Regardless of its problems, Dementium: The Ward is still worth a try, just to get a taste of what the DS can do with a horror title. Having finished it in less than four hours, and not being able to find any reason to replay it (due to its linearity and repetitiveness), it may be better to rent than buy. The tools are there for a ghoulish game, but it needs more variety, more puzzles and more actual game, to stop it from falling short of its potential. It may not make Digital Spy's top ten scariest games list, but in terms of the DS, it's definitely in the top two horror games on the system.
Portable Survival Horror isn’t a very normal occurrence in gaming nowadays; in fact I think I can count the number of games on one hand. It makes sense though, as being scared on a tiny screen isn’t very compelling. There’s no surround sound or huge screen to get lost in. Albeit you have the benefit […]
Renegade Kid head taking requests for possible improvements for the Dementium 3DS remaster.
Every week, Austin plays a game from long ago. Sometimes they're classics. Sometimes they are duds. Either way, whatever he's inspired to write about based on that game becomes Retro Weekend. This week, he played Dementium: The Ward and has his mind completely blown by what the game accomplishes on the Nintendo DS.
