Sanitarium

It's a good game, a little clunky controls, and sometimes it's "look for the right pixel" but is fun.

One of the best games that I ever played. Amazing story, visual style that still looks good, some memorable characters and the unique atmosphere make this title a true classic. I still remember how enchanted I was with the ending of the first chapter. Many years later, when I replayed it, said scene was just as impressive. Don't let the bizarre locations and NPC fool you, this is a coherent story with a rather satisfying finale. Worth playing for the writing alone, but if you're into solving puzzles, it will also have some engaging moments. Pretty much everything I want to say is already covered by the multitude of positive reviews. Yeah, movement controls kinda suck, but it doesn't really matter.

Just finished this game again, well done for its time, and the puzzles all made sense, I only had to look up two hints during my full playthrough. The voice acting is sometimes hit and miss, but the overall story is well delivered. The game is a lot of fun still!

That's a solid classic psychological horror point and click adventure game. No bullshit. The story's great. Just remember to save regularly in case you have a crash. It's rare but happens. No soft-lock, only one or two puzzles that are "very hard" (by that I mean you may need some help to get the puzzle done, not to figure out what you're supposed to do), but not too easy either. Highly recommended!

I think that this could have a "point and click" tag (for some reason it doesn't), but if it did, I would probably have never played it. My issue with point and click in general is that I feel like I am reverse engineering a game developers thought process in stead of playing a game. It happens here too and I don't think I would have been able to finish it without using a guide. This is accompanied by some "action" sequences that will give you a hard time because it's not always easy to make the character do what you want to do (you move by holding right mouse button and pointing it on the screen relative to where your character is to make him go in that direction). Now that sounds bad by itself, but I still had a lot of fun with this. In fact, it's a great classic game, as most reviews will tell you. There is a good story, a very imaginative way of telling it, voice acting with good writing, cool and varied gameplay types (some chapters could be a game by themselves), memorable characters, puzzles are good (there are no direct hints so you need to pay attention and do some thinking), old but skillfully made graphics, a satisfying ending and more. It knows how to surprise in all the right ways and I predict you can't help but smile as you click your way through it. I hope nobody will be put off by the horror tag. There are some quite unsettling scene's present, but overall I found the primary intention is not to scare you. It’s not a kids game either but the scenes support the story and, in my opinion, are not designed or presented as being threatening or haunting. The story is about fighting insanity and actually has some humorous ways of portraying it. If you want something refreshing and challenging, with a good story, have some time to get into it and don't mind being required to pay attention to details to progress, then you will do yourself a favor by giving it a go.