Have you ever seen the movie ‘The Hangover’? Well, last week I found myself in a very similar situation at Aim Escape’s ‘Hangover de ja brew’. The groom had disappeared, and it was up to the Love Pop Up’s group to find him within 60 minutes!
WHAT IS AIM ESCAPE?
AIM Escape have deployed the latest tech-savvy and creative puzzles that both perplex and bamboozle those who take part. Gone are the days of locks, combinations, and keys. AIM offers a fully automated escape room experience, combining imagination, immersion, and technical ingenuity, making it the premium brand of choice.
Taking the escape room concept to a new level, players will experience a high level of involvement filled with extreme challenges, complex narratives, and hyper-realistic sets and props. Each escape room tells a unique story that needs unravelling, and contains mysteries that need solving, in order for players to earn their freedom.
Aim Escape has 4 rooms available, that range from medium to difficult: Psychopath’s Den, Spy Heroes, Hangover Deja Brew, and Patient Zero 2150. We reviewed Hangover Deja Brew; an over 18 experience for pleasure seeking adults.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Just like the movie, the scene is set as the morning after a turbo-charged stag party. A hotel room filled with empty bottles, underwear, handcuffs, and a huge wedding cake, makes up London’s most debaucherous escape room.
Obviously, I cannot give too much away in terms of the challenges themselves, but it was definitely one of the most entertaining and fun escape rooms I have been a part of. The puzzles ranged in difficulty, with a couple of frustrating challenges earlier on, and the last room being particularly easy. This allowed us to make up for the time we had lost on previous puzzles. Most of the challenges were of a sexual nature and I was worried the whole concept would be overly tacky or cheesy, but AIM Escape happened to get the balance just right, bringing a lot of playfulness and humour to the game.
Working as a group, we managed to piece together the events of the night before and escape the room in 49 minutes and 51 seconds. This is actually the fastest time I have ever completed an escape game before so I was very proud of myself and the team.
At the end of the game, Hangover deja brew offers something completely different – a scenario type exercise. They played us a series of videos in order for us to get to know the bride and groom in more detail, giving us the power to cancel the wedding or put it back on track. We made the decision to cancel the wedding – but I’ll leave you to find out why!
Overall, I really enjoyed this escape room and would particularly recommend it to those celebrating a hen weekend. The room is risqué and light-hearted, with some imaginative puzzles and a lot of fun costumes and props that we took full advantage of. I’ll definitely be back to try another of their games!
For more info and to book, you can check out their website here: Aim Escape Game
You can also check out my other reviews of the following escape games: ClueQuest, TimeRun and Omescape
Disclaimer
* I received a complimentary ticket in exchange for a review and was invited by Love Pop Up’s London. Views are my own.
That is hysterical. What a unique escape game. I went to my first escape game last month and loved it.
oh my gosh, this sounds fascinating. I live in a very small town and we don’t have anything like this here, but I wonder where the closest place would be, perhaps Portland.
This is such a fun activity! I would love to try this with my girlfriends!
I love escape rooms in all formats! I’m actually hooked on a series of board games based on escape room experiences at the moment 🙂
I’ll keep this in mind for the next time I’m in London. I’ll probably choose the same room as you, too.
Seems like you had a lot of fun. These kinda places make you forget all worries and enjoy the moment.
It is very interesting to read. Really a strange game! Thanks for sharing.
I Love it! Seem the kind of fun to have with close friends
That looks like so much fun! Thanks for sharing! I think I would fail at an escape game miserably.
OMG… I am so tempted.
Thanks for the share.
AIM escape sounds like great fun. Would love to try the puzzles.
Sounds like a really fun idea for an escape room scenario. Kudos to you for getting out so quickly!
I’ve never been to an escape room. This sounds like such a great adventure! must put it on my list of things to do.
omg this is soo coool! Im so jealous right now man!
I never ever tried an escape room before. They are popular here in Japan
I’ve done an escape room before though never one with this theme, it seems like it would be a lot of fun!
Strange yet interesting game! I’m thinking of trying this for some time.
Sounds interesting and fun, l might actually try it with my friends.
Fun! I’ve done the old school escape room but this experience looks way more exciting!
I have never been to an escape room. Sounds fun, looks fun. I guess it’s something really worth trying.