Sanitarium

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Summary: Fun but easy.
Review: Well, this is an interesting game and I give it lots of credit for not trying very hard to be interesting. The game does shift gears a lot, as mentioned in anothe review. I often forgot the main story while involved in some of the stranger chapters. I think the story is well-developed, especially by todays video game standards. After you get used to the controls, this game will be a breeze. Takes a day or two at most two beat but I found it to be genuinly interesting. The Voices are pretty melodramatic but I think this adds to the humor of this dark title.

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Summary: Sanitarium
Review: This looked like a great buy. I'm very much into rpg/thiller games huge sh fan. Sadly the package says windows 95/98/me/xp????I have xp
Well then why is'nt it working? If anyone knows the help would be awsome thanks [e-mail]

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Summary: A nervy game of intrigue and frightening wonder
Review: I won't add much information in my review, as the most relevant has already been said.

Though I want to say that I have Windows XP, and Sanitarium runs fine on my computer.

It surely is an intrigueing and interesting game to play. I've been wanting to play this game for years now, and finally, a few days ago I got my hands on it. In a way I'm glad that I didn't play this game five years ago, because the game can be rather freaky at times. So as the description says, it's not really a game for kids, at least not young ones.

The game took me about 2,5 days of normal playing to finish, perhaps a little less. I started on saturday, and finished it after school on monday (that is today). But I wouldn't say that it's a small game. I got totally emersed in it, and it is certainly worth buying. It's a nice experience to play, with stimulating problems that make you twist in your chair, but yet come back for more. The plot is also very interesting, and you're always driven by it to go further, and further in the game.

Perhaps the game could have been a little longer, but all in all it isn't a small game, and besides, isn't it the way with most great games - you want them to be longer, so you can play more..? That said, I would really want to see a sequeal to this great game. Alas, I don't see that ever happening since what I've heard - American Softworks is no longer. (correct me if I'm wrong.)

...and btw, this game isn't easy to get your mittons on, at least that's my experience, so buy it when you have the chance, if you feel like trying it...;)

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Summary: Excellent game (and re-released!)
Review: Finally Sanitarium has been re-released in a jewel case packaging ..., I could get it after so many years of looking. Beware, it does not run on XP, but it runs very well on 98/Me. The story is very intriguing and captivating. Puzzles are fairly simple, the interface is excellent with graphics and sound effects perfect. This game is a real gem, worth every penny.

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Summary: Excellent game! Cool graphics and challenging puzzles!
Review: I bought this game several years ago and I'm still getting asked to borrow it! Everyone who plays it loves it, even though they sometimes have to call and ask me for help, hehe! The puzzles are just hard enough to keep you thinking, and the characters and scenes are great as well. If you like this game or games like this one, try "Out of Order". It's free over the net. There's even a cheatsheet on the web if you get stuck. I think both of these games are great!

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Summary: 5 years after its release and it's still fun to play
Review: That actually says a lot about a video game. Sanitarium is one of those games that grabs you be the ears from the very beginning and won't let you go. You'll find yourself getting very involved with the story line; so much in fact that you'll be thinking of different possible endings as the game progresses. The only problem is that the puzzles may seem a bit amateur for fans of the genre - Myst fans will find these puzzles to be a waste of time. But the game is still entertaining and very captivating. It's a wonder how this game never really got much publicity - definitely worth checking out.

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Summary: It does not run on XP
Review: Please don't buy the game thinking it runs on XP. It does not. I was on so many chat boards trying to find patches or help to make it run. It ran for a little and then would crash at places. What we did get to play did not impress me. However, others have said it is great. My 1 star is a little unfair because of the OS I was running.. but such is life.

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Summary: Perfect if your looking for the unusual.
Review: If you are looking for a game that will keep you wondering and guessing then is the one! With the start of each level you can never tell what is about to happen. This game has planty of blood and guts hanging around. Awesome graffics work to make the slime and haunting scenes incredibleand not for the easily sick. Some of the puzzles that you have to work through really test your knowledge so some of the levels can take hours while others can take days. Lots of fun!

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Summary: Good adventure game
Review: I liked this game quite a lot. It's a good story and the puzzles make sense. The atmosphere is creepy and well done.

I normally don't like adventure games, but I like good stories.

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Summary: Haunting, amazing and funny all in one!
Review: What a weird game this is. It had been gathering dust in my closet for at least a year untill I sort of felt in the mood for playing it. This was because the content seemed a bit bloody, but most of all because the controls seemed annoying. You have to move your character by holding the right mousebutton all the time, and that doesn't relieve you of any slumbering RSI.
But what a challenging and hauntingly beautiful game this turned out to be! The puzzles are very well integrated into the story, but it is foremost the story itself that earns the five stars. You have to wander through several worlds that are so very, very weird they will stretch your imagination to the limit. The plot unfolds itself nicely, and will keep surprising you.
Some of the worlds (or dreams, or visions, or whatever) took getting used to, but how rewarding it all was. The story will keep you awake, and follow you in months to come after you've finished Sanitarium.
On the graphics side, well, they are a bit outdated, but they are still eyecandy. An amazing colourpalette is used, it just looks great. The cutscenes are black and white, just in keep with the atmosphere of the game.
And there's the humour. This game had me laughing out loud many times, quite a feat sonsidering the gory content of the game. Although gory, well, it's not for the fainthearted. Imagine having to push a corpse in an oven to be able to solve a puzzle... But is is always done with wit.
Sanitarium is a masterpiece, both in concept and in content. It ranks right up there with my other alltime favourits like Myst, Riven, Journeyman Project 3 and Beyond Atlantis.