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A race against time into the dark heart of the jungle. Will you find the treasure before any other greedy seekers?

Mexico City, 1948. The Aztec people believe that long ago the eye of their sun god, Huitzilopochtli, was cast into a great lake, showing them where to build their empire.

The eye, if it was ever considered to be more than a myth, was presumed lost during the Spanish Conquest, but recent expeditions in Mexico’s southern jungles seem to imply that it is, indeed, real – and was purposefully hidden from the invading Spanish!

Of course, it is not the literal eye of a god, but a huge yellow diamond of a kind rarely found in the Americas. It has taken months to find the place, but the pyramid which is believed to hold the gem is behind a cleverly sealed door.

It’s up to you to find the diamond and see it is placed safely in the Museum of Mexico. But you must hurry, a cadre of Russian treasure seekers is on the way, hoping to steal the diamond for their own profit. You must not let that happen; the Eye of the Sun God belongs to Mexico!

Escape Hunt

Eye of The Sun God

Escape room

The room is well put together — solid mechanically and nicely designed, with clever puzzles that really capture that Indiana Jones adventure atmosphere. Several of the challenges were genuinely inventive and a lot of fun to work through, without ever feeling unfair.

Compared to the venue's other rooms, we found this one a little easier, and perhaps a touch shorter as a result — so it's a good pick if you're after a fun, immersive experience rather than a brutal challenge.

This is an enjoyable room. Fun theming and story. In the first room some ok puzzles and one very obtuse one (which is the same puzzle as in the other review, they really need to signpost this very early puzzle). Great GM, good with hints and helping when she saw we were stuck. 

The room has a great Indiana Jones feeling to it. The third room relied too much on a certain type of basic puzzle. 

Nice physical props and set pieces, as always at Escape Hunt. Overall an average Escape Hunt room with solid theming and okay puzzles.

Not a good escape room. Three separate jigsaw puzzles to complete, which felt like a waste of time. Weak theming. Very few actual puzzles to solve, very little ‘thinking’ required. Of the puzzles that did require solving, one of them was four cases that needed putting on stands. They had to be put in a certain order but there was absolutely no guidance or clue to suggest how to do it. Eventually the game master told us to ‘follow the gold line’ and we figured it out, but otherwise it made no sense whatsoever. Another clue required us to put lights out, again in a certain order. But there was nothing to tell us that, we just had to guess. Very boring. We opened a book/diary at the beginning of the game and any clues we read seemed to come from that. 
When we first went in the room we were told to ring the windchime if we needed a clue. We rang it and no response. Rang again and again and nothing. This went on for 5 minutes. Eventually my husband had to leave the room and go and physically find a game master and ask them for help! Would not recommend this game to anyone.

Eye of The Sun God

Escape Hunt - Manchester

Ratings

Reviews

BryanCorby

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Story

Difficulty

Game tech

Ideal number of players

Scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Easy to find location

Parking

Safety

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