LOCATION: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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📝 ETR DECODER
🔑 GAME: Bloody Mary
📅 DATE PLAYED: May 18, 2023
🎬 GENRE: Thriller
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 3 ppl): 7/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-6 ppl (Ages 15+)
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.
💰 PRICE: €130/Group
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes (43:00)
📖 THE STORY
Do you dare look in the mirror and say the name of Bloody Mary three times? Mary was a nun who sadly passed away, but her spirit remains in the monastery, haunting those who summon her. You are tasked with investigating the myth and breaking her curse, setting her spirit free.
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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE
As the game progresses the level of tension gradually increases, concluding with a spectacular finale. The room wasn’t particularly scary, despite how it might appear in the marketing, so hopefully the minor horror elements don’t deter people from playing.
The setting of the game, taking place in a genuine monastery, heightens the level of immersion. This is also enhanced at the beginning by watching a short, professionally made video that dramatizes the story.
There is a lot of variety with the puzzles, including light dexterity, observation and searching, deduction, and cooperation. The puzzles begin in a nonlinear format allowing larger or more experienced teams to split up and tackle different elements simultaneously, should they want to escape in a faster time.
🧩 MISSED THE MARK
The room is now quite a few years old, and comparing it to the other rooms at this location it does feel it. The first room in particular seemed quite bland and doesn’t convey a high degree of the tension we had expected in the buildup.
This is a Gen-1 room, and so the puzzles are also very basic with a lot of padlocks to open. Although the puzzles were all logical there wasn’t a lot of cohesion between them at times.
🏹 TAKE A SHOT?
If you are coming to Rock City Escape to play "Poppet" or "Soup du Jour", then it’s worth spending the extra hour to help free "Bloody Mary". The game is also recommended for larger, mid-level teams who like a challenge.
ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO
Free parking available on site
There is lobby with seating area
Wide selection of drinks available for purchase
This game can be played in English & Dutch
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(If you do decide to try this game, give us a shoutout or tag us on social media so we know you heard it from "ESCAPETHEROOMers"!)
Disclosure: We thank Rock City Escape for providing a media discount on the tickets for this game. Although discounted admission was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion of the review whatsoever.
