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maybeshaybie

    Shaina Nguyen

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    호쿠스2 -비밀의 방- [Secret of Hocus]

    호쿠스2 -비밀의 방- [Secret of Hocus]

    Breakout Hongdae

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Good solid game, but not memorable in the long run. There was one puzzle I personally couldn’t really wrap my head around?? I understand now, but during gameplay it was kinda… idk I thought it wasn’t as smooth as it could be. Also all their games are entirely bilingual!! I think it’s not a Korean company? The hint board buttons are in Korean but the hints when they come are in English and Korean! Alsooo, their hint system is different than other places I’ve seen. Everyone gets a “role” which has an ability you can use during the game (think like mafia or one night ultimate werewolf). Some roles are single use (lock master can skip one specific puzzle per game, time keeper can extend gameplay by 5 minutes) and some roles are unlimited (light bringer can use a flashlight the entire time). You can choose to give up your ability in exchange for a hint so I guess if you have many players you can have many hints? We had two players but you get three roles so it was essentially the typical 3 hints in the end.
    사라진 황제 [Materia Medica]

    사라진 황제 [Materia Medica]

    Breakout Hongdae

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Idk why this has so many thumbs down?? It’s a typical escape game, good for beginner players. It’s not like visionary or full of groundbreaking innovation by any stretch but it was super playable and imo this one is smoother than the other one we did (hocus 2). There isn’t much plot but the theme is nice. I do think hobby escapists will breeze through this one but my friend had t ever done one before and he was suuuper impressed haha All games here are fully bilingual! And the hint system is interesting! (Read my review on hocus 2 for deets).