The Village - HorrorUnderground Escape Room MilanoEscape roomIRLI was quite nervous for how scary people say this one is, but it was much softer than expected, especially if you have played horror rooms in different countries. If you happen to have Viola as your GM, ask her why that is – she has some crazy stories about Italians! Amazing GM/live actor by the way, very fun. Now don't get me wrong: the game was still scary, but more in the way they managed to create tension and immersed you in the narrative and environment. It's not heavy on jumpscares and even more importantly: it doesn't use the cheap tricks of making it way too dark or having annoyingly loud noises all the time. Maybe because of that reason, the horror mode isn't all too challenging puzzle-wise, you won't come out feeling like a genius, but the flow is great so it didn't bother me a lot. The only annoying bit, as others have also noted, is that elements of the Adventure mode are present and essentially form red herrings. Excellent experience!
Time MachineMad MachinesEscape roomIRLVery fun, albeit rather easy, escape room. The puzzles were thematically on point and the whole room was incredibly immersive and felt "real". Note that the 90min include a lot of babbling/intro though, which I didn't like so much. That's actually my one complaint: there was a bit too much sitting through fairly cringy videos/dialogue. They are forgiven however, because of how fun they made some of the the puzzles! We were all really laughing at times.
Jungle QuestGameSide l'Expérience ImmersiveEscape roomIRLExcellent escaperoom, and a surprising find in this area. Atmosphere and decoration is very well done, the flow is great with parallel puzzles available, and the experience is quite high tech with almost no mechanical lock. They have incorporated elements from the Jumanji movie quite well. Immersive! The only thing I would adjust is the very long introduction.
La Llorona [The Weeping Woman]Terror Stories by Experiencity - Sevilla [prev. La Llorona Escape Room]Escape roomIRLI dont want to diss the owners who clearly put in the effort but I think its overhyped. Not as scary as expected (which is okay, doesnt matter to me) but the puzzle and gameflow was weak. The GM narrated us along the entire way and the hard part was not understand what was said due to the voice transformer. Maybe it’s better in Spanish. Puzzles felt disconnected from the story and the story itself wasn’t very satisfying concluded either. A bit typical horror room that uses the scare factor as a crutch to get by, at the expense of clever design. The live actor was good though, and they didnt make it impossibly dark which was great.
Game of StonesHintlabyrinthEscape roomIRLThe difficulty was almost exclusively due to “timesink” tasks, that were not worth the name of puzzle. You know what you have to do, it’s just tedious. Little of the puzzles made sense, lots of double interpretations (even in the hints), untimely given hints that confused us, unable to ask or prevent getting hints. Simply not fun. The one redeeming quality was the all mechanical locks, no keys
Druidas Y Mazmorras [Druids And Dungeons]La Casa De Las Habitaciones MálagaEscape roomIRLWell made room with beautiful decor. A little heavy on the traditional locks, but some sensor work as well. Puzzles were clever without being frustrating and had a good flow to them. They also felt coherent and thematic. Most of the time there were 2 or 3 in parallel, which is great. Hint system is interesting.
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