Sanitarium

The idea of the game and the car models and parts are great. The multiplayer is frought with issues, particularly saving and the guest rejoining. My friend and I have had to reload very old saves losing progress too many times. May revisit the game in the future, if I read the multiplayer is working.

I am not one to write negative reviews of things for no apparent reason, but I think this games has been seriously overrated by some people. There is a reason this game has been forgotten - it is simply a bad game. I had bought this game at 50% off during a sale, and I still think I paid too much. It is supposed to be a psychological horror themed adventure, however when playing the actual game it soon turns out that the "psychological horror" was simply an excuse for the developers to link several different levels together, which haven't got anything in common with each other. I have to admit that out of the 9 chapters the first 4 were promising, but after that the the whole thing goes down the drain right until it hits a very anti-climatic bottom. The narrative had the potential to tell a story which could have been disturbing and moving at the same time, but it just ended up as a complete mess. The game is stale, the characters are cardboard cutouts, and after the 4th chapter the eerie atmosphere completely dissolves. As for the gameplay, the puzzles are uninspired and boring, the "action" parts are really unnecessary, and the icing on the cake are the bad controls. It doesn't matter whether you are an adventure game or psychological horror fan (or both), avoid this game. GOG has a lot of good adventures in it's repertoire, but this is certainly isn't one of them. And if you're looking for a good psycho-horror game experience, try your luck with Silent Hill2 (if you haven't already), or, if you don't mind platformers, American McGee'se Alice. Hopefully at least one of them will find it's way to GOG someday.

While I must admit I was a little dissapointed in the end. It had its moments where it shined. The story was unoriginal and very bland, just because you chop it into pieces and throw it around out of order does not mean it will become good. The sounds and music are indeed chilling and the cimitaics are amazing. Gameplay wise it was fun trying to solve puzzels and explore.

The game is totally unplayable as it crashes after a few seconds after launch. I tried various advice on the internet how to fix this issue, but was ultimately not able to fix it. Fortunately I got this game for free, but GoG shouldn't sell games that simply don't work.

I'm so glad to see this awesome game on GOG.