Mad Father

2017-04-16

Mad Father by Sen, translated by vgperson, is a classic indie horror game. I played the freeware version, but I enjoyed it so much I'd like to play the Steam version, which has updated graphics and extra puzzles.

This game is a great intro to the genre. Aya loves her father and pretends not to know that he is doing unsavory things in his basement laboratory. One night a curse descends on the household, and as she makes her way through the labyrinthine house to save her father she is confronted by his sins--often face to face. It has four endings and about two hours playtime.

Witch's House scared the bejeezus out of me, I found the chasers incredibly unnerving, but Mad Father was just good creepy fun with occasional startle. There is one fast chaser but it didn't rattle me too much (well, maybe a little, it took a few tries to get past her). Maybe I've played enough of these games to build up a tolerance to jumpscares and chasers. I consider myself a thorough player, but I only found about half the gems (needed to unlock the secret ending) so I clearly missed some things.