Sanitarium takes you on a wild ride into a twisted mind. great story and unforgetable moments make this game a classic.
As most adventure games, you use the mouse to interact with the twisted worlds and characters around you. I say worlds because "Sanitarium" shifts between to real world and the protagonist subconscious; each chapter in the game takes you to a different memory and a different story.
apart from the main character, you'll be playing as a little girl and even as an alien creature, you're thrown from one insane environment to the next.
The basic story of game goes something like this: you wake up in an asylum, your face is entirely wrapped in bandages and you cant even remember you own name.
For this point forth you uncover more and more of yourself and your past as you travel through many disturbing places, fight gruesome enemies (yes, there are a few fighting sequences in the game) and make terrifying discoveries about the asylum and the stuff. By the end of the game you'll be fighting for your sanity as well as your life.
The graphics are satisfying for an adventure game from the late 90's and the horrors you'll encounter looks good enough to give you goosebumps. After playing "Sanitarium" you will probably want to play the game again, just to fully understand the whole story and to relive some of the unique moments the game delivers.
Trust me one this one: if you like adventure games or/and horror games, and can deal with out-dated graphics, "Sanitarium" is definitely the game for you.