In Sound Mind in the test: Creepy, but also the bugs are the horror

To be in Sound Mind means as much as to be understood . To the mind and the human psyche, everything turns into the psychohorror game of the same name. One plays Desmond, a psychiatrist captured by a mysterious spy in his own clinic. Desmond watches in the dark cellar and do not know how he gets in this. The door is closed, but through a secret output, however, the escape succeeds. However, not from the clinic itself, because the doors and windows are impermently closed.

After this entry, Desmond s history is pushed aside over wide routes. Instead, he finds various cassettes, with the help of which he has to last the fate of different persons, in the truest sense of the word. It takes him in mysterious elsewhere in which he has to solve different puzzles and conquer the end opponents. Gradually, Depmond is always releasing new areas in the clinic until he can finally explore the entire building.

Table of contents

1. 1 specific items or always the same?
2. 2unspectacular combat events
3. 3rd good atmosphere
4. 4Not only the standard wheel
5. 5Game ending bug prevents bug
6. 6Schasige beautiful horror
7. 7 translations or at least the attempt
8. 8FAZIT

Throughout the history, Desmond is supported by his cat Tonia mentally, who waits for him in his office and encouraging him. Yes, the cat chatted - if anyone in doubt should have in doubt that it is in the clinic with deeply strange things.

Many aspects of the story remain in the dark, even after the credits, many questions remain unanswered, but this is not negative per se, but contributes to the dense atmosphere and allows a lot of interpretation clearance. Not everything is, as it seems, and some unexpected turns hold one at the pole. In addition, one must also be opened an eye, because many backgrounds are disclosed in the context of optionally eliminated notes and other documents.

Special items or always the same?

Agent Rainbow is Desmond s largest enemy and the trigger for the horror adventure. Source: PC Games Initially, you start without items before you stumble on a flashlight after some of the virtue in the dark. In each chapter, Desmond finds other objects he needs to use to travel the worlds. So he gets a broken mirror a big shard that serves him from then on as a weapon, and he can destroy various blockages.

In general, this piece of glass is pretty Versatil. With the disk, Desmond can uncover invisible objects and fonts that are indispensable for the progress. Even if you find a pistol at some point and thanks to the much more effective against adversaries, the good piece does not lose its value.

Desmond stands in front of a door that will bring him into a new world full of adventure. Source: PC Games To use the items, resources are often needed. The flashlight approximately needs batteries and the weapon ammunition. This helper can be spread everywhere over the levels. - As well as healing foods to heal the only way, desmond should be damaged.

It is also important to keep the basic funds in mind, the impact on our maximum pace, our life energy and Co. have. Health, stamina, tempo and list can be increased by tablets hidden in each chapter.

Insspectacular combat events

Desmond is confronted with monsters who want to pursue him and kill him because he wants to uncover the story further. Source: PC Games Every horror game also lives on the quality of its monsters. In Sound Mind (Buy Now 39.99 €) confront us with different humanoid designs with bestial trains that can certainly provide for fear and terror. Either you can sneak past them, which often only works semigut, or you fight them with mirror shard or rake. However, the goals is a bit tricky, as the beings are very fast and usually do not die through a shot. Besides, convincing hit feedback is missing and sometimes shots are not counted, although you definitely hit.

Normal enemies can be defeated by a few shots, while the large and strong opponents often endure more than a complete magazine before they ultimately rise in smoke. Finally, the best method is definitely attack. The other thing looks different from the boss fights, which expect at the end of each chapter and who are in direct relation to the history of the respective kasette. Here thinking instead of ballers is announced, in each of these conflicts there is a certain trick to show up victorious. A nice idea!

Terrifying good atmosphere

Desmond is confronted those with the shadows who want to follow him and harm. Source: PC Games also beautiful: on cheap jump scare the adventure dispensed mostly. Rather, speaking the eerie atmosphere, accompanied by harmonious music, itself, as a permanent feeling of paranoia. Throughout the levels there are cameras, you feel constantly watched. As soon as the cameras go in Desmond s view, the penetrating red light goes out, which shows that one was taken. This gives the impression good that one really someone looks at every second over his shoulder. but between the moments of stress, there are periods of rest, the pacing is generally very good.

Not only the standard puzzles

The notes play an important role in uncovering the history and show ideas and secrets of various people. Source: PC Games is not only fought, even puzzles are on the horror program. Among other classic puzzles await Desmond, since it is then to create or enable power generators lever. However, there are also more complex brain teasers. So we have to arrange about different characters correctly in a doll house, which is trickier than it may sound. From time to provide time limits for additional stress. Are we too slow, it s Game Over and we must once again ran from the front.

Game-Ending bug prevented by Bug

Not easy to see, but this stupid cattle pushed us into a corner, which, combined with an extremely unfavorable autosave point almost made sure that we had to start over the game. Source: PC Games Once again ran from the front, which would have applied in our test passage almost in the Great: Otherwise, we did not have to contend with too drastic bugs, in the third chapter made an attacking enemy in conjunction with a deeply unhappy placed autosave point but that we thought briefly, then we would not be able to play more. Manual memory points there is no - stupid! Finally we solved the situation by then maneuvered us while loading the saved game against a wall that we fell through the floor and were put back to the beginning of the section. A fast game ending bug which was dissolved by another bug - also something new!

Scary beautiful Horror

Technically, the game has so definitely struggling with problems such as drastically they fail, probably depends on individual happiness. Also of some rough stuttering you will not be spared, which can provide in some fighting for an undeserved Bildschirmtod. Strange: The first two chapters were running with us even completely smoothly, until the third chapter, and from then until the end of the game was no longer the case.

After all, graphically we have nothing to complain about. While many other horror games rely on darkness and muted tones, color In Sound Mind is an important part of the experience. From the beginning, the player is confronted with brightly-glowing chemicals that leak from barrels and make the world a bizarre kind of nice and special. Otherwise played a lot with colors. No question: As colorful rarely goes to horror in games! The good music helps their remaining and always well to the given situation. In Desmond s office is quiet and relaxing. While fights and chases it is accordingly loud and driving.

translations or at least the attempt

Tonia is our closest friend and tells our story. Source: PC Games In addition to bugs and the lack of translation of texts makes for trouble. such as IIch incomplete sentences or outright incorrect translations found some spelling errors, duplicate letters to everywhere. For example, if Desmond stroking his cat, she says, When I would get for each pet money, I would be a millionaire. Pet can be both stroke and pet mean and the developers have here very skillfully the wrong variant chosen.

This stupid mistake also playful effect. Some puzzles are due to the German translation difficult to solve, because important information is because of them hard to understand. When the father of a child sets fire but meant that he turned on the fireplace; witness the first place by a clear case for the youth office and secondly, one remains perplexed as players back exactly what the house is now investigating needs to move forward ,

Conclusion

Nonetheless, in Sound Mind is a varied horror game with partly beautifully designed puzzles. The fact that you are not showered with information about any storytable, but must work out the contexts yourself, contributes a lot to the atmosphere. So all so far, the constant jerking, the fear that another game-ending bug could lurk behind the next corner and the truly catastrophic bad German translation ensures that with every enjoyment always succumbed to frustration. Too bad, because the creators would have delivered cleaner work here, the grude adventure would be held without hesitation.

In Sound Mind has been available since September 29 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch.

My opinion

Fromrebecca Herrmann Author

Overall, a solid adventure that is retained by rough blogs

All in all, in Sound Mind has succeeded. The colorful world with its many creative approaches feels refreshingly unique in the somewhat horny horrororre. A world that gives insights into the human psyche in dramatic experiences and experiences. The atmosphere is captivating and the story maintains until the end. Desmond s office and the moments with his cat Tonia also form a very pleasant counterpoint to the other, frightening moments in the game. I also find that the action can be plenty of interpretation. Of course, the (almost-) Game-ending bug was really annoying. Such a mistake must not happen, and also the lasting rucklers and the absolutely miesal translation named the quality. Very too bad!

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Agent Rainbow is Desmond s largest enemy and the trigger for the horror adventure. [Source: PC Games]

From Rebecca Herrmann Author & Lukas Schmid Editorial manager 14.10.2021 at 16:00