selected carefully and the furniture/lighting perfectly matched the theme. Once we entered the room, the lovely and helpful staff member explained us how it all works.

Boys in Budapest trying to find clues image from http://www.businessinsider.com.au/

Basically, you are locked in the room and have 60 minutes to resolve puzzles and to find your codes that allow you to escape the room. We were lucky and we also tried the Prison Break room! Do you like handcuffs?;) ( I won’t reveal any more as you must try it yourself! ) The games are designed to involve the whole team to work together to resolve and find your codes to escape. Apart that your brain is going to be all wired up, it is so much fun! We laughed all the the time through the real life game but it did get serious at some points as you will really try to to resolve it! It will get you no matter what! You will watch the clock and you will be scared!!!I didn’t take any pictures from the inside of the rooms not to spoil the fun!

Boys in New York trying to resolve a puzzle of Escape Rooms image from http://www.nytimes.com/

Girl in Hong Kong resolving a puzzle image from http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Escape Room Manchester, the real life game experience is recommend for groups of 2-5. Personally I think the more the better! I think, it is great integrating game for companies and coorporates, especially for small departments to strength the teams between co-workers as you will see how they work out magic and it will build up a trust between you! Also, I can imagine this as an amazing experience for a date, stag night- literally any occasion! If you have a group night out, introduce the real life video game to your evening! Skip the boring bowling or cinema! Get your hands and Brain on! You won’t be disappointed! It’s possibly best night out idea in Manchester! Also there is a bar where you can (and you will!) grab a drink after with really small prices! You may treat yourself to more while there, why not 😉

Honestly, I am still puzzled! It’s nearly end of the week and my brain is still wired up! I am trying to break the codes and find the lost keys while I am asleep ! Crazy staff! I’m guessing you are feeling like ”I need to go” so I have 25% discount for thanks again to LedigoPR! Simply use this code Ledigo25 at the check out. Let me know whether you Escaped ?? Book at The Escape Room ! Enjoy!