Their description: Yushan high school was the best high school in Yushan. Inside Yushan high school, the best dormitory is dormitory 404. Dormitory 404 consist of many reputable students many years ago. However, 10 years ago, there was a big fire. Dormitory 404 disappeared since then. You were one of their classmate. After 10 years, you received a letter from this school, and you decided to pay a visit to the school out of curiosity.
This school-themed 90-minute horror room felt like it had the potential to be great — but various small annoyances keep me from recommending this wholeheartedly.
Players can choose whether to have a horror actor (NPC), with no difference in cost. This review is based on a playthrough without an NPC, but it’s probably worth playing the NPC version for the full experience.
Even without an NPC, the room pulls off its horror atmosphere well. The physical setting is large enough to provide a sense of exploration.
Unfortunately, deliberately poor lighting makes for a rough start, adding artificial difficulty to otherwise solid puzzles. The midgame can be confusing, with a risk of technical malfunctions and some unintuitive moves.
Things do smoothen out later, with lighting used to good effect in signposting the game flow. In general the room’s puzzles all had solid central ideas — yet we still had to resort to some trial-and-error.
诡校 is very strong on storyline integration, and players will get the most out of it if they really engage with the story. However, some key information is provided through one-time audio voiceovers, which is quite unforgiving.
Some materials are provided in both English and Chinese, and before the game begins, you can tell the staff whether you want English or Mandarin audio. Yet some text in the room remains Chinese-only.
Despite my complaints, I think this room is WORTH A TRY (perhaps RECOMMENDED for horror fans, if played with an NPC) — just be prepared for a less-than-smooth solving experience.
Puzzle difficulty: 4/5
Puzzle logic: 3.5/5
Multimedia aspect of puzzles: 4/5
Atmosphere and setting: 4/5
Exciting flourishes, use of technology or physical aspects: 4/5
Storyline integration: 4.5/5
Their suggested number of players: 4 to 6
My suggested number of players: 4 to 6
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Happy CNY! I didn’t expect that you’ve been exploring so many rooms lately. Based on your experiences, it seems both the 灵媒and 诡校 have their strengths and weaknesses. Which one would you recommend more for horror fans? Thank you~
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Hi! If your focus is horror and not puzzles, then I definitely recommend the two rooms at Inmers over anything else in Singapore. I think 破土 is a better overall experience than 灵媒 — but if you’re just choosing between 灵媒 and 诡校, then definitely go for 灵媒.
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I appreciate your response! Coz I’ve played 破土 before haha~ Thank you! I’m going to book 灵媒😄
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Ah, I see! If you’ve already played 破土 then you should lower your expectations a bit, but 灵媒 is still a cool experience~
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