- Adventure, Action, Horror, Thriller
A twisting tale of terror. Life and death decisions Open your eyes... and prepare yourself for the dread of unforgettable psychological horror. Set 60 years before the nerve-shredding events of "Until Dawn", you awaken in a strange medical facility, with no memory. It's up to you to discover why you're trapped within Blackwood Pines Sanatorium - and uncover a chilling conspiracy lurking within its shadows.
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Character
Grave, bleak, earnest and unpretentious.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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PlayStation LifeStyleChandler WoodJan 20188.5/10The Inpatient is one of PSVR's best. It's a shining example of presence and engagement. The visuals impress and it uses a ton of clever tricks to fully immerse the player in the experience of living out Blackwood Sanatorium's final days, making me feel like I was actually there. There are fun Easter eggs for those who have played Until Dawn, but The Inpatient can still be enjoyed without. The overall plot does fall flat in the final act as the scares give way to a less-than-exciting conclusion, but the branching possibilities means that even after two playthroughs, untold stories of the sanatorium still await me.
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GameSpewMatt EakinsJan 201890/100Playing off the wonderful formula of Until Dawn, but polishing whatever rust was there, it succeeds in nearly every task it sets out to do. It is chilling without being cheesy. Horrifying without being overt. Disturbing without being grotesque.
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GameSpotJustin ClarkJan 20188/10A rare prequel that actually enhances its predecessor, The Inpatient takes a subtle but effective approach to psychological horror in VR.
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Cubed3Albert LichiJan 20182/10The Inpatient is one of the most disappointing games ever made. Even when detached from the excellent Until Dawn, on its own it's a shallow walking sim with glossy production values. This might be okay for a one and done play-through, if acquired for free, and even then it is hard to justify the cost of the time spent playing this husk of a game. This is at best a glorified and expensive demo reel for talented 3D artists and VR programmers - not really a game worth playing at all.
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Post Arcade (National Post)Chad SapiehaJan 20183.5/10Supermassive Games' virtual reality thriller fails to make the most of both its intriguing premise and its chosen medium
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR
- Developer
- Supermassive Games
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Released
- January 23, 2018
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Virtual Reality
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
IGDB rating 6.4/10 from 12 ratings.
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