Psycholog

相当犀利的作品，这应该是我玩过交互感最强的一款心理咨询师模拟了。（不过我也没玩多少，算上Eliza和outside the door一共才三款）仅仅是通过朦胧的油画风格和简单的指向点击，就将客户们内心深处最恐惧的场景描摹了出来，非常惊人。尽管类型完全不同，本作甚至能令我联想到Harvester Games那些横版冒险的迷幻、阴郁、诡谲气质了。 游戏玩法是视觉小说+指向点击，玩家扮演咨询师对五名客户进行心理干预，并决定他们的治疗走向和结局。五种症状可大致概括为容貌焦虑、恐高症、恐车症、广场恐惧症、家族性精神分裂前兆（谵妄？），回应的选项则可分为感性、幽默、理性、冷漠四种。本作最高明之处就在于，你不可以一招鲜吃遍天下，而是要根据不同客户的性格和实际处境，灵活调整应对手段。比如，幽默就比较适合初次见面的破冰、消除暴露性疗法前的紧张情绪；在患者极端脆弱之时，你自然要尽可能保持体贴与感性；陷入恐慌时，需要你的理性才能引领对方回归冷静；如果对方状态尚佳，过度感性则会变成怜悯，反而打击其自行恢复的积极性造成挫败；对于某些触及原则和生死的问题，你又需要非常理性甚至冷漠，不惜造成伤害也要强行干预的，而非一味顺从。这种对随机应变能力的考查，配合直接影响信任值的即时反馈，就是本作强交互感的神奇来源。精细、微妙、灵活多变、影响深远、感性和理性并存、犹豫和果断并存，本作把有德行的咨询师和客户对话间那份小心翼翼还原出来了，这工作还真不是一般人能做得来的——五名患者不再是一串冰冷冷的代码，而成为玩家关切结局的活人。或者说，选项皆为玩家自身心境之投射，你当然也可以选择全程冷漠，保持高高挂起、公事公办的态度说官方套话，这种自由感不是上文提到的另两款纯线性能比拟的。 而正当你以为本作就是款纯粹的咨询模拟，其画风又陡然转向险象环生。除疗愈五名患者的主线任务，“我”并不是一个仅供玩家代入的容器——前期就在主角身上就安插了不少耐人寻味的伏笔，如童年创伤、同事间的龃龉、隐约不靠谱的老板、办公室闯空门事件等。随着中期流程推进，一个躲在幕后针对患者们下手的连环杀人狂逐渐浮出水面，其作案手法恰好同五种病症相对应，同时摆出了多名嫌疑人来分摊读者的怀疑。这很像本格推理小说里犯人严格依据童谣杀人的偏执做法，给本作增设了许多不可名状的怪诞、恐怖和悬疑感。令读者特别好奇接下来到底会发生什么、患者能否得救、凶手的真实身份，特别想印证所谓的医人者，究竟是大众眼里那般光鲜亮丽、拥有权威性的健康，还是金玉其外、泥菩萨过河呢？ 不过本作缺点也很明显，基本都由3h有限篇幅造成。从中期凶手开启杀戮，叙事节奏就被明显拉快了。数起凶案之间间隔过短，缺乏必要的停顿和铺垫。患者们的治疗过程过于理想化和一帆风顺，不觉得简单几句鼓励就能发挥奇效，缺乏循序渐进和必要事件来引发转机。最后就是对凶手身份的遮掩还不够啊，就那么几个出场人物也太好猜了，揭露过程很随便，绑架主角只为制造创伤的结局也缺乏力度。换我来编的话，肯定会安排其在前期多假意帮主角刷存在感，这样才能在后期达成意料之外情理之内的效果，甚至还要制造自己被攻击的事件来减轻嫌疑、增加其他嫌疑人可疑举动等，说白了还是篇幅不够的锅。 到目前为止今年体验最惊艳的短篇VN。其他注意点：①本作含有少量jump scare。隐藏成就存在剧透，不要提前点开看。②尽管一周目开荒很容易出最惨的全灭结局，还是推荐二周目再查攻略，以保留最原滋原味的悬疑感。③俗话说每个心理咨询师都又有自己的咨询师，本作是能够观察到患者对主角反向施加影响的。④说到悬疑感，取用希区柯克Vertigo式的漩涡转场真的很妙。梦境里用电视机执行转场又想起《红辣椒》了。

Psycholog is an intense dive into the world of psychology and phobias, enriched with great story telling. It’s creepy, captivating, and super engaging as you try to navigate your clients' darkest fears. Definitely worth checking out if you love a good story and a bit of a thrill!

I overall highly enjoyed experiencing this game! I really like the uncanny and surreal "old horror-movie"-like aesthetic, it truly managed to creep me out at times. Additionally the setting feels quite uncomfortable and ambient, creating a rather oppressive and gloomy atmosphere. The amount of details and realistic complexity of the writing is impressive, especially regarding the patients. I think it's creative how the player is supposed to do several playthroughs in order to understand how to properly approach certain characters. The vast amount of choices makes it entertaining to experiment as well, particularly the funny dialogue options. The plot and mystery are intriguing as well, the constant uncertainty was very thrilling to me. I must admit though that I still find it quite difficult to figure out how to trigger certain events/achievements, since there doesn't seem to be any guide so far. It feels especially tricky, because it appears that the game doesn't allow manual saving as well as the function to fast-skip read text (unless I somehow didn't manage to figure it out lol), hence it gets exhausting to fully replay the game every time I'd like to pick a different choice. Those are rather just inconveniences though and don't have a big impact on the experience as a whole. Altogether I'm still pretty satisfied and like the interesting concept!

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Very interesting story that I'm definitely going to play through a few times. About 1.5-2 hours of play time. You are a psychologist whose clients keep being attacked, which naturally brings you under suspicion yourself. There's a very interesting point where you realize that the aim of the game isn't really what you think it is, since treating your clients won't successfully help them survive the game. I honestly would take a full game of just treating clients though, since that mechanic was fun to play too-- figuring out the right approach based on personality and context clues, etc.

If you enjoyed" Silent hill"and" The moment of silence" , psycholog is worth checking in. I'd say this game targets a pretty niched group, and gave me the feeling that those who understand it just do. On the surface this visual novel may seem like your avarage thriller game. When entering though, you step into this stunning fog-like athosphere instantly iron gripping you. The style choice here is simple yet beautiful. The watercolor-ish frames very closely resembling real life enviroments along with the unsettling character personalitites gives the player the perfect eerie feeling. On top of that, the music score really hits, though I'd wish for even more music. The SH vibe with grain/noise may not be for everyone, especially if you don't like pondering by yourself in dark rooms. Personally, I was mostly drawn to the storyline. It seemed like you never really knew what was coming in this game. I loved the main character, whos gender was unknown (!!), and their inner dialouge. The mystification of the city and all the strange events leading up to the ending was truly special. Iv'e played countless of games in this style, and needless to say Psycholog is by far one of my favs. Will definitely revisit.

Fairly short game but with an engaging story. I personally find the "choices matter" aspect nice, it has depth, feels grounded in reality, and makes you ask yourself how you would respond to certain situations or conversations (in the specific context of playing as a psychologist). Characters and story are thoughtfully-made, and overall I enjoyed playing it. Hoping to see more works from the devs in the future, the game is already well-made but their work is promising and I'm sure they could accomplish a lot with more support and resources.

Very interesting and detailed game. I am not a big fan of games like this, but that one got me. Good audio, awesome story. Big +rep for developers

Это хороший хоррор в который ,сюжет просто бомба.Игру можно пройти за один день или меньше.

Psycholog es el equivalente en formato visual novel de uno de esos thrillers marroneros que ayudaban a rellenar las horas muertas de las parrillas televisivas a finales de los noventa y principios de los dosmiles. Y, como se puede intuir por mi pulgar, lo digo con la mejor intención posible. El juego consiste básicamente en tomar decisiones relacionadas con los pacientes de un psiquiatra, con la intención de ayudarles a superar sus miedos. El giro de guion que lo acerca al terror es que todos los pacientes empiezan a sufrir una serie de "accidentes" y la policía sospecha de ti. ¿Lo más gracioso? Tras los créditos recibes una puntuación basada en cuántos pacientes consigues salvar. Digamos que yo he suspendido.