![]() ![]() In fact, I would rather have simple graphics in exchange for solid atmosphere and a well-crafted narrative. I’ve said before that I don’t mind lackluster visuals. The graphics are nothing much to write home about. Particularly in areas where I was simultaneously trying to avoid an alien or a soldier, and struggling to figure out where I was supposed to go. This proved particularly frustrating at times in some of the more tense stealth sequences. Where the game gets challenging as a result, is less because the puzzles are hard and more because there’s information conveyed awkwardly or that is more easily missed because of this narrow FOV. I’m not sure I was really convinced, ultimately.įurther, though the relatively narrow field of vision is good for immersion, it can make navigation feel clunky and awkward. Although you do die if caught by one, it’s something that essentially happens very quickly and off screen. The aliens (in particular) don’t have much establishing them as a threat. ![]() That said, the verbal expressions of the protagonist’s anxieties are doing a lot of heavy lifting toward telling the player what they should be scared of. The voice acting is overall solid and genre-appropriate. The soundtrack of the game is suitably unnerving, though the sound stings sometimes feel a little excessive after a while. There’s some valuable ideas to work with present, to be sure. I do think that, if Alterego Games want to continue pursuing horror, they have some things to learn, and Sanity of Morris may have wound up more tame and less frightening than they initially intended. I don’t think Sanity of Morris is by any means a bad attempt. To be clear, horror is a lot harder to get right than successful creators are often given credit for. Ultimately the game undergoes a pivot from an aspiring horror entry to something more closely resembling an adventure game with the occasional stealth or puzzle segment. ![]() What’s unfortunate, is that this stage-setting mechanic seems to more or less fall by the wayside after the game’s earliest segments. However, this game’s approach to it is one of the more interesting interpretations I’ve come across.īlurring vision and seeing things in your periphery that aren’t there out of already being on edge or being in the dark comes over as a much more believable human behavior than the usual outcome of faltering “sanity” in such games. There is a lot of ableist baggage that comes with the word, and its gamification. Where Sanity of Morris is concerned, I would still call it something else if it were up to me. It has a fairly simple premise that grows significantly hairier once aliens (and government plots) get involved, leaving both the player and the protagonist questioning what’s real.Īt first glance, it should be said that I’m always wary of games that rely on “sanity” in their titles and/or game mechanics. The developers are previously known for the drastically different puzzle adventure, Woven. Sanity of Morris, the latest release from developer Alterego Games follows protagonist Jonathan Morris on a quest to find his estranged father. ![]()
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