Overall we enjoyed this room. A few parts were tired and it could have had a decorated ceiling to help with immersion. Some of the parts were frustrating due to rudimentary props obscuring what we needed to do. The second part of the room felt like it flowed better even though we found it harder and should have searched more.

We had a lot of fun playing Blackbeard’s treasure overall. The puzzles are well thought through and there is a clear storyline which is consistent through the room aesthetics and the challenges themselves. We’re used to playing escape rooms with smaller companies and where Escape Hunt did fall a little short for us was the charm. The guys here are very good at what they do and as mentioned before it is very polished, but there wasn’t that passion for the games that we see when we play in a room that has been thought up by the games master. That being said, there wasn’t too much of that corporate, office day out, kind of vibe here. Scale shouldn’t be held against these guys though and they managed to deliver an experience that was both challenging and enjoyable.