L'affaire St-Onge [The St-Onge Case: Weekend at the Shack 2]

I absolutely loved this. I do wish I had played the first one but it certainly didn’t hamper my enjoyment. Strongly recommended even if you haven’t played the first (it was a total treat for one of my teammates who had).

As always, a great room with well-crafted puzzles! It was physical enough to make you sweat despite the air conditioning, lol

This is a relatively new room. Only a little over 1 year old at the time we played it. So there weren't many reviews when I decided to play this room. But I'm so glad we took a chance because we LOVED this room. There is one scene in the room that is just so cool. It felt super immersive. This room is a sequel to another room at a different Immersia location that we did not do. It was not a problem at all. I understand there are a few callbacks to that original room, but not know what we were missing out on was not a problem. It was obvious what at least 1 easter egg was, but not a big deal that we didn't get it. Some good non-linear play, especially at the beginning, which is nice. We all had something to work on. Fun puzzles. Cool tech. I would defiinitely recommend this room.

I loved this game! I loved the settings and the interesting story. Plus, the puzzles were really challenging 😉

Immersia's newest room is a step up from their other games in terms of ambition, budget, scale, and narrative depth. It will really help your appreciation of the story if you have played its predecessor, Weekend at the Shack, but it's not absolutely necessary in order to enjoy this tense crime thriller full of surprises and wow moments. You start the game in an unassuming crime lab, but the stakes and intensity keep ramping up as you navigate the various puzzles and twists and turns. As usual, the production value of the in-game videos were incredible thanks to the quality acting and directing, making you feel as though events are happening in real time. It's atmospheric, cinematic, thrilling, challenging, and fun — everything we could have asked for in a premium escape room experience.

The St. Onge Case was my least favorite room at Immersia. Before we entered, we were told that this room is a sequel to a room at their other location, though the summary they give you is sufficient background information. The overall case was the highlight of the room, and I liked where the story went and how it integrated with the puzzles. Regarding scare factor, this room has more creepy / true crime vibes than jump scares. While the room contained some inventive puzzles, it became too linear after the first location change. Space became under-utilized in the second half, and there were a ton of red herrings. I felt myself not being able to contribute, since there was only one thing to do at a time. One small complaint was that one of their puzzles was broken, but they missed the first time we solved it (they just trigger it once they hear you understood the puzzle). Since the room is linear, this held us up a bit because we thought we didn’t have the right information. The second half of this room is driven by the story, and while that immersive experience works for some people, it decreased the amount of puzzles available, and made the room less fun for me.

I didn't have a chance to play the pt. 1 of this story but I had a good amount of fun and the different changes of environment within the room were great and delivered the right mix of emotions. We definitely had fun and it was definitely very engaging.

We did not do Weekend at the Shack, so we came into the story without any foreknowledge. A story catchup is baked into one of the first puzzles, which I thought was a smart piece of game design. The idea that a police warehouse was built atop a killer's murder shack for the past 10 years is ludicrous, but serves to allow you to transition between environments so you just have to go with it. The set design of the shack is terrific. We've played a few rooms with similar tropes, and this was probably the creepiest. I didn't love the puzzles in the second floor of the shack-- I found the rationale for them vague and confusing, and each was finicky to solve. At the climax of the game, the killer tells you exactly what to do. He basically says "I'm going to do A ,when I do, you do B, get C, and put it at D." That was extremely disappointing and un-fun. It was like the game was just exhausted at that point and wanted to be done. The game started strong, but finished weak.

If you can, definitely play Weekend at the Shack 1 at the other location first. We did 1 the morning of, and then this game, aka Weekend at the Shack 2 in the afternoon. It was a great addition and then closure to the story line. This room kept us moving and kept us guessing what was going to happen next.

One of the best I have done