Each recording goes to a different place and as you get a new tool there the focus of the puzzles changes as well. It’s in the variety of the locations that In Sound Mind‘s strength lies. Others require you to stay in the light or lure the enemy to a certain spot. As such that level takes place in a supermarket and a ghost stalks the aisles, attacking you if you look at her. The first tape for instance is about a girl who was disfigured in an accident and subsequently died in a supermarket. More interesting is the main enemy in each tape that represents the patient of that recording.
There are minor enemies that appear throughout, shade-like beings that will run towards you or fire at you from a distance but combat isn’t that frequent over the course of the game. There is a surprising reliance on platforming which had me thinking of Half-Life at times, thankfully there’s nothing too challenging here and if you die checkpoints tend to be pretty frequent. First off is a simple flashlight to help see in the dark but you will get weapons, a gas mask and a magical shard of glass that can be used to break and cut things as well as looked into to survey the world around you and discover hidden items. You start off with no items, but you’ll start to accumulate many over the course of the game which will let you get past areas which were inaccessible before. In Sound Mind is played from a first person perspective and you’ll primarily be exploring.
Here he encounters their fears and learns to understand them better and begins to start unravelling a connection between them all and himself. He finds recordings of sessions with his previous patients and through playing them is transported into their psyches. You play as psychologist Desmond Wales who wakes up, trapped in a version of his own apartment building.
Out now on PS5 is In Sound Mind, a psychological horror game. The larger publishers don’t seem too bothered but, as usual, that’s where the indies step up. That means you’d expect some spooky games to be hitting the digital and physical stores for your platform of choice. Octoin PS5 / Reviews tagged first person / half-life / horror / in sound mind / psychological / puzzle by Gareth
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