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Look out, Alessandro, the infamous Margate Gangster, is away from his laire for 90 minutes. Just long enough to break in to no7 and steel all his loot, but watch out there could be hidden dangers. Very puzzly room.
- 2-6
- 90 mins
- Expert
- Not scary
Reviews
BAMESCAPES
67 escape rooms
Brilliant room! One for the puzzle lovers. Definitely kicked ourselves a few times with the bits that we missed. Lots of tactile stuff which we love as well. Great atmosphere and setting. Really lovely welcoming staff who clearly love what they do! Can’t wait to take of the rest of the rooms!
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Scary
Spooky
marydoll
388 escape rooms
I’ll start by saying we played two other games at this location and enjoyed them. However, we really didn’t get on with this particular game. There are two main elements to it, and while we knew what we had to do, it was really not clear how to do what we needed to do. Some more subtle signposting would go a long way. For example, you gradually find and unlock a load of stuff but it’s not clear or very intuitive what you should be doing with it. It was very much ‘try all the things’. As much as I hate to say it, I would not recommend this particular room at this venue. It is supposed to be difficult but I feel this is just because the many many puzzles don’t flow particularly well. Sometimes an escape room just doesn’t gel with the players’ train of thought or way of working, and this happened here. Frankly, we got bored and mentally gave up, which is something I NEVER do in escape rooms. I’m aware that lots of other people like this room, it just wasn’t for us. The other two rooms we played here were good fun (Detention and The Olde Lock Inn), and I wish in hindsight that I’d booked Quik-E-Mart instead of Behind Number 7.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Medium
It was difficult but only in the sense it was not intuitive for us at all and it was not clear what had to be done.
Ideal number of players
3
It is a small space so it would be difficult with more people.
Scary
Not scary
Was anything broken?
Some elements were a bit tatty and rough around the edges.
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
Issues if you are colourblind, photo-sensitive or have hearing impairment.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
CtrlAltEscape (Owner)
We are sorry to hear that this game did not live up to your expectations of an escape room and that you had an unpleasant experience with us here at Ctrl alt Esc. This room has been designed to be one of the most challenging and was carefully created after many months of consultation with escape room enthusiasts who helped shape and create the room. We hope that this room has not put you off from trying one of our other more tradiontal escape rooms such as Detention or Quick-E-Mart.
Aug 29, 2024
AeC95
137 escape rooms
A hard room with a really good use of a smaller space, we managed to get out but we had to work for it, this is a must do room for any experienced player.
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Difficulty
Hard
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