Lenochka
24-04-07, 23:32
I Recently stumbled upon an old PC game from around 1998 going by the name "Sanitarium"... the game is amazing!
For those who havent played it, this little summery kinda sums up the main idea of the game :)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/otaku_tatu/CaratulaSanitarium.jpg
The entire game is a journey through your own madness to potential salvation. Chapters dealing with the unfolding mystery at the sanitarium are interspersed with segments set in the hallucinatory hells of your character's tortured mind. These alternate, internal realities are the true high points of Sanitarium, covering such disparate ground as a devastated Aztec tribe, a Children of the Corn-style rural community, and a grotesque alien insect hive that practically oozes agony. The Freudian quotient is jacked up further as your madman takes on a different persona, such as a four-armed cyclops, for each setting. By ping-ponging from hallucination to reality and back again, Sanitarium puts you in the hospital slippers of its protagonist, wondering what is real, what is delusion. The ambiguity of the tattered memories and flashbacks triggered by game events will keep you guessing until the end.
8.2 - great
8 - Gameplay
8 - Graphics
8 - Sound
7 - Value
9 - Tilt - Gamespot
Anyone else on the forum ever give the game a go? Anyone play it long ago or anything... because i just don't understand how this game slipped under my radar for so long, It just has to be one of the best games i have played in a long time.
For those who havent played it, this little summery kinda sums up the main idea of the game :)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/otaku_tatu/CaratulaSanitarium.jpg
The entire game is a journey through your own madness to potential salvation. Chapters dealing with the unfolding mystery at the sanitarium are interspersed with segments set in the hallucinatory hells of your character's tortured mind. These alternate, internal realities are the true high points of Sanitarium, covering such disparate ground as a devastated Aztec tribe, a Children of the Corn-style rural community, and a grotesque alien insect hive that practically oozes agony. The Freudian quotient is jacked up further as your madman takes on a different persona, such as a four-armed cyclops, for each setting. By ping-ponging from hallucination to reality and back again, Sanitarium puts you in the hospital slippers of its protagonist, wondering what is real, what is delusion. The ambiguity of the tattered memories and flashbacks triggered by game events will keep you guessing until the end.
8.2 - great
8 - Gameplay
8 - Graphics
8 - Sound
7 - Value
9 - Tilt - Gamespot
Anyone else on the forum ever give the game a go? Anyone play it long ago or anything... because i just don't understand how this game slipped under my radar for so long, It just has to be one of the best games i have played in a long time.