Mind Scanners is a frustrating and dull game. The artstyle and initial premise drew me in, however, once I had tried the game for a while I quickly begun to get sick of it. My major complaint with the game is the repetition. The whole gameplay loop involves questioning people to see if they are going insane and then performing treatment where necessary.

The problem is that in order to treat a patient you must play irritating and repetitive minigames which will quickly test your patience after you have done them hundreds of times within the first hour or so. Prior to treating a patient you must also pick an answer which breaks down what they have said in dialogue. These answers seem to be an interpretation of what the patient has said, this is a problem though as sometimes multiple answers will seem to be correct and if you pick the one that matches your interpretation it may still be incorrect causing you to be penalised which is incredibly annoying.

The story also lacks a good hook as you are supposed to be trying to reunite with your daughter by doing the job of being a Mind Scanner in order to obtain this benefit off of the government, however, the game takes no time to let us experience the bond between the protagonist and his daughter so it's hard to really care about getting her back and I just didn't care at all. The world the game is set in felt boring to me as it's just a typical dystopia with a naughty government censoring everyone and not letting anybody act out of line, as usual with dystopian settings this line is defined by whatever the government feels like regardless of how unreasonable it is.

I have tried playing through Mind Scanners 3 or 4 times now and every time I end up quitting after an hour at the most, as past the initial offerings there's nothing compelling that ever seems to completely grab my attention.

Mind Scanners is a frustrating and dull game. The artstyle and initial premise drew me in, however, once I had tried the game for a while I quickly begun to get sick of it. My major complaint with the game is the repetition. The whole gameplay loop involves questioning people to see if they are going insane and then performing treatment where necessary. The problem is that in order to treat a patient you must play irritating and repetitive minigames which will quickly test your patience after you have done them hundreds of times within the first hour or so. Prior to treating a patient you must also pick an answer which breaks down what they have said in dialogue. These answers seem to be an interpretation of what the patient has said, this is a problem though as sometimes multiple answers will seem to be correct and if you pick the one that matches your interpretation it may still be incorrect causing you to be penalised which is incredibly annoying. The story also lacks a good hook as you are supposed to be trying to reunite with your daughter by doing the job of being a Mind Scanner in order to obtain this benefit off of the government, however, the game takes no time to let us experience the bond between the protagonist and his daughter so it's hard to really care about getting her back and I just didn't care at all. The world the game is set in felt boring to me as it's just a typical dystopia with a naughty government censoring everyone and not letting anybody act out of line, as usual with dystopian settings this line is defined by whatever the government feels like regardless of how unreasonable it is. I have tried playing through Mind Scanners 3 or 4 times now and every time I end up quitting after an hour at the most, as past the initial offerings there's nothing compelling that ever seems to completely grab my attention.