TOP 6 games about troubles with the head. Take care of your cuckoo

The psyche can «break» even in the most balanced people. It's the same in games. In addition to the psycho antagonists, from time to time the developers make us feel insane. We remembered 6 games in which you can fully experience, let's say, what it's like to have «trouble with your head.»

Let's start, perhaps, with a game that has not yet been released. The psychedelic thing that the developers show in the In Sound Mind trailers will not leave you indifferent. Instead of classic horror, we are invited to plunge headlong into the memories of victims of creepy therapy. Here we have a full-fledged psychological thriller with puzzles and nightmarish monsters generated by the sick psyche of patients. It will not be so easy to hide from this whole nightmare, because the hero is locked in a kind of labyrinth. The main thing is to reach the final while maintaining your sanity.

The Finns from Remedy, long before Alan Wake, were already telling the story of a broken man with obvious mental problems. Max Payne went crazy over the loss of his beloved wife, while Alan Wake was driven crazy by the mystic. Indeed, who could maintain their sanity when creepy creatures are running around, afraid of the light, and every word written on paper is brought to life. Alan took this blow more than with dignity and was even able to fight back against the surrounding darkness. But, as we learned from the second DLC for the game Control, he was unable to completely let go of what happened.

Before us is no longer a hero suffering from loss of reason, but a man who receives pleasure from all his deeds. Lynch was one of the most recognizable psychos in the industry, at least until the next game on the list came out.

Alas, in the second part of the shooter IO Interactive made Lynch the main character and wrote his personal story. Which, in our opinion, should not have been done, because such a decision turned the psychopath into an even more frightening maniac, who, as it turned out, had a split personality. Still, in the original he killed people just because he wanted to, and in the sequel Lynch became almost Max Payne. But why?

Continuing the theme of the driven maniac in the title role, let's draw parallels between Kane and Trevor from Grand Theft Auto 5. Agree, the characters are very similar. Both act impulsively and do not even think about the consequences. An annoying person needs to be removed. That's what Trevor Phillips is all about.

The world first learned the story of «Alice in Wonderland» in 1865. Lewis Carroll had no idea then that his fairy tale would live on for more than 150 years. Even now, the idea that formed the basis of the work haunts film studios and game companies.

So, thanks to the vision of the famous game designer American McGee, we got two wonderful games about a girl suffering from a psychological disorder and constantly escaping into her inner world with talking animals, creepy monsters and unique laws. American McGee's Alice and Alice: Madness Returns in a metaphorical way show the pain that a child can experience if something terrible happens in his life — for example , loss of parents.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice can be called the main simulator of mental disorder. The developers from Ninja Theory approached the issue with the utmost seriousness and even consulted with psychiatrists to achieve realistic sensations.

The efforts were not in vain. Being in the world of the game, you begin to slowly go crazy along with the heroine. Constant voices in your head do not allow you to relax and get distracted even for a minute. If you play with headphones, the line with reality is almost completely erased.

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All of the games mentioned above allow you to fully experience and see how psychological disorders affect not only the life of a particular person, but also everyone around them. As Andrei Malakhov would say: «take care of yourself and your loved ones.»