
Description
Sanitarium was one of the games that I have played in my childhood (had gotten stuck at the fountain puzzle), which always stayed with me somewhere in the dark corners of my mind. Years later, I have decided that it was time to play it through and it was a mind-blowing experience. Sanitarium is an isometric adventure game. Although categorized as horror, it is more a surrealSanitarium was one of the games that I have played in my childhood (had gotten stuck at the fountain puzzle), which always stayed with me somewhere in the dark corners of my mind. Years later, I have decided that it was time to play it through and it was a mind-blowing experience. Sanitarium is an isometric adventure game. Although categorized as horror, it is more a surreal psychologically thrilling experience rather than a scary one. Game starts in a very creepy atmosphere with very dark tones, great sound effects and music. You wake up in an asylum with no memory of your own identity. Interestingly enough, this was not the only time Sanitarium reminded me of another masterpiece, Planescape: Torment. Whether it is the isometric style, occasional surrealistic dark fantasy setting, use of a similar color palette, spectacular writing, or how much it pushes the video games as a form of art, Sanitarium (despite being a point-and-click adventure game) managed to capture a similar space in my subconscious only Planescape: Torment had before.
Developer: DotEmu, DreamForge Intertainment
Publisher: DotEmu
Release Date: 30 Apr, 1998
Genre: Adventure, Point Click, Horror
Minimum:
- OS: Windows Vista, 7, 8
- Processor: Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows Vista, 7, 8
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 3 GB available space