Brentwood Laser Tag

Brentwood Laser Tag was first mentioned to me by a friend about 6 months ago. There were 20 of us at a party, all experienced shooters, meaning 10 on each side most  us rst timers. It was like a campaign sniper mission, but in real life and with guns that are ridiculously like the real thing, with red dot sights and all. The supressors flash when you fire, and a gunshot noise will be made, potentially alerting others to your position, and giving them the option to countersnipe. Missions like Solo ops put you on your own, and protect the package is a tactical game involving a suitcase that's supposed to conatin nuclear bombs of something (it's beyond me). Shots will "Hit" at any point above the waist, and will mean that you effectively "Die" for 15 seconds, giving you time to return to your base and decide what to do with your next life.

The combat is excellent, and the features that the guns have, combined with the camoflague, responsive shooting, and brilliant outdoor map, makes this a place to remember. It is absolutely brilliant, in that it is a safe, authentic, realistic-feeling environment that succeeds where other Laser tags fail- the feeling of being in somewhere now. The matches are brilliant, the technologies are brilliant, and for £20 a head, this is a briliant thing to do. Unless you have 3 heads. Then it's just expensive.

However, though we were lucky for the first half, we later encountered a member of staff telling us that the rules say we can’t run. This is a stupid rule, as it is basically tries to tell us that we should get shot while moving between cover. A damper, but not terrible.

Jay D
The Brit Among Us