This review contains spoilers
Okay this was something...let's go through the thing that might bother some people:
The horror of the game really comes from HOW the patients get treated and not from how mentally ill people are ~ScArY aND WEirD~.
The game punches up, not down. That's a rare one for horror games. :/ Sadly.
With this out of the way, here some warnings. Esp if you had some experience with mental institutions this can be highly triggering.
DO NOT play this game if the following is a trigger to you: sexual abuse, torture, medical malpractice, suicide and suicide attempts, rape, forced abortion, physical abuse, mental abuse, death, Lobotomy(!!!), downer ending.
I...think that covers it.
This game hits harder because it's not a fantasy horror game like Evil Within or Clock Tower or one that uses it's horror theme to talk about real-life topics (Silent Hill 2, The Cat Lady). This is the horror people have suffered through and ARE still suffering through. For me, that just hit harder.
Story is a bit confusing but I think I got it in the end. ;) Just made it engaging for me not to know for a long time what happened to whom, when, and why.
Emphasizing with the characters was easy thanks to the first-person narrator and the pieces of information that the game sprinkles around the building for the player to find. Not a lot lot of music in here but when it hits it hits hard.
It's an engaging game for a calm day when you are in a good mood for everyone who has the stomach for real-life horror.
The horror of the game really comes from HOW the patients get treated and not from how mentally ill people are ~ScArY aND WEirD~.
The game punches up, not down. That's a rare one for horror games. :/ Sadly.
With this out of the way, here some warnings. Esp if you had some experience with mental institutions this can be highly triggering.
DO NOT play this game if the following is a trigger to you: sexual abuse, torture, medical malpractice, suicide and suicide attempts, rape, forced abortion, physical abuse, mental abuse, death, Lobotomy(!!!), downer ending.
I...think that covers it.
This game hits harder because it's not a fantasy horror game like Evil Within or Clock Tower or one that uses it's horror theme to talk about real-life topics (Silent Hill 2, The Cat Lady). This is the horror people have suffered through and ARE still suffering through. For me, that just hit harder.
Story is a bit confusing but I think I got it in the end. ;) Just made it engaging for me not to know for a long time what happened to whom, when, and why.
Emphasizing with the characters was easy thanks to the first-person narrator and the pieces of information that the game sprinkles around the building for the player to find. Not a lot lot of music in here but when it hits it hits hard.
It's an engaging game for a calm day when you are in a good mood for everyone who has the stomach for real-life horror.