The other day I was playing through the "zero" theme of Zero Worlds Black, that difficult Zero Worlds Black reservation, which I called 해냈어요👍🏻 It's no secret that the scheduled opening times were wrong... The theme also costs money, but the minimum number of people to play is three, so I went with the two people I escaped the FOREST with last time, for a total of four people, and we had a really packed and fun two hours.
Introducing ZeroWorld Black
Zero World Black Concept
ZeroWorld is an escape room cafe that goes beyond real escape rooms to new worlds. In a given amount of time, a new world unfolds that you've never experienced or wanted to experience. Put yourself in the middle of an active entertainment story with professional actors, and you'll be the real protagonist.
ZeroWorld Black is a premium escape room brand created by ZeroWorld, so it's safe to say that the two locations are practically one and the same. The regular ZeroWorld has a variety of escape rooms, but it's especially known for its horror themes. You can play Ring, Caller, and Forest ("Ring Call Four" for short), the three horror-themed chapters, at Zero World Gangnam.
Zero World Gangnam Location
Zero World Gangnam is located between Gangnam Station and Sinnonhyeon Station on Subway Line 2 or Shindang Line. It's not close to either station, it's exactly in the middle.
Introducing the Zero theme
About Play
Genre: Horror Thriller
- Source: ZeroWorld Black Official Website
Price: 240,000 won per session
Time: 120 minutes
Difficulty : ★★★★☆
Theme synopsis
'Zero' is the 10th theme of Gangnam Zero World.
- Source: ZeroWorld Black Official Website
Will you stick with us to the end?
The zero theme has only two lines of description: this is our tenth theme. Will you stay with us until the end? Hmm... 🤔 There's not much we can infer from the poster: someone is dragging a presumably dead woman's body down a white corridor. White corridors are everywhere: hotels, hospitals, office buildings, laboratories... you name it. Not being able to specify the concept and setting before playing made us a little more uneasy.
→ And one of our guys got the concept right! Oooh, Netflix you...🎥
Escape Room Reviews
Player Information
4 Player - Tang 2 / Zool 2
Difficulty Level
★★★★☆
The questions themselves aren't too difficult, but there are a lot of them. There were very few problems, so I thought I could solve almost all of them by putting my head together and observing hard, but... We didn't have much experience in escape rooms, so we wrote hints hard. There are quite a few cases where we just saw the correct answer after understanding the solution method. I'm guessing that those who have played more than 100 rooms will be able to solve the problem and move forward steadily. We are Banglins :-)ㅋㅋ
The theme shows your progress at 25%, 50%, and 75%. With a total playtime of 2 hours, I tried to see my progress at 1 hour, 1 hour, and 30 minutes left. There are a lot of scenes towards the end that you'll want to enjoy, so I recommend giving yourself a little more time.
Activity
★★★☆☆
It's a fairly active game. One of my players has been struggling with a herniated disc lately, so I was worried about her getting hurt while hosting. I don't recommend short skirts, and I don't recommend short pants either - wear comfortable, long pants in dark colors!
Fear
★★★☆☆
Before entering, I asked the staff, "Is this scary?" and they said, "It depends on the person." My group consisted of 2 tangs and 2 zalls, but I'm a zall that breaks down when I'm scared. When I looked up reviews, there were a lot of scary reviews, so I was really scared before entering and wanted to go home.
But when I played it, I realized that even a douchebag like me could get into it. It has enough scares, but I think it's because it's a thriller, not a "don't ask, don't tell" horror that scares you from the bottom of the barrel. Oh, and the scares are mixed in just right.
Device Ratio
Lock: Device - 6: 4
There are a lot of locks, a lot of devices, and I would argue that there are more locks, but in zero, there's a professional actor. When you see the devices and the professional actor, you forget about the locks, and the difficulty level is easy.
After playing, we had a discussion about what it was and none of the four of us could guess it. (I know now, haha) It was in a really unexpected place. I hope you'll have some fun with that as you play.
Interior
★★★★★
I would give the interior five out of five stars. It's a great use of space that makes me wonder how they managed to create a colorful space of such a scale when there are so many themes in Zero World. In escape rooms, I often experience that the interiors get worse the further back you go, but I think the quality of the interiors increased the further back you go. Every time I opened the door and went in, I repeatedly said, "Wow, this is amazing, how did they do this?".
Stories
★★★★☆
There were parts of my playthrough where I was like, "No, this doesn't make any sense," but then I saw the ending and got some additional explanation, and it all made sense. Some of you may have noticed along the way, but I think I was thinking and acting purely as the theme intended. I was able to enjoy ZERO as a zin. I think this was a setup that was meant to be perfect from the start.
Final evaluation
Dirt - Grass - Flower - "Life Theme"
We managed to escape with 12 minutes and 3 seconds to spare, and I used a lot of hints because I thought I would just watch the ending, so I used a lot of hints... about 30 of them...? 🤣 I haven't played many escape rooms, but I think I've played some famous themes, but after watching the ending, my escape room one-pick went to zero. Plus, I don't think I'll be able to enjoy escape room content for a while, because I think the other themes will feel boring in comparison.
I walked out of a movie, or rather, I walked into a movie. It's a premium escape room that doesn't skimp on immersion, interiors, story, or anything else. I'm jealous of those who haven't played this theme yet.
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