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As Dr. Riley McClein, you have to figure out what is real and what is not as you try to uncover the mysterious happenings at the hospital, while also trying to deal with your epileptic attacks that have haunted you all your life.
Roots of Insanity is a action, horror and adventure game
developed by Crania Games and Göktuğ Ülvan
and published by Crania Games.
Released on April 04th 2017 is available only on Windows.
It has received 432 reviews of which 296 were positive and 136 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 5.69€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.58€ on K4G.
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- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core i3-5020U 1.80 GHz, AMD Opteron 3260 HE 2.7 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 285, AMD Radeon HD 5850
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5000 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
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I rate this as an average game. The mood and the setting are really good, from the visuals to the sound effects and music. Very very reminiscent of Outlast, even the soundtrack. I won't say it's a good game because combat is unfun and unbalanced. It's really really hard to fight, it's almost impossible to hit or kill an enemy without getting hit back. And you get a lot of situations where you are forced to fight, no stealth option. Either combat should be more polished, or it shouldn't be here whatsoever. But well, it's an indie game, it's cheap, so it's good enough to give it a go.
You might be wondering, from some of the screenshots on the Store page, if this is a third-person horror game, or at least a game with third-person sections. The answer is the latter: it's mostly first-person, with some brief third-person moments when you get your grubby hands on a firearm. Emphasis on "brief". For the most part, though, it's more like "Outlast with zombies"; complete with the video-camera-as-your-only-lighting trope, and deja vu-inducing graphics that leave you suspecting that a Red Barrels team member - outraged at being fired in the early stages of Outlast's development - decided to exact his "revenge" against the company by recycling an early build into an entirely different game. It really does look and "feel" that familiar at times. Which isn't to say, of course, that this game is in the same class as Outlast. But it's a fairly impressive effort, just the same; especially for something so clearly low-budget and, well, kinda short. That's the first thing many of you probably need to know: this ain't a long'un. A couple of hours, tops, if you really take your time. Which the game doesn't exactly encourage you to do, given how quickly those pesky camera batteries run out...and you really are gonna need that warmth-giving green-screen glow if you're gonna make it out alive. The next question many horror fans are wont to ask these days: is there combat, or is it entirely "stealth" and/or chase scenes? The answer to that question is: lots of combat, and a tiny bit of running. No hiding. In fact, the first time you encounter a zombie, the game warns you that you're "a doctor, not a fighter" (!)...then promptly ensures that you can't easily avoid any of the combats anyway, by denying you a crouch button and sticking many of the enemies in your direct and frequently narrow path (e.g. corridors). That's another question I can happily answer for you: yup, it's pretty linear. Not to the point of tedium - there's still a mild air of exploration - but lovers of "open worlds" won't exactly be enthralled. The mapping, on the whole, is solid but uninspired. And the missions, suffice it to say, are exclusively of a find-a-key/fetch-an-item/find-gas-for-a-generator variety. In short, if you're looking for originality, you've come to the wrong place. You've also come to the wrong place if you're a stubborn Achievement hunter, 'cause they're apparently all broken after the first two (and never liable to be fixed by the devs, judging by the forums). If, on the other hand, you can admire a well-executed game working with limited resources, and can ignore a few minor bugs and other shortcomings here and there, then this may well be worth your seven-bucks-or-less. There's certainly plenty to recommend here: some decent scares, a tense atmosphere, some genuinely head-f*cking hallucinogenic antics, and combat that is suitably short, sharp and brutal for a game of this tone. My only semi-major complaint, really, is the story...which starts well, meanders in the middle, then very nearly ends well, but decides to convolute things unnecessarily in the last moments of the final cutscene. Oh well. A bona fide good'un, just the same. Verdict: 8/10. (PS If you enjoyed this review, feel free to check out my two Curator pages: http://store.steampowered.com/curator/9284586-ReviewsJustfortheHELLofit/ http://store.steampowered.com/curator/10868048-Truly-Horrible-Horror-Games/?appid=398210 Cheers!)
I remember playing this game a long time ago. Now that there is a remaster, I tried it again. And from what I remember the game looks, feels and plays way better now. Granted the game is short(3 hours at most), and combat is probably a weak point. But I did enjoy the story (again) and would recommend this to any horror fan. The game is cheap so why not try it:)
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Roots of Insanity is currently priced at 5.69€ on Steam.
No, Roots of Insanity is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.69€ on Steam.
Yes, Roots of Insanity received 296 positive votes out of a total of 432 achieving a rating of 6.55.
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Roots of Insanity was developed by Crania Games and Göktuğ Ülvan and published by Crania Games.
Yes, Roots of Insanity is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Roots of Insanity is not playable on MacOS.
No, Roots of Insanity is not playable on Linux.
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No, Roots of Insanity does not support VR.
Roots of Insanity is a single-player game.
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No, Roots of Insanity does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Roots of Insanity does not support Steam Remote Play.
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Crania Games,
Göktuğ Ülvan
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Crania Games
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04 Apr 2017
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