The Sanitarium
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The Sanitarium
I found the sanitarium to be the most tedious and least enjoyable of any Silent Hill stage. It is too large a stage to send you running back and forth all the time, it got to being terribly repetitive which in turn took most of the enjoyment out of it. It started alright, but by the time you enter the first Otherworld it becomes too much of a redundant trip gallivanting around across/through mirrors and up and down stairs. Some of the puzzles were alright, though, including the one will the small dolls and the pills.
All in all, however, I find myself dreading going to the Sanitarium, not because it frightens me, but because it is long, tedious, and not terribly exciting. What do all you fellow Origins players think of this stage?
All in all, however, I find myself dreading going to the Sanitarium, not because it frightens me, but because it is long, tedious, and not terribly exciting. What do all you fellow Origins players think of this stage?
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The sanitarium was so big and sprawling, they could have made the whole game take place there. There were whole wings that were permanantly off-limits... hide a few more keys around and stick in a few more weird bosses, and there you go.
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Its been a while since I romped through 0rigins but the only thing I didn't like about the Sanitarium was this one hallway I remember having to go through SEVERAL times, that was just filled with Nurses. The monsters weren't the problem really it was having to go through that circular area and then a lonnnggg hallway over and over.
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Agreed, The sanitarium sucked. I used a walkthrough after a while. Maybe I'm just retarded but I congratulate anyone who beat the Sanitarium without a walkthrough. It got far to ridiculous, and as for fun, I dont have fun in any of the SH games...lol. I play them because they freak me the F*** out! I play them for the thrill and this stage bout made me kill myself
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Well, I played it again (fuckin' fireman outfit... Tryed 3 times but nothin'..) and I don't find the Sanitarium annoying anymore, I'm almost leaving it with 1 hour of playing, the first time it took me like 2:30-3 hours to get out of this place, now that I changed my opinion I guess there isn't any other places that I dislike in the game.
On a side note: In my opinion Origins was the most fun game to play while you were on the streets... Well, 2 was always too foggy and dark, while 3 you just move to Jack's Inn to Brookhaven, so you can't explore the city at all... but Origins is nice, if I could I would only wander around the city, this "snowish" fog feature is really cool, apart from SH1 I can't remember any SH game having snow...
On a side note: In my opinion Origins was the most fun game to play while you were on the streets... Well, 2 was always too foggy and dark, while 3 you just move to Jack's Inn to Brookhaven, so you can't explore the city at all... but Origins is nice, if I could I would only wander around the city, this "snowish" fog feature is really cool, apart from SH1 I can't remember any SH game having snow...
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They should have put more torture equipment in the Otherworld version, though. Shock treatment devices, lobotomy equipment, and all of the other horrible things that used to be used to "treat" the insane. That would have made it creepy beyong belief. One thing that made the motel so creepy was its brutal-looking beds and showers that looked like they sprayed blood or acid. It looked like the reception center for new arrivals in hell.
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Why do you know what the reception center in hell looks like? ...lol...jkOddish wrote:They should have put more torture equipment in the Otherworld version, though. Shock treatment devices, lobotomy equipment, and all of the other horrible things that used to be used to "treat" the insane. That would have made it creepy beyong belief. One thing that made the motel so creepy was its brutal-looking beds and showers that looked like they sprayed blood or acid. It looked like the reception center for new arrivals in hell.
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SilentRacoonX wrote:Why do you know what the reception center in hell looks like? ...lol...jkOddish wrote:They should have put more torture equipment in the Otherworld version, though. Shock treatment devices, lobotomy equipment, and all of the other horrible things that used to be used to "treat" the insane. That would have made it creepy beyong belief. One thing that made the motel so creepy was its brutal-looking beds and showers that looked like they sprayed blood or acid. It looked like the reception center for new arrivals in hell.
I agree, more torture devices would have been creepier. I even dreaded going into certain rooms such as "Female Seclusion", but I wasn't that blown away by anything. I thought the first few rooms you investigate were well done for example the room connected to the lobby with the wheel chair in the middle (reminded me of session 9). I think they could have put a lot more thought into the basement. Male seclusion, where the doll puzzle was (if I remember correctly) impressed me.