by Emergency Exit Escape Rooms (website)
12A George Street, OL6 6AQ
Up to 6 players
£100.00
Languages: EN
not on sale90 mins
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based on ratings from 23 users
combined with 9 pro reviews
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Another excellent game! I think the key element for us was the GM (James) who had a really good sense of humour, and went along with all our foolishness. Both this game and Exorcist were really just FUN, largely thanks to him. I think I slightly preferred Exorcist; our group was split, with some preferring the Beast, but all agreeing that both were worth playing. A bit scary at times, but the generally light tone stopped it from getting too heavy.
After playing the Exorcist I was so looking forward to this one and boy oh boy, it didn't disappoint! Picking up the action just after the end of the Exorcist you're back in Crowley Manor and luckily Liam is there to help you! Again the production is excellent and the decor fits the rooms nicely.
Extending the gameplay over the 90minutes really allows for the narration and the interaction with Ronnie (the avatar) to develop, which gives the entire game a feeling of being told a ghost story as you're fixated on the screen listening to the tales which are expertly woven in between the puzzles and locks. Well themed puzzles, which are nicely varied so the 90 minute game doesn't have any repetition and there is a well executed segway to get you from one room to another (as its played over two different IRL rooms).
Again I can't commend Emergncy Exit enough for the use of a second person to do camera work, and only camera work, this gives you the feeling that you're in a movie, and our picture quality throghout the game was excellent with perfectly timed set pieces being played seemlessly. Ronnie is a real star of the game as he responds to your team and tailors the gameplay so you all get the most from the game. You want more banter?... hes got lots of comebacks and funny lines. Want more scary stories? H'es got a huge knowledge of Crowley history which he can tell you. Its this level of personalisation that elevates this room above other remote rooms.
A real must play, I just hope that they're going to make this into a three-quel!
I highly recommend this!
One of the best virtual games I of ever played (and I played some)
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Emergency Exit’s first remote play game was an excellent adaptation of their existing Exorcist game. Their sequel, The Beast, is adapted from a combination of two physical rooms (Conjure and Poltergeist), and while I haven’t played those my impression is that they’ve been used as raw materials to create a new game specifically for remote play. There's probably a lot of overlap with the physical games' puzzles, but the overall result is its own thing.
I guess you could play Beast stand-al...
This game was brilliant and absolutely lives up to the hype. From about 3pm on Friday all the way until our 8pm booking I was working myself up into a frenzy – “What if it’s too scary?! Should I skip dinner?“, but despite my worries there was no way to prepare for the thoroughly creepy and immersive experience that it was.
The online game combines the best parts of what are actually the 2nd and 3rd rooms of what is known as "The Crowley Manor trilogy" in real life. There are some nice "special effects", both visual & practical, and I can easily picture how effective those could be in a proper "spooky" setting.