Dementium the Ward: Difference between revisions

A [[Survival Horror]] game for the DS. You play as William Redmoor, a man accused of murdering his wife and subsequently condemned to an insane asylum run by the mysterious Doctor. One night, after experiencing a disturbing nightmare, Redmoor awakens to find the asylum deserted, blood covering much of the area, and the PA system droning about an emergency. It doesn't take long to realize that something has gone very, ''very'' wrong, and soon enough Redmoor is forced to fight for his life as legions of zombies and other monstrosities have invaded the asylum.

 

A sequel was released in 2010. Having completed his very unpleasant brain surgery, Redmoor is transferred to The Doctor's main facility, Bright Dawn Treatment Center, to undergo "Phase 2" of his "treatment". Just as before, however, Bright Dawn becomes overrun with nightmarish demons, and once again Redmoor must struggle to ''finally'' get some answers from the Doctor, and escape with his life.

 

* [[Abandoned Hospital Awakening]]

* {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream]]: The first game turns out to have been a hallucination brought on by Redmoor's brain surgery.}}

*** {{spoiler|The sequel takes it a step further. Early on, the Doctor's "sane half" reveals that the monsters Redmoor fought in the first game were "in his head" (which explains the hallucination), and were inadvertently released into the real world by Redmoor's brain surgery.}}

* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: About halfway through the first game, you come across several journal entries detailing {{spoiler|the writer's increasing worry over the Doctor's methods and the "experiments" he conducts.}}

* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: Zombies can be instantly killed by striking their exposed heart.

* [[Big Bad]]: The Doctor.

* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Rather than implement reloading animations, the first game gives this ability to each weapon.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: {{spoiler|The Doctor's [[Big Bad]] personality is dressed in black, whereas his "saner half" is dressed in white.}}

* [[Creepy Child]]: Amanda

* [[Mind Screw]]: When you're not fighting for your life, you're wondering what the hell is going on.

* [[Moral Guardians]]: The Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals opposed the game because it supposedly encouraged violence against psychiatric patients.

* [[Psychic Powers]]: {{spoiler|The Doctor is shown to possess some in the first game's final battle.}}

* [[Sequel Hook]]: {{spoiler|The Doctor mentions a "phase 2" in the ending.}}

** The sequel ends with {{spoiler|Redmoor seeing the Doctor in his own mirror reflection, only for the reflection to come to life and drag him into the mirror.}}

* [[Split Personality]]: {{spoiler|The sequel reveals that the Doctor has two personalities: The insane [[Big Bad]] of the series, and a remorseful, guilt-ridden "saner half".}}

** {{spoiler|What actually happens is the Doctor tries to pull this, dragging William through the mirror once he gets close enough}}

* [[X Meets Y]]: Its been described as [[Doom]] meets [[Silent Hill]].

[[Category:Survival Horror]]

[[Category:Nintendo DS]]