Leicester
UK Escape Rooms: Nuclear Incident
Total Score
5.4

Story
The cooling system at a nuclear power plant is failing. The engineer responsible has been acting strangely, why? Can you find out and stop the whole plant going into meltdown? After entering the room you have 60 minutes to find and solve the clues to stop the nuclear reactor going into meltdown.
Before the escape
This was our first time visiting the UK Escape Rooms chain, it was next to Twin Lakes. Easy to find, lots of parking. On the TV screens in the waiting area it shows the leaderboard and the current success rate. The room currently had a success rate of 57%. We were doing this as a four, we normally complete them as a duo, but we had two additional journalist to help us complete and review the room.
The great escape
There was a lot in the room to digest, too much. We managed to quickly get started and was solving puzzles quickly. The puzzles were a combination of lock and key, code combinations and physical puzzles. There is more than one room, which we personally think it makes it more interesting, however we felt it was straying a bit from the theme at times. The story line didn't feel obvious to us as we went through the game play. One puzzle was extremely frustrating and I felt we wasted a lot of time on it, each of us at different stages of the gameplay. The games master was watching carefully, when we were struggling to find the device for the clue, we got nudged in the right direction. We didn't ask for clues until the end but I felt any clues were in good time and needed to keep us on track.
The verdict
The room and puzzles are starting to look a bit worn, this makes it difficult when you are trying to solve puzzles because you aren't sure whether something is intentional, broken or misleading. The room isn't linear, which we personally prefer the ones that are. I felt it could of applied the theme better throughout. I felt one one puzzle was a leap of logic, we wouldn't done it without a clue in fear of damaging the room. We also felt a lot of frustration on a puzzle we spent a long time.
Difficulty
8
Story
5
Puzzles
5
Game Master
7
Fun Factor
5.5
Details
https://www.ukescapegames.com/escape-games/nuclear-incident/
Between £20 - £13.75 pp
UK Escape Games Twinlakes Park, Melton Spinney Rd, Melton Mowbray Leicestershire LE14 4FF