Phobia

This escape room sparked my love for creepy, atmospheric experiences! For the first time, I truly understood what makes a great horror escape room for me: the eerie atmosphere, the immersive setting, and a game master who fit perfectly into the experience. Everything was cohesive and crafted with great attention to detail. If I had the chance, I’d play it again in a heartbeat!

After finishing "Entity" we took a short break to catch are breath and allow our heartrate to ease back down. The briefing again included a warning about just how scary the game we were about to play was going to be and the fact that the setting with in the building basement with low ceilings. As someone who's over 6 ft tall it was nice that everyone was given head protection to prevent constantly hitting my head on the ceiling. The room itself is a cold dungeon-esque space with great theme related set pieces, it felt like we had genuinely been taken captive. One of the fun elements of this room is that you have to hide on occasion from the killer, the panic that set in everytime we had to find a hiding space in this small open plan room was intense. There are a few times within this room that you are split up as a group and it makes the game even more intense. The darkness of this room and lack of torch meant finding some puzzle pieces was difficult but added to the realism of the theme. Although there weren't many puzzles they were broken up by the actor interaction and kept us on our toes. This is definitely a scary experience and this certainly adds to the general difficulty of the puzzles. I personally preferred "Entity" at Paralysis but both rooms are enjoyably terrifying! Difficulty - 4 / 5 Puzzles - 3 / 5 Theming - 4 / 5 Set Design - 4 / 5 Enjoyment - 4 / 5 Value For Money - 4 / 5