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Very intense with epic production quality - I was stunned by the quality of the sets. I don't like horror movies, but it felt like I was in one from the first moment. It was definitely out of my comfort zone, but I'm glad I did it. We were 3, but with more it'd be less intense (but there may also be moments where some are standing around watching the others do puzzles.) This "part 1" is a better escape room and way scarier than part 2 (Fun House), but this side was "all dark, all the time", so it felt a bit more one note to me, as opposed to part 2 which had notes of levity mixed in. That said, you'll probably play them both, and this is the one to start with unless you want to ease your way into them with the less scary or the two (in that case do Fun House first). I had the "honor" (horror) of being singled out about 2/3 of the way for an intense moment. But it was also the most single memorable moment of all of this company's games.
Brilliant flow story wise, but inconsistent timing per room given the format of staggered entry. The puzzles are easy enough that it's unlikely you'll be pushed through before you solve them, but they will start giing you bigger hints as your time is running out for an area. For the most difficult puzzle (about 4 rooms in) we needed a hint, and we missed one puzzle altogether which the actor had to do for us... In this single case, the tipoff for the puzzle must come vocally from the actor, but I wasn't paying attention because we were playing hard mode (no clues given unless asked). Another oddity: about halfway through, the actor told us to look for a key that actually didn't exist. We found out later, we had been going so fast that they needed to stall us by not triggering the puzzle we had already solved - otherwise we would've run into the prior group.
Truly immersive in a dark way... I would've liked less realism in certain portions 😬
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Mar 31, 2025