Above Photo was provided by Kingston Escape Rooms
Company: Kingdom Escape Rooms
Game: Angie's Flower Shop
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Language: English
Type of Game: Digital Game w/ Live Host 💁
Genre: Heist
Date Played: 4/28/2021
Difficulty (based on players): 6.5/10
Size of Team: 1 - 10 Players (Recommended 4-6 Players)
Time: 60 Mins
Price: £35.00/Team
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Seymour has details on the family Gold and it's hidden inside a flower shop. He can't be seen in public right now so he send Angie and you to retrieve the plans for him. You only have an hour to put a team together and rob the bank before the police arrives...
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Our GM Frank greeted us over Jitsi (a video conferencing platform). This is the first time we saw this program being used inside Telescape. This is a nice added feature by Telescape since communication and game play can now be done through a single window. "Angie's Flower Shop" is a point-n-click game monitored by a GM. The game started with a nice video intro from Angie giving us the backstory. The GM would only interrupt the game if the players needed a hint or if there's a clue that had to be given from the progression of the game.
There's a few things that differentiates Kingdom Escape Rooms from other games that we've played of the similar style:
The hint is given by Angie (who's the character in the storyline) versus by the GM. This made the game more immersive
At one point we had to make a call during the game (props to the game designer for building a phone inside the game rather than having us call an international number) and it was really cool to be able to connect to a live person (GM) rather than a recorded message.
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We were surprised (in a good way) by how much there was to be discovered in this little flower shop. Even though this is a point-n-click game, a lot of thoughts have gone into where to place hotspots, what kind of reaction we would get from closing or opening a certain item, manual triggers etc...
Although there was a lot of puzzles to go through, our team manage to complete the game with 21 minutes and 17 seconds left. The best part about this game was that we all felt like we contributed to the game play in different ways. One of our team member was really good at sudoku and another was amazing at deduction. All the puzzles were really creative and tied in with the storyline. It really felt like we bought the right team for this heist job.
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This game felt like a hybrid between a digital point-n-click and an audio escape room. The GM not only gave us subtle nudges when we needed them but also was attentive to his other character roles that made the game felt like a story in development. The price is pretty similar to purchasing a digital game but instead you get a GM as an added bonus. We highly recommend giving this game a try with your team (4 would be an ideal number)!
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Melvin L.
Angie's Flower shop gave me a mixed bag of feelings. When we are all logged into zoom, a game master will welcome us and brief us on what we need to do. This 'escape room' is played mostly on Telescape.
While I am a fan of Telescape, I feel Telescape is meant to be for solo or couples in this format. The reason is that there are TONS of stuff to find and sift through. Whenever you find something, it will appear in the inventory or whenever you use something, it will disappear from the inventory. Now, can you imagine 4 cursors flying around the different areas and clicking on anything and everything they can find? It became super confusing and we need to constantly tell everyone ' I found this from clicking this', so that nobody will be confused and search the same place again. For a normal escape game, it might still be okay, but as mentioned, this game has ALOT of documents that will jump out suddenly and you need to read them all. It would be much more fun to do this in person.
Moving on to the puzzles themselves, that was the highlight. The puzzles are creative, interactive and not too difficult. But then, which brings me back to the original system - there wasn't really a need for a Game Master to be present. He was there just to provide some real life humor, hints and story background. Of course, he was funny and nice, but in the game sense, he did not really need to be there.
Overall, I understand that escape games are meant to show teamwork, which means each person doing their own searching and solving it on their own. But I prefer such elements to be in person. So it is purely my opinion that I am not a fan of such parallel games on Telescape. I just personally prefer Telescape to be used for linear rooms if it was a remote escape game, or meant for smaller groups if a parallel format is used. It will be much less confusing to ask around 'hey, what did you do? How you solved it', especially in a remote online setting.
Kobi R.
This was an intense and fun packed escape experience. Even though audio is involved and you're accompanied by a GM, I would say this is more a digital escape room than an audio/actor led one.
This is a fairly nonlinear room, with a lot of moving parts. We were a team of 4 and it felt like for the most part, all of us were involved in different bits and pieces. This made it very enjoyable.
The only small con is that due to this, I'm not sure about all the puzzles and how they were solved. Overall, this is a highly recommended room.
*** We regret to inform this game is no longer available for booking but check out other in-person escape rooms on their website***
Disclosure: We thank Kingdom Escape Rooms for providing us with a sample of the game. Although a complimentary experience was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.
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