In the ever expanding sea of mascot horror games, In Sound Mind stands out as a genuinely tense, intriguing and fun survival horror experience.
You play as Desmond Wales, a therapist trapped in the recesses of his own mind. You face distorted versions of your past patients as you uncover their stories and how their situation played a part in a much larger conspiracy in the town of Milton Haven. In a world inside your mind, anything is possible.
I loved the story of this game. I loved seeing and learning about Desmond's previous patients through the visage of a survival horror. Fending against The Watcher in the supermarket, surviving The Shade along the shorelines, dodging The Bull throughout the trainyard and running from The Flash in the forest. Each story carefully crafted to tell a different story of people suffering from mental illness and how their lives ended up playing an unfortunate role in a bigger story. It was a mystery that was genuinely enthralling, I couldn't wait to play the next chapter, to see how deep this really goes.
The gameplay is also fantastic. The game is mainly a survival horror with puzzle elements. A lot of puzzles typically consist of finding items and figuring out where they need to be used, similar to games like Silent Hill and Resident Evil. Throughout the game, the player will have access to an expanding arsenal of tools to help make their survival experience smoother, from unlocking new weapons to unlock new ways of dealing with threats in general. This game does provide you with a very limited ammo supply, so make sure to conserve it as much as possible, lest you find yourself struggling against the fights that really matter like I did, which may lead to some frustrating moments.
I'm a huge fan of this game's main theme, as always, The Living Tombstone knocks it out of the park with this one and the rest of the soundtrack is great too.
My only major complaint about this game is the final fight against Agent Rainbow. Compared to the other four showdowns against the monstrous versions of our previous patients, Agent Rainbow is quite underwhelming which is unfortunate. Not only is it too easy, but it's also far too simple.
That being said, I dearly hope there're plans for a sequel because I am 100% ready for more In Sound Mind.
You play as Desmond Wales, a therapist trapped in the recesses of his own mind. You face distorted versions of your past patients as you uncover their stories and how their situation played a part in a much larger conspiracy in the town of Milton Haven. In a world inside your mind, anything is possible.
I loved the story of this game. I loved seeing and learning about Desmond's previous patients through the visage of a survival horror. Fending against The Watcher in the supermarket, surviving The Shade along the shorelines, dodging The Bull throughout the trainyard and running from The Flash in the forest. Each story carefully crafted to tell a different story of people suffering from mental illness and how their lives ended up playing an unfortunate role in a bigger story. It was a mystery that was genuinely enthralling, I couldn't wait to play the next chapter, to see how deep this really goes.
The gameplay is also fantastic. The game is mainly a survival horror with puzzle elements. A lot of puzzles typically consist of finding items and figuring out where they need to be used, similar to games like Silent Hill and Resident Evil. Throughout the game, the player will have access to an expanding arsenal of tools to help make their survival experience smoother, from unlocking new weapons to unlock new ways of dealing with threats in general. This game does provide you with a very limited ammo supply, so make sure to conserve it as much as possible, lest you find yourself struggling against the fights that really matter like I did, which may lead to some frustrating moments.
I'm a huge fan of this game's main theme, as always, The Living Tombstone knocks it out of the park with this one and the rest of the soundtrack is great too.
My only major complaint about this game is the final fight against Agent Rainbow. Compared to the other four showdowns against the monstrous versions of our previous patients, Agent Rainbow is quite underwhelming which is unfortunate. Not only is it too easy, but it's also far too simple.
That being said, I dearly hope there're plans for a sequel because I am 100% ready for more In Sound Mind.