However, the bosses of each level do provide more of a challenge, usually because you can’t just blast away at them, and their puzzles are nevertheless fun. They feel more inconvenient than any real threat. With a gun in hand, a lot of the enemies become trivial.
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While In Sound Mind doesn’t exactly throw the weapons at you, it’s easy to figure out how to get them and it can happen pretty early in the game. And the game has a great way of throwing enemies at you while you’re trying to think things through, keeping you on your toes and constantly harried. And while some of these puzzles feel familiar, there are always new elements thrown in to mix them up, like using a shard of glass to look behind you to see enemies, unseen messages, and pinpoint essential objects.
You’ll turn switches on and off, pick up keys, find dolls, lure enemies to break apart crates, and just find a whole lot of hidden objects. While wearing a gas mask, your breathing is loud in your ears, adding to the horror but also making you wonder: what if I don’t hear something creep up on me?īeyond the ambiance, the levels provide plenty of challenges, usually in the form of frenetic puzzles. Every hum, creak, and squeak puts you on edge. But I personally fell in love with the quiet moments.
The music orchestrates each area wonderfully, especially when you encounter the bosses of each level. As you walk through whale skeletons, explore the creepiest grocery store I’ve ever encountered, find yourself struggling to find the light in a lighthouse, and mucking through toxic sludge, these areas wonderfully emulate the patients’ lives and the various things ailing them-from their appearance to their uncontrollable rage. Each one has its own ambiance and visuals that produce a surreal mindscape.
It’s each of these patients’ tales and therapy sessions that act as levels. And as you dive into listening to these recordings, your environment reflects the patients’ inner turmoil. But as you explore, you’ll find tapes from your previous patients. Not helping the situation is a mysterious man who keeps calling you, taunting and belittling your work. In Sound Mind is a first-person psychological horror game developed by We Create Stuff and published by Modus Games.Īwakening in a building surrounded by black, oily water, players wander the halls, finding out more about the character they play-a psychiatrist named Desmond Wales-and just what has brought him to this isolated, lonely place. But while In Sound Mind doesn’t throw a whole lot of novel wisdom at you, it does stand out with the way it presents itself as both creepy and witty all at once. I’ve always been a big fan of psychological horror games when they’re done right, they leave you with plenty of jumps but also a lot of insightfulness.
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