Laser Quest

Be warned: Laser Quest attracts a lot of geeks (I apologise to fans out there). Personally, I think paintballing is way more fun — you get a real sense of combat, particularly because you’re outdoors and the setting is so much more realistic.
This Laser Quest, on the other hand, is rather dark and claustrophobic, and feels like the set of a ‘science fiction’ film. It’s full of kids and teenagers who are likely to beat you hands down because they are regulars who go there week in, week out, spending their pocket money on entering this fantasy war zone and shooting all of their friends.
Actually, I’m being a little bit harsh. It is quite good fun, sort of, but probably more so if you’re better at it; I didn’t feel like I really got chance to get the hang of it because just as I was getting ready to shoot I was shot myself, every time!

I’ll put my hands up. I’m a Laser Quest fan. I can’t help it, as soon as somebody mentions that they’re thinking of going on some kind of tongue-​in-​cheek expedition here, my inner-​child starts jumping up and down with excitement and I come over all glazed looking. I mean, what’s not to like? You get to shoot at your friends with lasers and pretend you’re the hero in your favourite sci-​fi action movie! Okay, okay, so I admit, it’s not cool. It’s not something I tend to shout about and I have a policy of only ever going if someone else has suggested it, as, for obvious reasons, I really don’t want to end up as that weird guy who’s always hanging around at kids’ birthday parties.

This is a laser quest so expect plenty of young children and slightly nerdy looking teenagers who call themselves things like «Megatron», «Blade» or «The Terminator» running around. If you don’t fit comfortably into either of these two demographics you might want to make a rain check as you will find yourself on the end of a right royal hammering. And there’s nothing worst then losing to people half your size.
If you are a young child or a slightly nerdy teenager then this place is awesome as it’s basically a shootem-​up computer game except your in it. What could be better? Well this Laser Quest isn’t the best as it’s too darn small so that could be better for a start. Plus (and this is the case with all Laser Quest’s) it’s too dark and half the time I feel I’m getting shot by accident.
My wife went here with work about 2 months ago and broke her thumb when somebody ran around the corner and bumped into her. There is a no running policy I believe, but nobody ever enforces it. I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often to be honest.