The truth is revealed in the game's penultimate moments, in an enjoyable albeit expected manner. Agent Rainbow's true identity is a source of constant intrigue throughout In Sound Mind, and was largely the aspect of the narrative I was most interested in piecing together. He also enjoys following you around, appearing suddenly in different areas throughout the game, to the point where any unexpected movement in my periphery often resulted in me seeing his hellish figure for a short moment before he vanished in a puff of his rainbow coloured smoke. Speaking of Agent Rainbow, he’s ever-present through the adventure, constantly taunting you by calling the multitude of telephones that exist across the locations in each tape and Desmond’s office. They also contribute to the narrative at large of course, and ultimately aid Desmond in discovering the link between the death of his patients and the existence of Agent Rainbow. They do a solid job at providing enough of a backstory for each of Desmond’s patients through both the audio conversations heard through the tapes, and the various notes you find scattered around their unique environments.
Levels in In Sound Mind are represented by these therapy recording tapes, and each has an interesting story to tell. She also wears a mask to cover up her facial scar. All of Virginia's fear and negative thoughts manifest in the form of “The Watcher”, a horrific ghost girl that will attack Desmond as soon as he looks in her general direction. Unfortunately, she has a manic episode at the local store as a result of people staring at her, causing her to kill herself with a shard of glass. When Desmond starts to think that maybe the mysterious happenings in Milton Haven and the death of some of his patients are linked, he sets out to listen to their taped recording sessions, which in turn allows him to delve deep into their psyches, where he must encounter deadly apparitions that are the embodiment of his patients' biggest fears.įor example, Desmond’s patient Virginia suffers from social anxiety because of a facial scar she acquired at a young age. The city is dilapidated and flooded, dangerous rainbow-coloured chemical spills are everywhere, and if that doesn’t sound bad enough, there’s a haunting figure known as Agent Rainbow that serves to stalk Desmond and make his life miserable for the duration of the adventure. If it isn’t clear to you already from the moment the game starts, something isn’t quite right in Milton Haven. In Sound Mind sees you play as Desmond Wales, a psychologist from the town of Milton Haven, who awakes in the basement of his apartment complex with a bad case of amnesia.
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