K.Bunniii ◊【ESCAPE ROOM】MYSTERY ROOM ♡ Silent House

by - Tuesday, August 15, 2017





 Mystery Room: Silent House
52 W Beaver Creek Rd, unit 16&17 Richmond Hill, ON
60 Minutes
4-10 players
$22.00 per person ($20 with discount)
Unlimited hints
Mystery Room
905-707-5829

   


Sigh, I always tend to underestimate what Mystery Room can bring! Before I begin this review, I actually had a nightmare about this room the night I played this room (yes, continue reading if you want to know why). If you have followed my room escape adventures, you would probably know a lot of my favourite rooms are horror themed. We've been through a few that really got us scared shitless, but to have a nightmare seems rather intense (I mean maybe it was just the green tea I drank). Alright let's begin!

Pre-Room Experience:  Once I received their email saying their new room - Silent House - was open I instantly wanted to go. Mystery Room is a lower end escape room facility, but it does not disappoint! I remember saying they had potential when I played their first room Pandemic and Silent House has proven it. This time around we went earlier in the day and I don't recall if I ever mentioned that there is actually board games in this facility! I love the fact that they remember me as the blogger haha - super friendly staff!

Room Quality:  Alright, whenever I enter a "horror" themed escape room I tell myself or my team it can't get worst than that time we were handcuff in a pitch dark room... I WAS SO WRONG! Before entering the room we were led to the back of the facility and you would hear these weird sounds. We all thought it was the freezer at first, but boy were we wrong, it was coming straight from our room! To make this room even scarier, it was built right beside what looks like their storage room. I'm not too sure what it was but it was DARK! As we entered the room I was already terrified (no need for blindfolds). I was so impressed by the design because God knows how scary it was! Let me break it down for you. Once you walk into "the room" it's not exactly a room. It's designed so it looks like a long hallway of a house (it felt so realistic trust me). What made the experience so much worse was how dark it was and the creepy knocking we would hear every other minute. Yes, just thinking about it now gives me the shivers! That's not all, let me continue. If you all read my review for Osaka High at Mayze, you would have all remembered how I said the level of creepiness was high due to the dead corners. WELL, let me tell you this room was FILLED with dead corners. To begin, as we entered the "hallway" we stopped half way to realized we had to turn a corner to proceed - you can just imagine how terrifying this was. We were also told by the creepy girl voice to "never turn back" and to close all doors each time we entered a room (yeah - it was scary!). Each door that opened was SO creepy because well ... you don't know what's in there ok! I love the concept of this room! I don't want to spoil too much, but the way this room was designed definitely adds on to the creepy level. When I said this, it's not the props or jump scare and such, but the concept of the room itself was amazing. IT'S TRIPPY AS HELL!

Puzzle Design:  Puzzles weren't too hard if you played enough escape rooms. In my opinion I think the level was just right as it usually takes a little bit longer for us to do anything in a horror themed room. My team and I pretty much made it around the whole experience without any hints - except for the last part. We pretty much knew how to solve the puzzle but weren't able to find the piece to it. A little hint for anyone playing this room - look EVERYWHERE. It's dark in the room and the flash light we had was red so it made it very hard to see things. Most puzzles were lockboxes - but honestly I don't think it was the puzzles that defined this room (you have to play it yourselves to understand what I mean by this). The tech for this room was limited but enough for a couple good screams (yes - at one point in this room I screamed so loud the girl confronted me about it afterwards).

Overall:  I loved this room! The creepy level does die down afterwards - which is great because you can actually solve puzzles. If you're not into horror stuff this is not the room for you. The horror level in my opinion is quite high for this room. I personally found this a lot scarier than Osaka High because the constant dead ends and doors just creeps me out (and this was why I had a nightmare about it haha). Honestly, just thinking about it right now is giving me the creeps. I would recommend a party of 4 for this room if you are looking for a good creepy vibe, but if you are really scared then a party of 6 would also be great. Puzzles were not challenging for us but can be for beginners (especially given the fact that you are playing in dim lights). This room is definitely in the top 3 for horror themes for me!

Happy Escaping!

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