More Than an Adventure (An Adventure Games Thread)

[Malf]

Now that's dedication!
That woman knew what she wanted early on in life and got it!

[henke]

Since the What Are You Playing Thread isn't the right place for this, here's something wholesome from an artist who worked on the Riven remake: https://bsky.app/profile/shoomlah.bs.../3kz3qyynu3s26.

Are you on BlueSky, Sulph?

Do I need to get on that BlueSky?

and, final question...

Have you guys played that Sanitarium game from 1998? Just discovered that it's in my GOG account. Maybe it was a freebie at some point? Anyway, played the first hour or so. Pretty freaky stuff. Kinda clunky gameplaywise. Think I might stick with it.

[Thirith]

I played it a long time ago, though even then it was years after it came out. Something about the trailer or an early video review I saw (on a cover CD-ROM) stayed with me. At this point I honestly can't remember much about it, mind you. Was it around the same time, more or less, as Bad Mojo, that game where you turn into a cockroach?

Edit: It looks like Sanitarium is even available as a phone/tablet app!

[Sulphur]

Are you on BlueSky, Sulph?

Do I need to get on that BlueSky?

Respectively - no, but I will; and why not, you don't lose anything, and the more of us that move on from Elmo's godawful dead bird platform, the better.

and, final question...

Have you guys played that Sanitarium game from 1998? Just discovered that it's in my GOG account. Maybe it was a freebie at some point? Anyway, played the first hour or so. Pretty freaky stuff. Kinda clunky gameplaywise. Think I might stick with it.

I played it all the way back in 2004, got a fair bit in, then life happened and I dropped it. I had some stints with it here and there in the years after but never finished it. It's old, so some clunk is to be expected, but what I played of it had a great 90s horror vibe, and was worth persevering through. Scorsese's Shutter Island has a similar feel to it, even if Sanitarium predates it and the book by several years.

[Starker]

Sanitarium used to be one of my favourite adventure games along with Gabriel Knight. It's well worth playing for the story and atmosphere, though there are some parts where the voice acting and animations haven't really held up as well as, say, the aforementioned Gabriel Knight.

[qolelis]

Have you guys played that Sanitarium game from 1998? Just discovered that it's in my GOG account. Maybe it was a freebie at some point? Anyway, played the first hour or so. Pretty freaky stuff. Kinda clunky gameplaywise. Think I might stick with it.

I started playing it 4 years ago, got halfway, and then never returned to it, probably because of the tedious pumpkin maze I got stuck in. Maybe some day, I'll finish it, but, then again, probably not—unless I somehow run out of other games to play.

[WingedKagouti]

Have you guys played that Sanitarium game from 1998? Just discovered that it's in my GOG account. Maybe it was a freebie at some point? Anyway, played the first hour or so. Pretty freaky stuff. Kinda clunky gameplaywise. Think I might stick with it.

I recall getting stuck at some sound based puzzle which I couldn't find a useful walkthrough for. Given that I'm more or less tone deaf I basically need this type of puzzle to be deterministic, and the guides I could find at the time all just said to match the tones which was no help at all.

[henke]

Ok I get it, everyone but me has played this thing already! I played a bit more. Dug up a dead girl to win a game of hide and seek. This game is... really... something.

Respectively - no, but I will; and why not, you don't lose anything, and the more of us that move on from Elmo's godawful dead bird platform, the better.

I just haven't gotten on BlueSky cause they don't have video/gif support yet, and I'm still pulling for Mastodon to somehow win the social media wars.