Verone - Live Action Escape Rooms - "Don't Take A Breath"

Updated: May 2

LOCATION:  Athens, Greece

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📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Don't Take A Breath
📅 DATE PLAYED: December 13, 2023
🎬 GENRE: Thriller
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 5 ppl): 3/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-6 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 120 Mins.
💰 PRICE: 60€/ pp (2 ppl), 40€/ pp (3 ppl), 30€/ pp (4 ppl), 29€/ pp (5 ppl), 28€/ pp (6 ppl)
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes (100 mins.)

📖 THE STORY

Have you ever wanted to make easy money by robbing a poor blind man? If you said yes, you should be ashamed. But it’s even easier as one of your friend’s dad is working for the security company that has put alarms in his house, so deactivating the system should be a piece of cake. What could possibly go wrong? The guy is blind, old and alone versus a group of young (and heartless) thieves…well if only you knew the guy was a war veteran you would have thought twice before entering his house for robbery. You are now trapped, will you manage to survive?

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

If you have seen the movie "Don't Breathe", you will be bluffed by the resemblance between the set from the movie and the one you live in that experience! The owner and game master is a real passionate and he managed to recreate the inside of the house in a very faithful way, which adds a lot in terms of immersion (so I could only recommend you to watch the movie before playing this room). You will explore many rooms (the total surface is around 240 m²) and every single detail is here, you will really think you are inside a house.
The actor that plays the blind man does a fantastic job with his threatening aura, finding the best moments and spots for perfect jump scares (with a top notch timing associated with light and sound effects)

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

NOTHING

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

Escape rooms in Athens are 95% horror based. Greek players are fond of jump scares, nice references to iconic horror movies, they want adrenaline more than solving puzzles. For them, immersion should be the top point to validate an escape room: you have actors and actresses that know their job, where and when to scare you in the most efficient way, every situation is calculated in advance for the most impact. This room can be classified as an immersive experience: there are some riddles to make you navigate in the house and interact with your friends but they are not the main part of the room. What makes this room unique is the interaction with the actor/game master and the recreation of iconic moments that you can see in the movie! This room is a MUST DO, even if what makes you happy is solving puzzles and have intense brain activity, I’m pretty adamant that you will still love this experience, it really changes from what we usually have as players.

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

There are some parking spots not far from the place but it’s not too far from a metro station if you don’t have a car, every room in Athens can be reached by metro + walking
I wouldn’t recommend pregnant women to play this room unfortunately.
There is a small lobby and you will be offered water if you need AT THE END of the experience. Be prepared right from the beginning for the sake of immersion. You can relax on chairs if needed in the end.
Toilets are available