Mental Hospital III Review
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.05
Device Reviewed On: iPad Mini 2
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If Halloween is your thing - not for the candy, but the symbolism - or you just like the idea of things jumping out at you, the aptly titled Mental Hospital III might be for you.
The storyline is merely a vehicle for the gameplay: special forces, an innocent videographer, and psychiatric hospitals that conduct secret experiments. Toss in the automobile malfunctioning and bad weather and we have all the necessary components for a horror classic.
The idea is to navigate out of the forsaken place alive. Without giving too much away it means collecting information, using collected tools to solve mini-puzzles, avoiding clear dangers like elevator shafts, and knowing when to hide or when to make like Ben Johnson and run away fast.
Oh my.
In the end, the straightforward premise and intuitive concept mostly overcome the little things I would have preferred, like major weaponry and a map of sorts. Mental Hospital III's biggest triumph? Getting someone like me who enjoys (endures?) getting his hair done by his daughters to actually engage in a horror game. Not bad.