This is where you post when you get a cool new game.
I just got Sanitarium, after I heard it was really creepy from a couple of sources I consider credible.
From wiki: "Sanitarium is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1998 by ASC Games. A psychological thriller often praised for its atmosphere and originality, Sanitarium tells the story of a man, Dr. Max Laughton, stricken with amnesia, trying frantically to unveil the details of his institutionalization in a terrifying asylum. The search for his own identity - and the truth - takes place within the grounds of the sanitarium and in the main character's delusions and flashbacks, as he confronts the ghosts of his past. The dark mood and graphics of the game are matched by an equally ominous musical background.
The game uses a third person perspective and a non-tiled 2D navigation system. Each world from each of the 9 chapters (over which the game spans) carries a distinct atmosphere that presents either the real or imaginary world of the main protagonist. In many cases, it is unclear to the player which of these worlds the game is currently in play. This indistinction underlines much of the horror portrayed in the game."
Well, I started out interested and determined, trying to figure out what I could use, and in what fashion, but in the manner of all of my point-and-click adventures, it quickly devolved into a furious random clicking extravaganza, and a shameful crawl to gamefaqs(I only checked one small detail, honest!).
As to the creep factor - yeah, I can sort of see why people would find this game creepy, but it just seems sort of heavy handed. Now, I'm not a horror connoisseur(I totally had to check google for the spelling😛), but I have read some fairly well done stories by the likes of Lovecraft, so maybe I'm just a bit too picky.
I just got Sanitarium, after I heard it was really creepy from a couple of sources I consider credible.
From wiki:
"Sanitarium is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1998 by ASC Games. A psychological thriller often praised for its atmosphere and originality, Sanitarium tells the story of a man, Dr. Max Laughton, stricken with amnesia, trying frantically to unveil the details of his institutionalization in a terrifying asylum. The search for his own identity - and the truth - takes place within the grounds of the sanitarium and in the main character's delusions and flashbacks, as he confronts the ghosts of his past. The dark mood and graphics of the game are matched by an equally ominous musical background.
The game uses a third person perspective and a non-tiled 2D navigation system. Each world from each of the 9 chapters (over which the game spans) carries a distinct atmosphere that presents either the real or imaginary world of the main protagonist. In many cases, it is unclear to the player which of these worlds the game is currently in play. This indistinction underlines much of the horror portrayed in the game."