by Your Escape (website)
Flevoweg 13, 2318 BZ Leiden
2-5 players
Languages: EN, NL
120 minsEen doodnormaal gezin, vader en moeder van vijf geweldige kinderen, wonend in het o zo prachtige Pittleburg. Een klein dorpje waar ons kent ons een geheel toepasselijke uitspraak is. In Pittleburg is er niet veel te beleven als je het aan een buitenstaander vraagt, maar de inwoners zullen zeggen dat niets minder waar is.
In het hart van Pittleburg staat de Pittleburg church of hope een rooms katholieke kerk die volgens de inwoners waakt over het hele dorp. Het hoofd van de familie is dan ook een zeer gewaardeerde inwoner als pastoor van deze kerk. De familie zelf is dan ook een familie waar iedere inwoner tegenop kijkt, tot dat er afgelopen zondag verwarring ontstond toen de kinderen van de geliefde pastoor niet bij de zondagsdienst aanwezig waren.
Vele spraken over een schande maar wilde hun vingers niet branden aan de uiting en hielden wijs hun mond tegen de pastoor. De pastoor zelf was na zijn dienst nergens meer te bekennen, niemand durfde te bedenken wat zich zal afspelen binnen de muren van het huis van de familie
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Some incredible transitions and lots of spaces to explore with nice story development. For the most part puzzles were strong although a couple did drag and the input for one (near the beginning) was quite frustrating to use. Similarly to a number of games in the Netherlands it would have benefited with some live acting to enhance story and increase intensity as although the story was quite dark and creepy the atmosphere never really managed to capture this fully.
The room is quite impressive and has an atmospheric setting. Some puzzles were challenging, which we consider positive. But there were also puzzles that only made limited sense to us and were very frustrating.
Unfortunately, we can also confirm that some puzzle elements are a bit worn out, some of them also those that could be easily replaced (a book, for example).
The friendly and very supportive game master tried to compensate for this as well as possible. We only understood the (quite interesting!) story towards the end and with the help of the debriefing, which took place in great detail and in a way. Thus, we look back on a positive experience overall, although unfortunately we can only partially understand the hype around the room.
Thank you for the very nice service and the accommodation with our requests due to the acute physical limitations of one player of the group.
Absolutely amazing game, with so many wow moments I almost lost track. Beautiful set and high quality construction. A real 120 minute journey. Hosted by one of the owners, who was lovely, and who paid close attention to us during the game both in terms of gentle hints (clever use of lighting) and in terms of making some puzzles more accessible when struggling to read in dark areas. Creepy rather than scary. One of my favourite games to date, and my favourite game in the Netherlands so far - highlight of our trip.
Wow! Just wow! What a STUNNING room!!! The hype around the room is to be trusted and so glad we have experienced this game. We have seen things we have never seen before and been tested more than ever. Add this to your list or you will regret it.
So many wow moments in this game that I lost count. Incredibly huge and beautiful spaces to work through with a genuine sense of adventure. Creepy vibes throughout and the story unfolded in a very clever way. The puzzles aren’t the star of the show here at all, whilst they are clever and in-fitting with the story they were a touch long in places but it really didn’t matter. This was a joy from start to finish. Easily my new favourite game in 330+
5/5 for the construction and amazing transitions. Really have stepped up the theatrics.
The narration and story telling is very strong.
As others have noted, the puzzles are its weakest part. One of the puzzles we knew what to do but the tech was letting us down. Ruins the flow of the game.
Still one to do for sure but would recommend other games above this one.
It's an expansive set with more than one "I have never seen/experienced this before" moment. What lets the game down are cool interactions with the set to solve puzzles with simply too many steps, or some ambiguity in the solution. This is being quite picky though, as the game should still be very high on your play list if visiting NL.
Reviews by escape room review sites
When an outstanding room opens in the Netherlands usually two things can be immediately observed. A quick rise into escapetalk.nl top rooms and a difficulty to book it during weekends for several weeks if not more. This was the case with the Non Believers, which was additionally accompanied by very enthusiastic comments from the people that played it. At the time of this review, this room also reached an excellent positioning in Terpeca, so it’s not precisely a secret that it is a room you might want to play.
On a personal level there were two things that stood out. First of all the narrative. I really enjoyed how the story is told. I enjoyed the audio elements and the way the story goes hand in a hand with progressing through the room.
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