Sanitarium Bonanza - Part 1
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backupdump002THE RESULTS ARE IN
Final Fantasy III/VI: 1
Chrono Trigger: 3
Sanitarium: 13
WOW
OKAY
WELL
SO
I GUESS WE'RE PLAYING SANITARIUM, THEN
Haha, when I did the poll I thought Sanitarium would wind up getting neglected since it was this little obscure game being pit against these two big mammoths of the gaming industry, and actually sort of worried that it'd be unfair or something. I WILL MAKE SURE TO NEVER MAKE SUCH AN ASSUMPTION EVER AGAIN
Anyway, I think you guys are going to enjoy this game. It's pretty corny, like I mentioned, but at the same time it's still interesting and can have some legitimately creepy moments and so forth. It's a point-and-click adventure game without a whole lot of visual stimulation, but the dialogue is so great that it doesn't really matter. Although, probably one of the biggest shames about this screencap adventure is that you guys can't actually HEAR the dialogue, which means that you can't hear how hilariously bad the voice acting is (OH. IT IS. NO. IT IS SO DARK...), but hopefully the YouTube videos will help that a bit.
But yeah, I'm pretty excited about this, and I hope you guys are, too. Let's begin!
Previous Screencap Adventures. Also, join![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
screencappery.
First off, let me just apologize if this episode seems kind of awkwardly put together. This game is pretty different from anything I've done so far, so I'm still kind of figuring out a good flow for the screenshots and videos and everything. THEN AGAIN I DOUBT ANYONE IS GOING TO NOTICE THESE THINGS EXCEPT ME, SO
LET'S DO THIS THING
A rotating CD in a bubble goes zipping across the bottom of the screen, indicating that our adventure is about to begin.
those pants are terrible
And sorry about the crappy quality. It'll be kind of sucky in the next episode, just so you know, but I think I fixed it???
pretty slick car, bro
are his eyes going in different directions
BEEP BEEP BOOP BEEP
Meanwhile the wife rolls over and pulls a pillow over her head, reminding herself to turn the phone off before she goes to sleep
nyeerm
Haha, this game tends to put all of the characters' dialogue in one big box rather than break it up, which will make it kind of awkward to do commentary on it. eh well
He puts in a CD, which starts playing some EXTREME rock music.
THIS ROAD'S GOT CURVES IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES
FLOOR IT I'M SURE IT'LL BE FINE
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
LENS FLARE
ROAD
LENS FLARE
ROAD
GOTTA GO FAST
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAA JESUS
FOR GOD'S SAKE WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING
SKREEEEEEEEEEEEE
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
YOUR JACKET SUCKS TOO BY THE WAY
NO NO DON'T
NO NOT AGAIN
and here's the video, lol
At this point you hear sirens, and these two guys start talking to each other. It's not subtitled, for some reason, but I wrote it down:
Guy 1: Move your asses, come on! The generator's a goner, the fire's gonna spread!
Guy 2: Hey... what about this one?
Guy 1: Ah, leave him. That's the bastard that stole my car.
THE AUDIENCE STROKES THEIR BEARDS IN CONTEMPLATION
why hello
And here's the protag. We don't know what his name is right now, so for now, let's just call him 'Guy.' That thing behind his head is a loose bandage, and not a beautifully flowing ponytail, which is what I thought it was when I first played.
Also, Guy has a pretty goofy voice--it's real deep and mumbly, kind of like the actor is saying his lines through his teeth.
One sort of frustrating thing about screencapping this game is that your cursor disappears whenever you examine something, so I'll have to explain what I'm looking at. This one is pretty obvious, at least.
yeah seriously it's like a church/asylum or something
I'M SURE NO ONE'S USING IT
Just what I needed to imagine while I'm eating, thanks
wait are you even allowed to do that
Looking at the guy banging his head against the wall. It makes a sort of wet smacking sound whenever it connects
v. unpleasant
Looking at the trembly guy on the edge of the screen. I bet he's the guy with the urine-soaked bed.
I zoned out and didn't get a screenshot, but Guy didn't have anything real important to say about this person, anyway. "There's someone down there" or something.
Looking at the guy who thinks he's a chicken or something equally wacky. I remember having to do that stupid dance all the time in elementary school, and it was stupid and stupid and I hated it
Lookin' at the tower on the right. WHO WANTS TO BET THAT WE'LL BE BREAKING IN
Looking at the gargoyle thing on top of the tower. It looks like it's very bored with its sentineling.
i wonder if anything else smells like urine
FWOOMP
Yes my thoughts exactly
You can't talk to the head-bashing dude. I guess Guy is just too weirded out or something
What do you have to say for yourself you pansy
THE DON
this reminds me of this story my aunt told me about how her house has "spirits," which she knows because she saw an empty Coke can float once or something
yeah
ANYWAY, here is our first conversation tree. I'm sure it's easy enough to figure out.
Y'know, for once I'd like to see some fictional ghosts that aren't these majestic voices of otherworldly wisdom or whatever. Have a drunken frat guy haunt some guy's house and try to get him to do a bunch of stupid dares or something.
Whenever a branch you pick sparks a new conversation choice, it'll conveniently appear on the right of it.
"WHAT'S UP WITH THE FALLEN TEMPLES MAN THIS IS BULLSHIT"
you know don maybe you wouldn't be so confused if you'd stop staring at your feet for once
GOOD SHOW! RIGHT ON THE MARK!
OOH, EE, OOH, AH-AH
FACE
What, so now you're a warrior, too? WE CAN'T ALL BE WARRIORS, DON
All right, well, that's enough of that. Saying "Goodbye" doesn't prompt any dialogue, btw.
HEY BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!
This guy rocks back and forth constantly.
... I can't tell if he's wearing clothes or not, either. Huh.
HARRY MASON?
George
NEEDS POSTERS
well that was a great conversation, what else shall we discuss
What, the last slice? Lenny, you cad!
I WILL HANG YOUR WITHERED REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS FROM MY POSTERIOR MONITOR
stop talking to me while i'm on the phone christ go bang your head against the wall or something
School? No wonder they haven't returned! yuk yuk yuk
WELL LENNY YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT HELP
your hiding place sucks
nuthouses can be old
stop being so close-minded, Guy, gosh
Why, this man isn't insane, he just has the misfortune of living in a woodsy area during the summer.
IN THE PANTRY
ALL OVER EVERYTHING
CAN'T EVEN SET A DAMN PLATE ON THE COUNTER WITHOUT A DOZEN OF THEM CRAWLING ON TOP OF IT
HAVE TO CALL THE EXTERMINATOR OVER AND OVER AND MOVE ALL YOUR HEAVY FURNITURE FROM THE WALLS AND BACK AND YOU THINK YOU HAVE THEM FOR GOOD BUT THE NEXT DAY THEY'RE BACK IN YOUR DAMN CEREAL AND
Well, anyway. WHAT'S THIS GUY UP TO
OKAY
Examining the dealie with the red button.
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Examining the water. Eeeeeewwwwww
THE SOLUTION, CLEARLY, IS A ZIP-LINE
DON'T FALL
NOBODY PLAY ANY HEAVY ROCK MUSIC
FSHOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM
RUN INTO THE DOOR RUN INTO THE DOOR
Awwwwww
A BRIDGE
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP!
Guy doesn't have a doorknob-turning animation, so instead he sort of puts his hands together and waves them around and they open themselves. It's kind of like he isn't opening a door so much as politely persuading it to open, if that's okay with it. I think we could all learn a thing or two from Guy's example.
WHAT'S ALL THIS THEN
and that is the second time that guy in a lawnmower has driven down the street, what is he doing
Lookin' at the safe.
Lookin' at the drawers.
Lookin' at the electronics.
Awwww, this made me feel all nostalgic.
It should also be noted that the cables make a satisfying little pop noise when you plug them back in.
Thankfully, whoever watched these last politely rewound them for us.
AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW, THE TAPE'S EVEN RELEVANT!
It even blows up after we watch it!
AND HERE'S THE CUTSCENE
And, of course, Guy isn't even the slightest bit disturbed that he just saw a video of him speaking with Dr. Morgan about how he stole a car and crashed it due to some delusion he was having. Instead, it's all about THAT SHORT-CIRCUIT JUST MADE THE SAFE FLY OPEN, WHOOOOOAAAAAAAAAA
The short-circuit also opened the drawers! HOW CONVENIENT
Speaking of which, I wonder how... whoever managed to retract the bridge and leave when the button is on the side of the control tower? Maybe they retracted the bridge and jumped off the side, like that was their last goal in life or something
EHH I'M SURE YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY NEED IT
something about a school or some pie or whatever I'M SURE IT'S NOTHING IMPORTANT
Oh yeah, I didn't get a shot, but if you examine the statue then it says something about a keyhole, I think. THERE'S A KEYHOLE AND WE HAVE A KEY, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS
... GET OUT OF THE WAY, GUY
CUTSCENE
Freaking-- doesn't even show anything leading up to it, just does straight to the dialogue. Stupid weird ROM.
On the bright side, it... saves room, at least? Though really, I kind of wonder if I ought to put the video up first for cutscenes like this.
HE SURE DID A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THAT FACE OF HIS IN THE CRASH
AAAAAAAAAAAND THAT'S THE FIRST CHAPTER! WHAT AWAITS OUR CONFUSED PROTAGONIST? FIND OUT NEXT TIME!
And here's the angel cutscene which has ALL THIS STUFF THAT I DIDN'T GET TO CAP
Oh, and if anyone's interested, here's someone going through this level. They don't talk to anyone, sadly, but you can at least see what it's like.
well anyway i'm five days behind the MGS4 countdown so i'm going to play as much as i can bye
Final Fantasy III/VI: 1
Chrono Trigger: 3
Sanitarium: 13
WOW
OKAY
WELL
SO
I GUESS WE'RE PLAYING SANITARIUM, THEN
Haha, when I did the poll I thought Sanitarium would wind up getting neglected since it was this little obscure game being pit against these two big mammoths of the gaming industry, and actually sort of worried that it'd be unfair or something. I WILL MAKE SURE TO NEVER MAKE SUCH AN ASSUMPTION EVER AGAIN
Anyway, I think you guys are going to enjoy this game. It's pretty corny, like I mentioned, but at the same time it's still interesting and can have some legitimately creepy moments and so forth. It's a point-and-click adventure game without a whole lot of visual stimulation, but the dialogue is so great that it doesn't really matter. Although, probably one of the biggest shames about this screencap adventure is that you guys can't actually HEAR the dialogue, which means that you can't hear how hilariously bad the voice acting is (OH. IT IS. NO. IT IS SO DARK...), but hopefully the YouTube videos will help that a bit.
But yeah, I'm pretty excited about this, and I hope you guys are, too. Let's begin!
Previous Screencap Adventures. Also, join
screencappery.First off, let me just apologize if this episode seems kind of awkwardly put together. This game is pretty different from anything I've done so far, so I'm still kind of figuring out a good flow for the screenshots and videos and everything. THEN AGAIN I DOUBT ANYONE IS GOING TO NOTICE THESE THINGS EXCEPT ME, SO
LET'S DO THIS THING
A rotating CD in a bubble goes zipping across the bottom of the screen, indicating that our adventure is about to begin.
those pants are terrible
And sorry about the crappy quality. It'll be kind of sucky in the next episode, just so you know, but I think I fixed it???
pretty slick car, bro
are his eyes going in different directions
BEEP BEEP BOOP BEEP
Meanwhile the wife rolls over and pulls a pillow over her head, reminding herself to turn the phone off before she goes to sleep
nyeerm
Haha, this game tends to put all of the characters' dialogue in one big box rather than break it up, which will make it kind of awkward to do commentary on it. eh well
He puts in a CD, which starts playing some EXTREME rock music.
THIS ROAD'S GOT CURVES IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES
FLOOR IT I'M SURE IT'LL BE FINE
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
LENS FLARE
ROAD
LENS FLARE
ROAD
GOTTA GO FAST
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAA JESUS
FOR GOD'S SAKE WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING
SKREEEEEEEEEEEEE
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
YOUR JACKET SUCKS TOO BY THE WAY
NO NO DON'T
NO NOT AGAIN
and here's the video, lol
At this point you hear sirens, and these two guys start talking to each other. It's not subtitled, for some reason, but I wrote it down:
Guy 1: Move your asses, come on! The generator's a goner, the fire's gonna spread!
Guy 2: Hey... what about this one?
Guy 1: Ah, leave him. That's the bastard that stole my car.
THE AUDIENCE STROKES THEIR BEARDS IN CONTEMPLATION
why hello
And here's the protag. We don't know what his name is right now, so for now, let's just call him 'Guy.' That thing behind his head is a loose bandage, and not a beautifully flowing ponytail, which is what I thought it was when I first played.
Also, Guy has a pretty goofy voice--it's real deep and mumbly, kind of like the actor is saying his lines through his teeth.
One sort of frustrating thing about screencapping this game is that your cursor disappears whenever you examine something, so I'll have to explain what I'm looking at. This one is pretty obvious, at least.
yeah seriously it's like a church/asylum or something
I'M SURE NO ONE'S USING IT
Just what I needed to imagine while I'm eating, thanks
wait are you even allowed to do that
Looking at the guy banging his head against the wall. It makes a sort of wet smacking sound whenever it connects
v. unpleasant
Looking at the trembly guy on the edge of the screen. I bet he's the guy with the urine-soaked bed.
I zoned out and didn't get a screenshot, but Guy didn't have anything real important to say about this person, anyway. "There's someone down there" or something.
Looking at the guy who thinks he's a chicken or something equally wacky. I remember having to do that stupid dance all the time in elementary school, and it was stupid and stupid and I hated it
Lookin' at the tower on the right. WHO WANTS TO BET THAT WE'LL BE BREAKING IN
Looking at the gargoyle thing on top of the tower. It looks like it's very bored with its sentineling.
i wonder if anything else smells like urine
FWOOMP
Yes my thoughts exactly
You can't talk to the head-bashing dude. I guess Guy is just too weirded out or something
What do you have to say for yourself you pansy
THE DON
this reminds me of this story my aunt told me about how her house has "spirits," which she knows because she saw an empty Coke can float once or something
yeah
ANYWAY, here is our first conversation tree. I'm sure it's easy enough to figure out.
Y'know, for once I'd like to see some fictional ghosts that aren't these majestic voices of otherworldly wisdom or whatever. Have a drunken frat guy haunt some guy's house and try to get him to do a bunch of stupid dares or something.
Whenever a branch you pick sparks a new conversation choice, it'll conveniently appear on the right of it.
"WHAT'S UP WITH THE FALLEN TEMPLES MAN THIS IS BULLSHIT"
you know don maybe you wouldn't be so confused if you'd stop staring at your feet for once
GOOD SHOW! RIGHT ON THE MARK!
OOH, EE, OOH, AH-AH
FACE
What, so now you're a warrior, too? WE CAN'T ALL BE WARRIORS, DON
All right, well, that's enough of that. Saying "Goodbye" doesn't prompt any dialogue, btw.
HEY BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!
This guy rocks back and forth constantly.
... I can't tell if he's wearing clothes or not, either. Huh.
HARRY MASON?
NEEDS POSTERS
well that was a great conversation, what else shall we discuss
What, the last slice? Lenny, you cad!
I WILL HANG YOUR WITHERED REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS FROM MY POSTERIOR MONITOR
stop talking to me while i'm on the phone christ go bang your head against the wall or something
School? No wonder they haven't returned! yuk yuk yuk
WELL LENNY YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT HELP
your hiding place sucks
nuthouses can be old
stop being so close-minded, Guy, gosh
Why, this man isn't insane, he just has the misfortune of living in a woodsy area during the summer.
IN THE PANTRY
ALL OVER EVERYTHING
CAN'T EVEN SET A DAMN PLATE ON THE COUNTER WITHOUT A DOZEN OF THEM CRAWLING ON TOP OF IT
HAVE TO CALL THE EXTERMINATOR OVER AND OVER AND MOVE ALL YOUR HEAVY FURNITURE FROM THE WALLS AND BACK AND YOU THINK YOU HAVE THEM FOR GOOD BUT THE NEXT DAY THEY'RE BACK IN YOUR DAMN CEREAL AND
Well, anyway. WHAT'S THIS GUY UP TO
OKAY
Examining the dealie with the red button.
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Examining the water. Eeeeeewwwwww
THE SOLUTION, CLEARLY, IS A ZIP-LINE
DON'T FALL
NOBODY PLAY ANY HEAVY ROCK MUSIC
FSHOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM
RUN INTO THE DOOR RUN INTO THE DOOR
Awwwwww
A BRIDGE
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP!
Guy doesn't have a doorknob-turning animation, so instead he sort of puts his hands together and waves them around and they open themselves. It's kind of like he isn't opening a door so much as politely persuading it to open, if that's okay with it. I think we could all learn a thing or two from Guy's example.
WHAT'S ALL THIS THEN
and that is the second time that guy in a lawnmower has driven down the street, what is he doing
Lookin' at the safe.
Lookin' at the drawers.
Lookin' at the electronics.
Awwww, this made me feel all nostalgic.
It should also be noted that the cables make a satisfying little pop noise when you plug them back in.
Thankfully, whoever watched these last politely rewound them for us.
AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW, THE TAPE'S EVEN RELEVANT!
It even blows up after we watch it!
AND HERE'S THE CUTSCENE
And, of course, Guy isn't even the slightest bit disturbed that he just saw a video of him speaking with Dr. Morgan about how he stole a car and crashed it due to some delusion he was having. Instead, it's all about THAT SHORT-CIRCUIT JUST MADE THE SAFE FLY OPEN, WHOOOOOAAAAAAAAAA
The short-circuit also opened the drawers! HOW CONVENIENT
Speaking of which, I wonder how... whoever managed to retract the bridge and leave when the button is on the side of the control tower? Maybe they retracted the bridge and jumped off the side, like that was their last goal in life or something
EHH I'M SURE YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY NEED IT
something about a school or some pie or whatever I'M SURE IT'S NOTHING IMPORTANT
Oh yeah, I didn't get a shot, but if you examine the statue then it says something about a keyhole, I think. THERE'S A KEYHOLE AND WE HAVE A KEY, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS
... GET OUT OF THE WAY, GUY
CUTSCENE
Freaking-- doesn't even show anything leading up to it, just does straight to the dialogue. Stupid weird ROM.
On the bright side, it... saves room, at least? Though really, I kind of wonder if I ought to put the video up first for cutscenes like this.
HE SURE DID A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THAT FACE OF HIS IN THE CRASH
AAAAAAAAAAAND THAT'S THE FIRST CHAPTER! WHAT AWAITS OUR CONFUSED PROTAGONIST? FIND OUT NEXT TIME!
And here's the angel cutscene which has ALL THIS STUFF THAT I DIDN'T GET TO CAP
Oh, and if anyone's interested, here's someone going through this level. They don't talk to anyone, sadly, but you can at least see what it's like.
well anyway i'm five days behind the MGS4 countdown so i'm going to play as much as i can bye
