What Lies Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
Penetrate the asylum, free the Darkling and empty the hospital building.
-Objective
Penetrate the upper floors and defeat the Nether Spirit.
-Beta Objective
What Lies Over the Cuckoo's Nest? is the last level of Act 3 and the finale of the base game without the bonus scenario. It takes place in the Hospital previously seen in Phantom of the Operating Room but with the upper floors now available. We haunt this place in order to free the Darkling.
Mortals
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Cut Mortals
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Restless Spirits
- Darkling
- Daydreamer (Returning)
Recommended Ghosts
This haunting consists of both a puzzle and scare all. The Painter, Seymour, Moonscream and Brigit are here for scaring purposes, but can be swapped as per Ghost Masters preferences. Lady Rose is useful due to her Trojan Gift which will allow you to infiltrate the asylum ward with an electric ghost such as Stormtalon and a sandman/possessor such as Black Crow or Hypnos.
Layout
The layout of this levels is the same as Phantom of the Operating Room, with an addition of two extra floor which were not accessible in the afore mentioned level. The two floors consist of an asylum ward and "pure hell" laboratory in which Darkling is located and both are covered by a red ward. The asylum ward consists of two staff areas leading to the patient wards and a circular control room. Pure hell has the same layout as the asylum floor, but instead of staff amenities, the corridors contain experimental equipment with human parts in them and the ward section houses Dr. Krauss' lab.
Basement
Ground Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Cut Content
Originally the mission would have been the ending to a cut subplot centering around the Nether Spirit. He would have been stationed in the upper areas of the hospital just like Darkling in the final version is and the Ghost Master's goal would have been to defeat him once and for all by somehow using the Darkling once the Ghost Master had scared away all mortals in the level. Following the Nether Spirit's defeat, Darkling would have been captured once again by the MIB and taken to their secret base where the events of Ghost in the Military Machine would take place.
Narrator Voice Lines
Normal Lines
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| Briefing | |
| "It is time to turn our attention to the captured Darkling. This proud spirit is imprisoned within the asylum floors of the Gravenville hospital. We detect astral wards about the asylum - once you have penetrated them, you must determine the exact nature of the Darkling's prison and find a way to disrupt it. After that, you may feel free to take revenge on the mortals as you see fit." | |
| Objective | |
| "Penetrate the asylum, free the Darkling and empty the hospital building." | |
| Dr. Krauss fear rises | |
| "It will take something than more than simple terror to reach the Professor`s splintered mind." | |
| All inmates expect Bruce escaped | |
| "Most of the beams have ceased but one of the Asylum inmates is incapable of movement - you will need to find another way to disrupt the final beam." | |
| Victory | |
| "Congratulations, Ghost Master - the mad Professor has been eliminated, the Darkling released and Gravenville lies in trembling apprehension of the powers of the supernatural. Truly your victory is complete." | |
| Red ward disabled (Unused) | |
| "You have disabled the ward over the Darkling`s prison, but the beams still hold him." | |
| Victory (Unused) | |
| "Congratulations, the mad Professor has been eliminated and the Darkling released. Victory is yours." |
Beta Lines
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| Briefing | |
| "It seems the Nether Spirit you foiled within the hospital walls, was not the minor scavenger we first imagined... Your summoning of the Darkling accidentally empowered some other thief of souls which is now ensconced within the asylum, above the hospital floors! Penetrate the upper floors, and dispatch the Nether Spirit from it's guarded nest! Only the Darkling will be potent enough to combat this threat and then, only if the spirit is deprived of it's source of subsistence!" | |
| Objective | |
| Penetrate the upper floors and defeat the Nether Spirit. |
Gallery
Trivia
- The level is a reference to the 1975 Drama/Comedy movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and a 2000 psychological supernatural horror movie What Lies Beneth.
- Originally, the red ward would stay for the duration of the entire level, Complete Edition however changed that so it now disappears after freeing the Darkling.