With its blinding explosions of light, this weapon looks like it’ll be invaluable when battling The Shade, which thrives in darkness. In addition to these tools, Alan’s chapter also introduces a flare gun. As you unlock these items, you’ll be able to take them with you through each of the game’s four worlds, or tapes, as well as the derelict tenement that serves as Desmond’s office and In Sound Mind‘s hub world. Additionally, a mirror shard found in Virginia’s chapter can be used to reveal secrets and slash foes and obstacles alike. Early on, Desmond gets his hands on a pistol that can dispatch enemies and clear debris to help him reach hidden areas. While you’ll spend much of your time avoiding creatures in the game, you’re not entirely helpless. This experimental chemical is found all over In Sound Mind’s surreal dreamscapes. If things get this crazy in the second chapter, I can’t wait to see what the latter half of In Sound Mind‘s story offers. The entire scene was pure chaos and would have looked right at home during the latter half of Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake. As Desmond worked his way up a narrow mountain path, The Shape, apparently quite tired of the psychiatrist’s antics, rained down a barrage of cars and boulders like mortars. One scene later in the demo was especially chaotic. You can try to lure the creature to these barriers so that he can destroy them, clearing the way to the previously inaccessible caches of crafting materials, ammo, and flashlight batteries. Sometimes you’ll find valuable supplies hidden behind obstacles. However, clever players can also use The Shade to their advantage. That said, you’ll probably want to stay far away from its clutches. Anything unfortunate enough to get in its way was sucked into its inky abyss. Crates, cars, or even Desmond himself: it didn’t matter.
Representing Alan’s nyctophobia, this horrifying creature oozes along the ground like a living oil slick and swallows up everything in its path. It’s a massive area that looks like it’d be quite a treat to explore if only it weren’t teeming with dozens of oily terrors that look like sentient Rorschach tests-creatures that not-so-subtly drive home In Sound Mind‘s theme of mental illness.Īs Desmond explored this haunting environment, an entity known as “The Shade” was never far behind. The location sharply contrasts the supermarket’s cramped interior from Virginia’s tape with its dense forests, craggy mountains, and a beach with a large lighthouse looming over it like a silent sentry. This was plain to see as he walked me through some of the more intense moments in the new tape, which focuses on Alan, a man with severe nyctophobia. The mirror shard can be used to uncover secrets and spot unwanted guests.ĭuring the demo, Tal told me that the team aims to take a more open-ended approach to its survival horror than games like Resident Evil and Dead Space, which corral the player into their jump scares.
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And what I saw has me eager (and more than a little terrified) to get my hands on the full game when it releases later this year. I recently had the chance to join Ido Tal, We Create Stuff’s co-founder and the lead producer of In Sound Mind, to take a look at a new area. Set in an abandoned supermarket, the demo did an excellent job of showcasing the game’s combat, Resident Evil-style puzzles, and how the various phobias each of the patients exhibits manifest themselves to create engaging gameplay hooks. This early taste gave players the chance to dive into the tortured mind of a patient named Virginia, who suffers from extreme social anxiety and crippling agoraphobia. Last October, a demo for In Sound Mind was released on Steam. Well, that’s if it doesn’t cut you first. It’s a unique premise brought to life with surreal visuals and an atmosphere so thick and oppressive you can cut it with a knife. You play as Desmond Wales, a psychiatrist from the submerged town of Milton Haven, who can use cassette tapes of his former patients’ sessions to venture into their tormented psyches and face their deepest fears. In Sound Mind’s lead producer gives us a taste of terror on tape as we tour a new area in the upcoming psychological horror title from the creators of Nightmare House 2ĭeveloped by We Create Stuff and published by Modus Games, In Sound Mind is a psychological horror game in the most literal sense.
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