Whilst it seems perfectly ordinary, albeit derelict at first, it’s soon revealed that something otherworldly is going on here. It becomes apparent that not all is as it seems with this apartment building. Though, most aren’t too difficult and can be solved with relative ease for the most part. A lot of areas found within In Sound Mind follow a similar pattern whereby you must solve environmental puzzles in order to progress.
So, you’ll explore around the murky basement and soon find a fuse in the laundry room. There’s an area taped off, a vent that can’t be accessed, and an elevator that’s broken down and missing a fuse. There’s no mission markers so it’s down to you to use your brain. It quickly becomes apparent that In Sound Mind requires you to do some thinking. Desmond wakes up in an abandoned apartment building with no recollection of how he got there. Though, having said that, In Sound Mind starts off in an all too familiar way. Oh, if that’s not enough, there’s the mysterious antagonist who will dial telephones when you pass them just to taunt you and, before I forget, there’s also a talking cat. You play as therapist Desmond Wales, who can use tape recordings of his patients' sessions to travel to creepy, distorted, almost otherworldly locations conjured up by their troubled minds. For instance, let’s take the main premise of In Sound Mind.
Whilst these games obviously cannot match the budget and quality of, say, the likes of Resident Evil Village released earlier this year, they make up for that with bolder experimentation and taking risks with fresh ideas. It’s a shame too, because when they do cross over, I’m hardly ever disappointed. As someone that does not game on PC, it’s not that often we console gamers see games of this ilk make their way over to consoles. In Sound Mind is a psychological horror indie game by developer We Create Stuff.
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