Hi all
In October 2024, we took our girls on a trip to Singapore. Singapore was the first country I every travelled to as a teenager, so I have been keen for a long time to take my girls there (and to hit up as many hawkers as possible). We had a great trip and ate so much food (our favourite place by far was Maxwell).
I had reached out to the enthusiast community ahead of
our trip to Singapore to ask which rooms we should play. Unfortunately, the
overwhelming consensus was that Singapore doesn't have many great escape rooms.
So we only ended up playing 3 escape rooms while we were in Singapore, the fist
of which was Azkaban at XCape. This is a Harry-Potter themed escape room.
Azkaban was our 319th room to date. Here is what I thought:
- the theming in Azkaban was relatively average. There was A LOT of wear and tear and the age of the room really showed;
- as far as the quality of the set design and props, it was again average compared to the rest of international ER market;
- the puzzles were reasonably good, although our enjoyment was impacted by some puzzle elements that were almost impossible to see (even when told where to look) due to how worn out they had become;
- the storyline was pretty weak and very forgettable; and
- the room generally was pretty easy (despite the hiccups due to the room's wear and tear). We escaped in 33 of 75 minutes, much to the surprise of our GM. The room needs more puzzles to justify a 75 minute timeframe.
Overall, I would give this room a miss. I think it
either needs to be properly maintained and improved upon (with an extra room's worth of puzzles), or retired. It
scratched the ER itch, but only just.
Where: Bugis Village, 161 Rochor Road, S188436
Duration: 75
minutes
Themes: 9
themes
Price: $140SGD
per team of 4
Overall Rating: Give
this one a miss
More details: https://www.xcape.sg
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