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The nightmares began when my father finally passed away. They seem so real. They even come to me when I am awake. I haven’t slept in days. My doctor recommended that I see a dream specialist.REVIEW
There is little more frustrating than an interesting premise, executed poorly. Doors of the Mind: Inner Mysteries should be one of the most interesting hidden object games I’ve played recently, since it takes place primarily in the main character’s subconscious. There is a certain dreamlike quality to the item-stuffed tableaus that most HOGs present to a player, so making an HOG that’s literally a trip through the protagonist’s mind should make for some brilliant casual gaming.
The game even offers you a very interesting plot hook to get things going. You play as a woman named Hazel who’s had difficulty sleeping ever since her father died. Frazzled, she tries a visit to a doctor who practices hypnosis to see if she can sort herself out. What she uncovers in their first session together suggests she has suppressed memories of a terrible event from her childhood, one that concerns her mother’s death. The rest of the game plays out between trips to Hazel’s childhood home and the doctor’s office, where hypnosis lets Hazel examine the realm of her own mind. Read more...
