![]() Through various memories and realisations, you’ll be thrust straight back in time to when she was first admitted at the tender age of 16 and you’ll subsequently witness all the horrendous things that happened to her. The game tells the story of Renée, a former patient of the Volterra Asylum in the early 40s as she returns to the now abandoned and decaying building, looking for clues to how and why she faced the horrors she was forced to endure. There are some really horrible moments in The Town of Light, but each one has an important place in bringing this story to life. There were plenty of moments where my face screwed up and my skin crawled, angry at the events that were unfolding right in front of my eyes, but I never found it unnecessary or out of place. LKA has created a game that not only opens your eyes to a sensitive subject matter, but it does so in a way that doesn’t try to shock or offend you. It was closed by the Italian government in 1978, but all of the cruelty, mistreatment and psychological torment that had occurred within its confines would live on in the minds of those that had suffered. Unfortunately, as its population grew rapidly the dwindling staff struggled to cope with the huge influx of patients, and that care began to take a horrid turn for the worst. ![]() ![]() At first, the asylum allowed its patients to move freely through the wards, live normal lives and do the things that others outside its walls were doing, all while being treated to a high standard of care. Its purpose was to help people with mental illness, offering those that struggled with their difficulties a sanctuary of peace, support, and treatment. The Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra was a psychiatric hospital built in the heart of Tuscany, Italy in 1887. Although the story of Renée is one of fiction, the basis of Volterra’s disturbing practices is trapped deeply in endless research and hideous truth. ![]() I didn’t have to slay enemies with a barrage of bullets or a machete, and the nightmares never got better. The horrors I experienced whilst playing The Town of Light weren’t composed of jump scares, hideous beasts, or blood-drenched floors and walls. ![]()
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