La Casa [The House]

The main draw of the game is the setting - an actual abandoned rural farmhouse - though gameplay itself feels standard (though I suppose when it opened, it might have been novel). While we had to play during the day due to scheduling (i.e. Krugger's Secret later that day), it was easy to imagine the impact that approaching during the dark would add. Horror isn't my favorite genre, and other than the setting (which is unusual), the game didn't feel unique. I thought it was worth playing if you have time and are coming out for Krugger's anyway, but maybe not worth the trip by itself.

La Casa started before we even arrived. Starting in a little mountain town, getting a text with coordinates and then driving to the middle of the Spanish countryside, in the dark, with nothing but a seemingly abandoned house… Wow, what a start. A lovely experience from start to end. Rules were clearly defined, puzzles separated us, brought us together, and the house provided a perfect backdrop for the entire stay. A real highlight of our tour, and 100% worth the drive out from Barcelona.

Out of all of the games I have played, this one was a very strange experience unlike anything I have experienced before. So future players are prepared, the game is in the middle of nowhere (see photo of the surroundings) and not the easiest to get to or find. Some of the roads we drove were challenging and winding and then you go off road a bit to get to the location. However, the experience of a haunt/horror game in an actual very old home in the countryside is worth a little extra effort, in my opinion. The game was not the most novel, but it was fun with some good scares by the actors; however, the setting is what truly makes La Casa a standout game.

One of the craziest experiences I've ever had! We arrived at the Insomnia Hotel at 3:30 p.m. Upon reception, we are given a code box to store our phones in for the duration of the first escape: that of our room. There were 3 of us and we had 2 rooms, Madre & S. Kruger. We therefore enter the first room in which we must solve puzzles to access the bathroom, then we tackle the second in which we once again discover a blocked bathroom but above all our beds for the night : 2 coffins sealed with padlocks. (We end with the riddle that allows us to recover our phones.) After these 2 hours of escapes, we go to the lobby and once again, we have to solve a puzzle to gain access to the wifi code. Once in the hotel restaurant, do it again: a puzzle to unlock the menu. After tasting our delicious little vegetarian burger, the waiter invites us to go to the famous room that we had reserved for 10 p.m.: La Casa. We do not have an address but the name of a city, it is once on the road that we receive the exact coordinates. 10 minutes from the hotel, with nothing 4km around, we arrive in front of a house in the middle of nowhere. From that moment on, we start marking! Already, playing a horror theater is something but in a place like this, at a time like this: we are on another level. We enter and... a terrifying experience begins... the building has this atmosphere of an abandoned house, the lights help us know where to go, they turn on and off, to the rhythm of a chilling soundscape... screamers, you want some, here you go, but always well brought to the point of paralyzing us at times! And this finale, THIS FINAL… I loved it! One of the best horror rooms I've ever been to! A word of advice, arm yourself with courage before going there, even the most daring among us were cowering!! Finally, after the experience, we returned to the hotel and spent a peaceful night aboard our… coffins! Bravo, and thank you to the creator, this passionate and exciting gentleman for this entire immersive experience which made us dream from 3:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. the next day! We will never forget this moment which is much richer than just playing a horror theater. A concept to be multiplied urgently!!