The Gunpowder Plot: The Immersive Experience Reviews Summary

Immersion and Setting

Pros:

• "Amazing immersive experience. Really takes you back to the 1600s. The smells and sights, I don't know how they did it."
• "Takes you visually and mentally into the heart of the Gunpowder plot of 1605. You could see, smell, and taste the atmosphere."
• "Everything done so perfectly - the hosts, the drink, the venue and most importantly the experience - all fantastic."
• "The smells and sights, I don’t know how they did it."
• "The graphics in the headsets were definitely better."

Cons:

• "The VR was spectacular. Everyone was friendly and approachable, but the VR part of the experience but they eased my concerns and explained how they could handle it."
• "The VR scenes had issues and felt like it was from 2010."

Actors and Performances

Pros:

• "The actors were great fun. My daughter interacted lots since she now understood what to expect."
• "Live and interactive actors at their best. Excellent."
• "The actors were versatile and they cleverly interacted with the relevant historical buildings and the audience."
• "The performance was awesome and the actors incorporate what you do and say into the story."
• "The actors were all great, the small groups of audience was perfect."

Cons:

• "The actors have the right to joke and insult you as part of the 'interaction'."
• "The actors weren't speaking clearly and they weren't loud enough."
• "The actors were so nice and included her and checked on her to make sure she was ok."

Virtual Reality Experience

Pros:

• "The use of VR goggles is really amazing."
• "Impressed how balanced they kept the politics given the divisive topics involved."
• "High wire into the London night to save a priest, take a boat across the Thames with Guy Fawkes and the trial of the perpetrators."
• "I had no reason to be worried. The VR was spectacular."

Cons:

• "The special effects were spectacular and they made you feel that you were present in the actual event - I admit that I experienced some motion sickness and dizziness even though I was actually safely seated in a chair attached to the floor!"
• "The VR aspect was quite underwhelming. I felt transported back to 2002 playing a PS2 game rather than 1605… although interesting to see their impression of London in the early 17th century."
• "The virtual reality was dated and didn't work properly. I had two headsets fail so never actually got to experience the whole show."
• "Not as good as War of the Worlds, VR quality was absolutely appalling."