
Therapy with Desmond began after her college roommate complained that she wouldn’t leave the dorm or take care of herself. Fortunately, he will encounter some unlikely companions that will assist him as he explores the various departments while avoiding the haunting figure.īackstory: When Virginia was a young girl, she joined beauty pageants until an accident occurred leaving her face disfigured. Desmond can exploit this fear with mirrors to get through the level and confront Virginia.

This creepy ghost haunts a ravaged Homa-Mart superstore, hides behind a mask, and becomes enraged when anyone looks at her. Her monster, “The Watcher”, is a medusa-like manifestation of her social anxiety and shame.

Virginia Ruhl (Age 25) is the first patient we encounter in the game. As further evidence of his dedication to his work, Desmond lives and works in the same building, where he has a modest one-bedroom apartment and across the hall from a small studio space which he converted for his psychology practice. As the city begins to spiral out of control, Desmond must act and navigate the mazes of his own distorted mind before he too suffers the same fate, uncovering a dark conspiracy in the process that led to the death of four of his patients.īackstory: Earnest and steadfast, he takes pride in his work, yet has let himself get consumed by it on more than one occasion. PhD (Age 39) is the resident psychologist of the small town of Milton Haven and our protagonist.

This blog does contain some minor spoilers for the characters and bosses of In Sound Mind, so skip to the end if you are interested in picking it up and exploring the game for yourself. To prepare you for the launch, we wanted to introduce Desmond and his four patients, whose psyche will make up the bulk of this journey through the mind. The psychological nature of In Sound Mind combined with the power of the PlayStation 5 has allowed us over here at We Create Stuff to build a horror game that will continually challenge your expectations.
