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The player is then forced to avoid and wrestle an entity that is now prowling the shopping centre looking for revenge on anyone in the supermarket.

It doesn’t sound like much but when you factor in the fact that this person suffers from a condition where the structure is important and disturbing that structure is detrimental to their health, it becomes a different game entirely. For example, there is a section where a client is pressured into establishing some new structure in her life when her local grocery store is closed down and a new one takes its place. In Sound Mind has you play audio cassette recordings of your patient’s therapy sessions which then allow you to explore those memories. This is one of the main factors facing you in-game. Surrealism | For a psychological horror game, there is always going to be a level of surrealism.Alternative Rock combined with Electro Pop is something that you rarely find goes hand in hand, but here it works well. The alienation present in the music is something that I find quite jarring about the music here.

I am familiar with The Living Tombstone as they provided music for Dread X The Hunt where I supplied a game for the collection, and the work done here is very fitting. The Living Tombstone has done a great job of providing the score for the game with music that is fitting in every scene.

The Music and Audio | The music is fantastic.

Take these when found throughout the game and for every 3 that you take, your health, sneak, or stamina will increase indefinitely. These come in the form of a fake name and fake branded anti-depression drugs.

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Secret rooms or items, even enemies floating through the walls so you can plan sneaking around and avoid enemies entirely. The other mechanic in-game is the upgrade ability to your health, sneak, and stamina. The glass allows you to see things that are not visible to the naked eye. Without giving too much away, you will eventually access a piece of broken glass that you can raise to look behind you. But what it does outside of the genre is something I haven’t seen done before.

Mechanics | The mechanics in-game are grounded based on its drama.

Couple that with the thing watching you from the corners of the room now and then, and you have an eerie atmosphere that will make you feel all sorts of uncomfortable when playing. I’ll touch on audio a little later but just know, for now, there is no music here and it helps emphasize the ambiance.

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You start in a dimly lit room with no flashlight and must navigate through a series of spooky hallways before finally getting access to a flashlight and some much-needed light.

The Atmosphere | From the moment you start the game, you know you are in for a good time.

This game is also available on Xbox One and S/X, Playstation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Epic Games Store. ℹ️ | We played In Sound Mind for Ten Hours on Xbox Series S. It surprised me in a number of ways and on many occasions. In what appears to be a hybrid between indie and AAA, In sound mind offers a lot of creativity and unseen features in games that I have yet to come across in today’s games. Developed by We Create Stuff and published by Modus Games, In Sound Mind is a surprising little horror game that fans of the genre will find interesting on many levels. Journey within the inner workings of your patient’s psyche and the one place you can’t seem to escape-your mind. LifeisXbox’s In Sound Mind Review | In Sound Mind is a first-person, imaginative psychological horror with puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone.

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