Dark Hospital

A lot of the unease in this game came from the sound, and turning them off made it obvious that the actual story is not very scary at all. There's a lot of strange supernatural going on that doesn't make a lot of sense, even when you reach the ending where it's explained, which makes me think it was meant to add to the horror but fell short. I'm also not a fan of the character motivations for any of the characters we are presumably meant to feel for which takes from the tension.
The puzzles were pretty good, although I did get stuck for a second, and having just one vague hint available was more frustrating than having nothing. It turned out I just needed to (Spoiler - click to show)inspect the hole in the ceiling before I could move the stretcher but I wandered the whole map twice before figuring that out as a similar puzzle earlier on didn't require that.

That said, it's a good first effort. The mechanics/platform chosen worked well, and even with what it lacks I felt drawn to reach the end and understand the story.

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