Renegade Kid’s Dementium: The Ward looks like it’s got all the appropriate survival horror trappings: there’s a dark and gloomy hospital, bloody monstrosities trying to do you bodily harm, a flashlight, a shotgun, and a storm. Does the scare factor still work when crammed into the tiny screen (and speakers) of a handheld? Well, you tell me.
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