Sanitarium

Top thrilling adventure which is set in someone's schizophrenic mind? Is this all even real? What is going here? Who am I?

i love love LOOOOOVE this game to death. it's so uncomfortable and creepy, but the lore is immaculate and it sucks you in way easier than you'd think. the slow movement speed of our protagonist is dreadful, however this ultimately adds to the frightful atmosphere. the only thing i have to complain about is the controls. i have wrist issues no thanks to my connective tissue disorder, and let's just say i don't like having to hold down a button on my mouse for nearly 6 hours straight. trying to find objects to interact with is also tedious since there are no outlines or hints on what to click or where to look. otherwise, this game is damn near perfect. from the bottom of my heart i implore anyone who is even mildly interested in horror games to play sanitarium. but if you're prone to wrist pain or despise pixel hunting, maybe you should watch a playthrough instead.

This ♥♥♥♥ dont run on my modernized system im goin to gog it crazy style!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is surely a game of its time. No tutorials,no hints, no *anything* Overall it is a pretty good game. The story is a solid 8/10. I loved the art style. I overall enjoyed the game. The only bad thing about it is that in many cases you *will not* be able to distinguish the items and interactive objects with the non items/interactive. The only hint is that the cursor will change. This does not sound that bad on paper but when we take into consideration that the Chapter maps are pretty big and that the objects are literally tiny it is not that pleasant experience. Generally an amazing game and in terms of story it would make an exceptional movie

I recommend playing the game with a lot of patience and and an active motivation of challenging oneself as the game certainly has not been too kind over the years with its janky character movements and FMVs. For me, I view it as a brief respite from the fast-paced gaming experience that we have today. Even so, I was personally accustomed to this game's charm earlier on due to my experiences with playing old LucasArts games (DotT, Full Throttle and Grim Fandango, etc.). Therefore, one's experiences with the game may differ from mine. Moreover, I can safely say that some of the puzzles in this game seems child's play to understand compared to LucasArts' wide library of moon logic puzzles during their heyday. Other than that, I'm a huge lover of pre-rendered backgrounds like the ones from the OG Final Fantasy VII and the DKC Trilogy so some of the games assets just amplifies its horror and "jank-ness" with its story that it's trying to tell. But hey, one opinion is different from the others, I guess.....

Good puzzle game, great story, frustrating movement controls