He Needs His Medicine

i gave him his medicine

Game good scary pants go piss piss

He Needs His Medicine: A Bizarre Adventure in Pixelated Horror
Alright, let's dive into the curious world of He Needs His Medicine, an intriguing pixelated horror adventure. I've been on a streak of trying out pixelated adventure games lately, and this one caught my attention due to its eerie atmosphere and the promise of multiple endings.
The story is kept minimal, but that didn't bother me much. You play as a police officer sent to an apartment where a mysterious monster resides, and your sole task is to give it its medicine. Sounds straightforward, right? But as you explore the place, you stumble upon scattered notes that provide some backstory, and let me tell you, it's absurd in a way that's hard to put into words. It's like a dark horror comedy, leaving me a bit perplexed about the game's overall tone.
Now, let's talk about the graphics. The pixel art style gives off a Silent Hill-esque vibe, which I generally enjoy. The rundown apartment and the design of the monster fit well with the creepy atmosphere. However, the grainy filter they slapped on was a bit of a miss for me. It made the game look somewhat ugly, and I found myself wishing I could turn it off.
As for the audio, it's pretty minimal, with a droning horror track setting the eerie mood effectively. There's also some voice acting sprinkled in, and I have to say, it's surprisingly good.
Gameplay-wise, you'll be exploring the apartment, searching for ingredients to create the medicine, and experimenting with different combinations to unlock a whopping six endings. This aspect of the game was the highlight for me. The wildly different endings kept me engaged, and I had a blast trying to uncover them all. However, the controls felt a bit wonky, and not everything was clearly explained, so I spent some time fumbling around until I figured things out.
In the end, He Needs His Medicine is one strange trip, but it was an enjoyable one for me. The variety of endings and the peculiar story kept me hooked, even if the gameplay itself felt a bit mediocre at times. The free price tag is a bonus, so if you're into surreal horror adventures and don't mind experimenting to uncover the mysteries, give this one a shot.
Pros:
-Loads of intriguing endings to discover
-Story has its quirky charm
-Creates a great creepy environment
Cons:
-The grainy filter detracts from the art style
-Gameplay could use some polish

The game itself is well made, the graphics are good, the gameplay simple and intuitive, in 30 minutes you can complete the game 100%.
The story is self-contained, nothing much happens throughout the game, there are only meaningless mini puzzles (in my opinion).
It would have been more interesting if instead of random items such as shoes or glue, there were more interesting items to make up a medicine, such as pills or chemical elements (even not really existing) to mix together.
The game is not particularly scary; even easily impressionable people can play it without any problems.
The turtle is a good prop character, although it would have been nice to be able to interact with him.
The idea behind the game is nice, but the adventure lasts too short to be considered a story or game in itself; I would see it more as "a part of a game" or "an intro" for a larger game, for a longer story.
The voice acting level was really good, very good quality audio, and the programming behind the game was also well done.
I just regret that it lasted so short, because it would have been much more interesting just by adding quests or making it more challenging to make the medicine.
All in all, I liked it and recommend it for those who want to enjoy a fast-paced, fun horror experience.

He Needs His Medicine is a “armed cop with a science degree” simulator and side scroller horror game developed by the Euphoric Brothers, whose game Flesh Water I had previously covered. For those not in the know (like me), some of their other games included Garten of Banban, Egghead Gumpty and Human Apocalypse previously. I don’t really know much about this game other than what I covered in Flesh Water but I originally found out about this game through the homie Bad Ghosts, who did a small playthrough on his second channel (link down below), and as someone who likes to try out free horror games every now and then I figured I’d give this a spin as well.
The gameplay and story are both short and simple for better or worse. The game starts with you playing as an unnamed police officer as he walks between a couple of rooms with his gun loaded out. What are in these rooms you may ask? Strange ingredients you can somehow pick up like Bleach, a Torn Shoe, Glue and Old Cheese (dad?). You can’t move forward in the plot/go to the last room without getting these ingredients because you have to mix two of them together in a syringe for the experiment in the final room. What is this experiment? Well, there’s a Albert Wesker sounding a s s scientist named “He” who's obsessed with birds and the “next stage of evolution”, obsessed enough that he eventually decides he wants to turn into one with the help of his exasperated assistant, who thinks that he’s frankly insane and has had enough of it.
You find this out in letters scattered about the couple of rooms, and after you mix the ingredients (though I’m curious how someone would go about combining a torn shoe and glue into a syringe LOL) you make your way to the final room, where you’ll see the assistant sitting right outside. Once you go inside with any number of combinations for your syringe, you’ll be treated to something indefinitely unnerving: a giant skinned Sesame Street lookin’ Big Bird f u c ker. See, whatever experiments he’s been doing has apparently been working and is ONE step away from ultimately completing the final goal. Whatever is in this syringe will lie the route of one of six or so endings, none of which I’ll spoil here. What I can say is that for the most part as a short game (one I completed in 19 minutes), the endings mostly just made me shrug for the most part. I don’t want to judge it too much as it’s both free and feels more like a vertical slice of something but the scariest thing IS the scientist and as such I wish I could say the game did more for me in this regard.
Graphically the game lies on the same path as Flesh Water with its minimalist and pixelated production but there were times where I thought the game was way too blurry while playing it. You can see everything just fine but it’s like smearing Vaseline or something along those lines and it kind of stuck out. As for the sound design, you won’t get much in the way of sounds except eerie silence or air blowing, though Ty Coker, who voiced the scientist according to IMDB, is pretty creepy in his role. As a build up, this isn’t a bad idea as I’d prefer not to have a loud orchestra screeching in my ear but nothing really did anything for me here sadly. The most freaky thing about it again was the flayed bird guy with the elongated neck but in all honesty the game feels a lot more tongue in cheek then scary, at least with the endings it just didn’t hit me as much as I would’ve liked.
So the final question is, is this game worth a recommendation? With Halloween coming up, if you’re in the mood for a small game and some jump scares or something does it hold up? To me, it’s alright. I’d say you’ll get much more time and interest out of Flesh Water in all honesty but it’s not the worst thing I’ve ever played. Again it’s short, you could get all the endings in under half an hour if you wanted to and it certainly has some value even if it didn’t always hit for me as I would’ve liked. So yeah, it’s worth your time a bit considering it’s free, I guess just hold your expectations back a bit.
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It is simple game about mixing two objects to make a medicine which gives different endings based on what you mix. My personal Ending was the "Trolled Ending". The art style is good and the music as well. I will recommend it. Kudos! :)