Dementium: The Ward

Cool game, worth the money.

A total classic from my childhood! My only issue with this game is the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible engine this game was made in. I really wish they used something different for the pc port since its around a decade old and the game cost $15.

At first i thought its a game that purposely chose to be a little dramatic and arcade-themed rather than calm and eerie,but i guess i was wrong.Dementium The Ward is a horror shooter that was originally released back in 2007 for the Nintendo DS.So most of the things i will speak about could be justified with "Its old" or "It was already enough",but lets just pretend its not,until i feel like mentioning the aspect in here lol. [h1] Story [/h1] You wake up in a psych ward without any information of your arrival nor the cause of you being there in the first place,but instead,you're greeted with a hasty and odd cutscene of a whole lot of büllsh!t that you'd see in saw movie.After the cutscene ends,the character finds himself in even more shenanigans without any given explanation.As he leaves the room and progresses through the halls of the ward,old pieces and puzzles hint the backstory of his arrival.But is that really what you expected to find? [h1] Gameplay [/h1] The vague design and controls of the game may appear to be a purposely made choice for the player to see himself in a scenario of nostalgia.but if you were hoping for dopamine bait,you'd be at the wrong address.The gameplay mostly reminds one of an arcade machine you'd find in an old media store,where not only the machine,but the game appear to be rancid waste.As earlier mentioned,the game was originally released on DS,and remastered for PC without any change of the core gameplay or controls,but with the sole exception of HD graphics lest to suffer from an eyesore lol.To keep it short,ITS BAD,and when i say its bad,i mean it.You cant really aim,only swerve around with your mouse and the game focuses for you,just like you'd expect it from a weird arcade game.On top of that the old tracking of your cursor wasnt fixed and just feels sluggish.So the cool nostalgia slop quickly turns into a sea of sorrows and misery,unless you like a bit of bad gunplay.Yes it may be charming,but its honestly just repetitive.Boss fights are kind of versatile at least,but even they feel very poor to a certain point.The difficulty on Normal really spikes through the roof throughout the end of the game,while most encounters remain pretty chill.I think i died once on my first playthrough?.The adequate variety of weapons however makes it a bit more unique.Even a secret weapon that requires a small puzzle can be found,its honestly too overpowered and has infinite ammo so idk if that counts as a smart choice of game design. [h1] Design [/h1] The Retro art style is what catches people(like me) the most,but honestly dont let yourself be fooled by it.its pretty neat and all,but considering that 70% of rooms and structures you encounter are all the same,it really makes the entire game feel like its blured together.Reused and copied assets are all over the place and its just contributing more to the "stale" gameplay.Also the music is repeatedly looping and my god it is LOUD. [h1] Summary [/h1] Its worth 15 bucks,and on sale about 5.Id recommend to try it while its on sale,cuz it still can give you a decent amount of entertainment that lasts up to 5 hours.As we speak,i have the game completed on regular difficulty and can proudly announce that i ABHOR the end level and everything around it.So if you're willing to give an old crappy game that was remastered a shot,merely for the old retro feeling its alright i suppose.But even the beauty in nostalgia is a matter of your own opinion in this scenario.

Simple DS game that is a first person shooter with survival and horror elements that was brought over to the PC. The gameplay is standard, the story is non-existent for how I don't care it, the ending is lame, and if you play this on the hardest difficulty, then you are required to get the electric buzz saw in order to fight off the screamers who can one-shot you, despite it being an optional weapon. I wouldn't say I feel robbed of my time playing it, especially since I like DS old horror aesthetics and variety of weapons. I just think it does the bare minimum in many aspects. 2.3/5

Эту игру можно описать той самой фразой дяди Джуниора из клана сопрано. Уныло, однообразно, не сбалансированно, криво. Потраченных денег жаль.

小时候启动游戏看到黑森森的医院和满地番茄酱已经开始害怕了接着听到诡异的BGM脸色发白再看到一堆英文绝望发抖强忍恐惧玩了两分钟不敌病房大人赶紧启动星之卡比超级究极豪华打了一遍真格jjc缓一缓然后晚上拿被子把头裹起来瑟瑟发抖继续担心外星人会来吃我的一集...但现在玩的话就毫无波动了。 《激狂之渊·病房》算是NDS平台上最有名的恐怖游戏之一了[strike]因为NDS上恐怖游戏就少[/strike]，靠着大尺度的血浆表现力，哈人的BGM，还有最重要的“NDS恐怖游戏”这个身份的反差感本作在那个年代给很多人包括我都留下了印象，如果抓个nerd问“给我推一个NDS上最恐怖的游戏！”那大概率他会介绍的也是这个（就算他没玩过肯定也听说过）。这么一个游戏现在移植到了PC，至于移植质量的话画面干净利落，操作系统完美适配键鼠，虽然没能很好地再现原版游戏的触屏&双屏操作模式，但看得出来已经做到尽善了，毕竟NDS游戏因为自身机型特性移植PC差不多就是等于把整个游戏的框架都改了。 至于游戏本身，他自己的宣传语是这样的——[i]呼呼呼哈哈哈哈，颤抖吧！现在《DOOM3》遇上了《寂静岭2》！呼呼，呼呼呼哈哈哈哈![/i]（大意）但光看玩法的话其实就是第一人称版生化，而且特别嫩。虽然这是个能对绝大部分归到生存恐怖的游戏可以说的废话，但就算是最古老的生1的地图设计还是压力控制能力都不是本作可以碰瓷的。《病房》的水平在这些没法去碰瓷的游戏中连中游都算不上：最明显的游戏中充斥着大量毫无遮掩之意的复制粘贴式的关卡，明明流程中一直在前往不同区域但一模一样的房间dejavu会看到多次，这可不止是构造和配置甚至布景都是一模一样。也幸亏这游戏有地图也没什么迷宫以及回头路要素所以不会因为辨识度而迷路，不过这样看的话本作看似大而绕但实际体验更接近一本道的地图就显得更鸡肋了，至于什么还有一堆完全充数的毫无意义的房间/锁上的门，医院里为什么到处都是弹药和回复药其实是不是是什么BLACK企业之类的相对前面这些问题都算轻的了。至于战斗的话主角完全是人形杀戮机械，没有格子限制随时随身带满7把武器，本来子弹就超多了95%的战斗还可以靠无消耗+无前后摇+带击退+点的越快攻击频率越高的的电锯来解决，说到这里也很容易想到的就是这个游戏其实不怎么恐怖，甚至有点无双了。经常被拿出来说的生化的反抗能力太强没什么恐怖感，反观本作都是拿着军火库追着怪物虐杀的程度了，和恐怖就更没关系了。 可是有枪能割草的恐怖游戏也有死亡空间这样的呀！但本作不管是怪物设计还是战斗策略设计都很显然没有那个能力，实际上我个人在开荒最高难度下也是游龙般的郊游体验[strike]但会被粪怪即死[/strike]。游戏的怪物造型也说不上很出彩小怪就几种，后期不止是很出戏的会出现改个绿皮的强化版，甚至BOSS也是唐突复活拉出来再打一遍，关于这些莫名其妙的情节游戏中的信息也寥寥无几，印象里好像就只有一个人说自己要疯掉惹耶耶耶我要拿金的银的铜的三把钥匙封印这个无敌电锯！就没了，想你了恐怖游戏中感觉自己会死就狂写日记然后塞进碎纸机里丢到各种房间角落里方便后人鉴赏的小故事写手们，这个游戏流程90%真的是没剧情没演出在几个早就见了七八次的房间中徘徊前进。 不过玩到后面发现我还是很容易满足的人，虽然完全不恐怖，虽然是复制粘贴的便宜货，但游戏里的血浆还是很多的，如果当做是郊游看看血海再顺便动动电锯砍几个丑八怪的游戏的话游戏居然还行？ 本作经常被称为NDS恐怖神作，但实际体验我曾经也那么害怕过的游戏现在只能以这样的心态体验，该说是圆梦了还是幻灭了...但就像前面说的当郊游游戏其实还可以的，移植也非常棒很用心，虽然和想象中的体验出入比较大但还是推荐吧。

El Remaster es bastante bueno, ya me pase en su día el juego en la DS y 3DS en dificultad máxima, sin duda este juego en PC no ha dejado de sorprenderme a demás de siempre llevarme sustos, me ha encantado 10/10

THE NINTENDO DS CLASSIC RETURNS! THERE'S AN ELECTRIC BUZZ SAW IN CHAPTER SIX, IT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER, THAT REQUIRES 3 KEYS Beware: this game does not play nice, especially on Hard or Demented, it will take careful, tactical movement and strategic game play to master, and careful resource management to survive I got 100% Achievements, but I went through hell 1st, I strongly recommend guides on this game

[H1]病房，NDS上的精品恐怖游戏，PC上的平平无奇小作[/H1] 首先虽然这是一款nds移植pc的游戏，但实际体验相当不错，移植做的很好，为了有更复古的游戏体验使用了官方自带的Retro CRT滤镜 我是第一次玩这游戏，而且用今天的pc系统游玩这款体验可以说是相当平淡，但是相信小时候用nds玩过这款游戏的大伙应该感受颇深，虽然没体验过但我觉得作为一款可以拿在手里随玩的nds上的恐怖游戏来说这款还是很不错的 首先就是恐怖氛围塑造的相当到位，尤其是音乐是大加分项，配合各种环境音效和主角的心跳声游玩起来还是很刺激的，当然这种刺激仅限于前期，毕竟男主本质移动军火库，身上能带7把武器，本质还是个射击游戏，如果像bio一样加入一个无法反抗只能躲着走的怪物那游戏会吓人更多，剩下的部分且听我娓娓道来：首先Normal难度可以说是相当简单，怪物不耐造，子弹也给的很富裕，拿到电锯后面对大多数敌人更是腾出了枪械的用武之地，所以我立刻重开了一个Hard的档，明显感觉到了生存的压力，而且因为敌人更耐造加上伤害更高所以相较Normal的逛街难度Hard明显体验有趣了不少，子弹的话刷新数量依旧，不过实际玩起来分配感觉合理了不少，唯一缺点就是手枪反而因为比较刮痧所以用的很少导致场景溢出了很多，顺便一提，在满血满子弹的情况下无法捡起地上的资源，而主角身上各类武器携带的最大子弹数相当有限，对于这点仁者见仁智者见智，我的看法是可以当作一种比较另类的资源管理，子弹满了记住位置，用了就回去取，其实没什么影响；武器囊括手枪，突击步枪，霰弹枪，狙击枪，左轮，和两把近战，打击感几乎没有，不过玩着还是蛮舒服的（至少我没那么在乎），而且因为是nds移植游戏所以自带辅助瞄准，唯一难受的地方就是手电筒和武器不能同时使用，就和doom3一样，虽然我理解这样更能增强游戏恐怖感但在中后期根本感受不到一点恐怖感的时候只觉得难受 同样的因为对标Silent Hill所以游戏还有些许解谜部分，而游戏中的解谜只能说是小儿科级别，至少对我这种看英文没压力的来说写的还是很清楚的，而非必须解密的部分也因为部分地图可以来回往返（我没试过不确定是不是整个地图都可以随意往返）所以可以有头绪了再回来做，但是高难度还是建议把能拿的都拿了，能省不少力，另外nds上的版本好像还可以手写笔记记录线索，这点还是蛮有代入感的，但PC上没了这个功能只能自己记了......不过整体来说我也没太大意见 然后就是游戏大中后期开始场景重复比较多，很多房间虽然地图有标但完全进不去，就算进去了也是先前一模一样场景然后给点资源之类的，敌人种类也少后期基本就是前期敌人的升级版（血更多伤害更高），这其中尤其是screamer这玩意（飞头蛮），在初级就很耐操伤害还高的情况下这个升级版更是耐操的同时一下能伤你80hp（最高难度直接100不给容错），而且在有两个三个的情况下电锯硬控也很容易被后摇给咬到，高难度的游戏平衡属实一言难尽 最后本以为皆大欢喜的结局也如同游戏黑暗的基调一样跌入了绝望深渊，可以，这很cult 顺便一提，最高难度Demented真的很难

Eu sei que algumas pessoas vão achar esse jogo nada demais, que é confuso e sem história, mas acho que ele tem um charme que faz ele ser diferente de jogos de terror indie atuais. Ele dá uma claustrofobia enorme com seus corredores apertados e repetitivos e uma escuridão que gela a espinha com uma aflição em tentar acertar os inimigos sem a sua lanterna. Um jogo que CLARAMENTE foi feito pra um experiência em portáteis da época, por ser um jogo de nintendo ds. recebeu muitos elogios pelos seus gráficos impressionantes pro console que hoje em dia não passam do aceitável com uma gameplay mediana. Na sua época foi o melhor jogo de terror do console por não possuir tantos do estilo para ele, ressalva de alguns jogos japoneses que nunca foram localizados. É uma experiência que é apenas pra quem tem um carinho e já jogou ele alguma vez no console, fora isso, ele não é nada excepcional. Eu adoro o jogo, se você gosta da temática estilo silent hill e resident evil, acho que gostaria também. pra resumir, acho que vale a pena em uma promoção, que foi também o meu caso.