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4.4Escape game

Budapest Express

Company: EscapologyAustin, Texas

  • 2 – 8Number of players
  • 60 min.Time limit
  • Difficulty level (1-4)
  • Not scaryFear level
  • 13+*Age requirement

Description:

Onboard the famous trans-European Budapest Express, you are with Karine Peaufiner, a famous French detective from Paris. You are traveling to Budapest to meet with other detectives showcasing the latest developments in crime scene forensics. It is nighttime and you are passing slowly through the heart of Europe during a heavy snowstorm. You are reviewing case notes in your cabin with Karine and your colleagues. Suddenly there is a knock at the door, it is the train manager. He looks worried and asks you to come quickly to the First Class dining coach. When you arrive, you see a man slumped over a restaurant table. He was Sir Clarence Hayden and he has been murdered!

The manager informs you that in one hour the train will stop at the next station, if the killer hasn’t been apprehended, they will be free to escape into the night and get away with this horrible crime! Your reputation as brilliant detectives precedes you, he asks you to solve the crime so the murderer can be caught and brought to justice. You’re able to narrow down 5 suspects who were seen in the dining car around the time Sir Clarence was murdered.

Moving through the cabins and gathering evidence, the killer knows you are hot on their trail and has decided you are their next target. With you out of the picture, they would be free to escape when the train stops. Solve the riddles and puzzles, gather the evidence and solve the murder before it’s too late! Do you have what it takes to find the killer before they find you? Time is of the essence!

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Reviews of escape game "Budapest Express" 5

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We signed up for Under Pressure, this location's hardest room due to us having done numerous escape rooms across the US and breaking out of the majority of them. You are usually given a few clues to help you along in any room. The few times we had asked for clues it took a considerable amount of time for the game guide to get back with us. A part of the room was not properly described which threw us off. We ended up not breaking out which was no big deal. After the fact we decided to call back just to verify something was not mentioned and the owner was kind enough to let us try one of their other rooms since we had a bad experience on the first room.

We started the second room trying to give them the benefit of the doubt and ignore any small mistakes in the experience. Any time we had asked for a clue the guide had no idea where we were at in the process. This I believe Is due to being understaffed. At one point we had asked for a clue and the guide told us to do something completely different than it needed to be done. After several attempt at completing it the way we were told, we asked the guide for more help. Again he told us the same information. We proceeded to attempt several times before asking a third time. At this time the game guide realised that he had given us false information costing us 5-8 minutes of attempting the wrong thing. We finally go to the last step and could not get the door open. We asked twice over the course of 5 minutes for help and he finally told us that the door is hard to open. (You seriously have to pull the door hard to open it...) Something that should be fixed or at least stated before you enter the room. Then after we got out nobody greeted us at the door? We had to walk back to the lobby and ask if that was all, generally you greeted by your game guide who says congratulations and what not. We were not given a compensated time for the door not working.

Overall it seems as if they are trying to cut corners with money by only have 2-3 employees working between the lobby and 5 escape rooms in total. They also don't seem to want to fix broken things in their rooms. Hopefully they can get these things fixed in the future, but until then I would steer clear of this escape facility.

November 26, 2018

We had a blast at Escapology! We did the Assassination room and it was great! The puzzles were challenging but not too hard... and they are great with working first-timers through it!

January 23, 2018

This was our first time in an escape room. We had an awesome time with Assassination Express! There were lots of clever clues and puzzles to solve in this room and would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a change of pace. We will be back for sure!

January 23, 2018

We had a great time with the Assassination Express game. It was hard! But we had fun trying to figure it out. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful and the location was really nice. I highly recommend it!

October 23, 2017

Went here with the family for Mama's b-day. We did the "Assassination Express" and had an absolute blast solving the puzzles as a group. This family operated place is nicely appointed with a beautiful lobby and very friendly staff. The room we played was very well done with state of the art locks, clues, and props. I'm assuming the other four rooms are equally well done. A fifth is in the works. We will definitely come back and do the other rooms.

October 23, 2017

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