Hi all
In May 2021, I played an online escape room with other escape room enthusiast friends of mine from Australia and New Zealand. The room was called The Vault from Sherlocked Escape Rooms, who are based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The Vault was my 185th room to date. The theme of the room is as follows:
Form a team of highly skilled thieves to steal a mysterious object from a heavily protected safe. Should you get caught, we will deny any knowledge of this operation. This is not your average escape room. The Vault requires you to think on your feet, bluff your way past guards and think outside the box.
Here’s what we thought about The Vault:
- we had a really fun time playing The Vault. The room begins in the CBD of Amsterdam, with many people walking past the live avatar who is trying to gain entry into a beautiful, old building;
- The Vault is cleverly designed and utilises both a live avatar and video feeds of another NPC within the space. One of the main puzzles in the game is to bluff your way past guards, which is really fun and immersive;
- there are also a number of different media used for puzzles, which is quite well done;
- the highlight of the experience for me though was the space. The building itself (I think) was the old stock exchange building that dates back to 1896. It is stunning and at one point, players get to see a real safe door that was used in the stock exchange (which was amazing);
- we had an
excellent host and live avatar which really lifted the experience; and
- the theming throughout was really strong. The puzzles all made sense and were enjoyable to solve.
Our team enjoyed the experience. We also had a long chat with the game master after our escape, which is always fun, talking about the history of the beautiful building. I wouldn’t recommend this room for younger audiences (as there are some poorly-lit sections), but playing remotely likely takes away the scary factor somewhat.
Since we played The Vault, Amsterdam has come out of lockdown and so the game is available for in person players. However, according to their website at the time of (finally) writing up this review, they are still offering The Vault as a live-avatar experience by appointment only. So, if you’re interested, you can send them an email to line up a time to play remotely. I’m also not 100% sure of the price (their website provides that the price is 169 Euros for 4 players, but this might be cheaper as a remote room.
Where: Virtual Room (online)
Virtual Room Type: Live Avatar
Duration: 60 minutes
Themes: 1 online room
Cost: 169 Euros (team of 4)
Overall Rating: A fun, challenging room in a spectacular building
More details: https://sherlocked.nl/
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