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Technically it is one specific moment near the end of the game after a twist ending that worked far better than Misao’s but it is something. Mad Father is also not as overly reliant on cheap deaths as Misao was and the few moments where you can actually die have a much stronger significance, but they also have less of the collectathon appeal of finding all the creative ways you can die.Īs stated prior, Mad Father has a creepier horror atmosphere to it than Misao did and there were moments that I found genuinely terrifying. Right away one will notice that the premise is far more creative than that of Misao and feels like less of on obvious Corpse Party clone. The game opens up where monsters and spirits start to roam the house hoping to take revenge against the doctor and to kill him, and the game follows Aya as she explores the house and learns the disturbing truth of her father’s work and what happened to their mother. Considering that Aya is only about five or six years old she chooses to ignore what is going on out of what is implied to be childish naivety and due to the fact that her father shows her such love and compassion. The story of Mad Father is about a young girl named Aya who lives in the house of a mad doctor who is implied to be performing horrible experiments on people kept captive in his basement. I do not consider Mad Father a perfect game by any stretch and it certainly has its fair share of issues, but I will say that I found this one have much stronger substance in its content and there were at least a few genuinely scary moments. The reason that Mad Father is so much better than Misao can be chalked up to a much more consistent story with much stronger writing. After having played both games it is quite obvious as to why Mad Father is an immensely superior title. Despite this, Mad Father received a remake for Steam before Misao did. Mad Father was originally released in 2012 as a freeware title and was the second game developed by Sen after the original version of Misao. I did find that there was at least a marginal amount of appeal to that game, but it fell apart under close scrutiny and it becomes hard to recommend. This version of the game will feature enhanced quality, reformed graphics, additional events, and a “BLOOD Mode” that acts as a second playthrough mode with multiple changes to the scenario.I’ve talked about Misao: Definitive Edition a couple weeks ago. The remake of Mad Father is coming to Switch sometime in Fall 2020. Corpses armed with weapons can kill Aya with a single blow, so be careful. If caught, she will gradually lose stamina, and the game will end. The ending you are shown will depend on your actions. There are three possible endings to the game. Finding all of them will be tough, but well worth the effort. Input the key/button commands displayed onscreen to perform various actions.Ĭrucial items in the game which can be found hidden in various places. She passed away exactly a year before the story begins.Ī mysterious salesman who suddenly appears before Aya, seemingly out of nowhere.Ĭan be used to destroy objects made of wood, etc.

Night after night, he performs horrific experiments in the basement of the family mansion.Īya's late mother. She consciously avoids getting too close to her father's "research", and does her best to remain blissfully unaware of what her father’s work may entail.Īya's father. As Aya, the main character, explore your family’s sprawling manor while making use of the items you find along the way and doing whatever you can to survive the night. Mad Father is an exploration-based horror-adventure game, created by Japanese developer sen. Will Aya end up reuniting with her mother in the most horrific way imaginable at the hands of the undead hordes? Will she manage to escape the manor together with her father’s assistant, Maria? Or will she somehow manage to save her father from the unknown terrors awaiting her around every turn? She jumps out of bed and runs to find her father, only to find the once-peaceful and somber home now littered with corpses and other horrors.

But this fleeting glimpse of light is quickly extinguished when Aya is jolted from her slumber by the sound of her father screaming. Aya’s father agrees and puts her to bed, promising to make tomorrow a better day. Sad, lonely, and desperate for something to help her relive happier times, Aya asks her father if they can do something special in memory of her lost mother.

On the eve of the anniversary of her mother’s death, Aya reflects on the past.