Saving You From Yourself
I like that there is interest to create a game to explore the phase before transitioning in therapy, but this game does it in a really lack luster way. Concept is great but it would have been better if we had more dialogue choices and more character to actually explore the girl and the affect of denial or acceptance of treatment. Also there is only one patient when there should have been more, some that would’ve shown different reactions or outcomes when given the same choices. It almost feels as though the right thing to do according to this game is give immediate approval, because there are no other patients to deal with there is no comparisons possible. It doesn’t make you think, and you don’t have any reason to care for this patient when she blows you off at the end. There is a lot possible with this concept and a lot of important stories that can be made and explored but there is almost no care at all in this.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
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– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Heart’s Medicine - Time to Heal
I liked Delicious Emily: Message in a Bottle well enough to buy the gamehouse bundle. I was looking forward to more of the DE addictive gameplay and ludicrous storylines. This game disappointed me.
Instead of the insane sitcom plot of Delicious Emily, we get a semi-sane hospital-drama plot. A plus or a minus depending on how much you like helping your boyfriend / hospital director ditch his opioid habit via cutesy casual gameplay. Find all the pill bottles in time for a bonus!
More importantly - the gameplay is heavily loaded with minigames. Run the patient through the x-ray machine in under 5 seconds for a minor bonus! Set all the dislocated bones in 3 seconds, or the patient starts losing hearts!
– Real player with 27.3 hrs in game
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At the end of the day, faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don’t really expect it. It’s like one day you realize the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed of. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And it’s not so important that it’s happy ever after just that it’s happy right now. See, once in a while, once in a blue moon people will surprise you. And once and a while people may even take your breath away. — Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy
Heart’s Medicine is a spin-off of Game House’s Delicious casual game series, and this one, Time to Heal is actually the second season of the series. The first game was released on 2010, and it covers the start of Allison’s internship. If you are interested, the game can still be reached via Game House’s website.
– Real player with 21.7 hrs in game
Syntherapy
This is a pretty darn unique game, gotta start off by saying that. Syntherapy is an interactive narrative game where you take on the role of Dr. Park, a therapist who takes on the task of providing help to an AI named Willow who has seemingly gained sentience.
Amidst the therapy sessions, you also have to maintain a good relationship with several people (and things). Firstly there’s Tara, one of Willow’s creators and closest friends. Second we have Dr. Freeman, the head of the university that is currently funding the research that helped create Willow. Finally there is your own ethics, if you stray too far from what you call professionalism then that factor will suffer.
– Real player with 8.9 hrs in game
Intro
As a self-proclaimed great psychotherapist (without any real training, experiences or studies), I would say this is a game test my theories of my options. At least, no humans were harm in the testing of my theories.
Pros
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introduction to basic mental health issues
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introduction to basic mental health therapy methods
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Many Multiple endings
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Requires deep thinking
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I like some of quotes. one example is " :): It’s all in how you look at things"
! Able to sense the struggle between gaining trust, and how revealing personal relatable details might affect professionalism
– Real player with 6.8 hrs in game
Heart’s Medicine - Hospital Heat
I definitely recommend Hospital Heat, for those who are new to time-management games, and those who aren’t, it’s a fun way to pass the time, and the story and cut scenes are a new welcome to the form!
The story, this time, seems much more light-hearted than the previous installment, which is funny, since I was expecting to have my heart broken this time around, whereas in Time to Heal, I was completely blind-sided by the feelings the game made me feel. There’s plenty to do, with fun minigames, sixty levels, thirty bonus levels, two hidden minigames, and a chance to refurbish your apartment, and the story manages to be witty and engaging as well.
– Real player with 24.7 hrs in game
Straightforward time management gameplay with absolutely engaging storyline filled with drama.
Heart’s Medicine - Hospital Heat has the most dramatic beginning of any time management game. As the opening cutscene begins, the hospital is on fire. As in, literally burning to the ground. Rescue workers rush to the scene to quell the blaze, but so far to no avail. Only a few people have escaped the hospital alive. That’s when Doctor Allison Heart is dropped in via helicopter to save the day. As she attempts to enter the rooftop door, though, she slips and falls into the fiery abyss…
– Real player with 18.3 hrs in game
Heart’s Medicine - Season One
For those who have played Heart’s Medicine - Time To Heal and Heart’s Medicine - Hospital Heat , you may feel disappointed regarding how this season can be pretty bland; unlike the other two seasons of this series. But I would like to take note of the consideration that this is the SEASON ONE of the series. So there is a possibility that you do not feel the ‘wow-factor’ anymore as you have pretty much know what’s coming up based on the other two seasons which you have played.
– Real player with 34.8 hrs in game
Heart’s Medicine: Season One Remastered (Dash-TM)
Options include separate sliders for Music and SFX, full-screen and Show Game Hints. There is no custom cursor, so I made a simple guide on how to increase your system’s cursor size HERE .
The original Heart’s Medicine: Season One released in 2010, and was a pioneer in the Dash-TM genre in several ways. It was the very first medical-themed dash game, it introduced the pop-up mini games/actions, and was the first game in the GameHouse Original Stories series to have the almighty golden hearts.
– Real player with 24.5 hrs in game
Heart’s Medicine - Doctor’s Oath
First off, I love the games by Blue GIraffe/ Gamehouse and the Heart’s series is one of my favourite. But this game or “Mobile port” left me a disappointed.
I previously played the game on the tablet where it already felt grindy, But it could be excused as it being a free game and you where often limited in how much you could play on a day.
With the Steam version the grind remains. And while it seems you get a bit more resources (and are not limited to how much you can do in a day) it feels weird that so little has changed. It really comes across as a mobile game where you paid to just have the daily restriction lifted.
– Real player with 195.5 hrs in game
Well, the PC release sure came out timely haha.
Heart’s Medicine - Doctor’s Oath is finally out for PC! Or should say that it was able to be ported over as those that played the series on PC were told that it wasn’t possible last year (I still held out hopes though).
In Doctor’s Oath, the Little Creek team is still getting used to being at Queensburrow. Not only does Queensburrow have a staff that isn’t too inviting, they have multiple systems in place that the Little Creek team finds weird. Though, the worst has to be that Allison is now interning under a different doctor, Dr. Ermey, during her last rotation. Dr. Ermey doesn’t like Allison and is looking for anything to fail her. He even has Aubrey as his star student (bleh). Of course, this isn’t the only thing Allison has to deal with. A new patient, named Grant, comes in with a mysterious disease and, due to a certain star student, infects a handful of doctors. Now Allison and the rest of the uninfected doctors must find a way to save their fellow colleagues before time runs out. I have to warn you guys, the story for this installment gets very sad.
– Real player with 36.4 hrs in game
The Mortuary Assistant
Having completed your degree in mortuary sciences, you have taken on an apprenticeship at River Fields Mortuary. Over the past several months you have logged many hours aiding the Mortician in daily tasks along with learning the ins and outs of the embalming process as well as how to properly handle and care for the deceased.
Over your time at River Fields, you have heard rumors of families bringing their deceased loved ones believed to be possessed or otherwise entangled with the paranormal to this specific mortuary to put to rest. But, with such a stigma around death and what happens when we die, it’s no surprise people make up stories around the dead.
Late one night, you are called into work to handle some embalmings. Death doesn’t keep day time hours. But there is something different about these bodies because there is something different about you. The phone rings with the Mortician on the other end. The rumors are true, and you can not leave.
Perform embalmings, handle the various jobs around the mortuary, and exercise demonic forces. All in a day’s work.