It helps keep MADiSON feeling fresh, exciting, and most importantly, scary. The threatening monsters are left primarily to scripted sequences scattered sparsely throughout the story. Thankfully, MADiSON largely avoids falling into the trap of becoming a hide-and-seek horror game. Some just want to scare the pants off you, whilst the most violent demons actively want to murder you. Whilst it is primarily an exploration puzzle and horror game, you will encounter some demons. If you are playing on normal difficulty, make sure to keep an eye out for instant photos scattering the area these tell you where camera events can be. The camera is MADiSON’s biggest trick and is something used to its absolute fullest throughout the game. Not only that, the momentary flash can help guide you through the darkest areas of the game. Sometimes, it even messes with the timeline of the entire area. Taking pictures of certain objects may unlock hidden clues or shift the environments around. To help you on your journey through the demon infested house, you will need to make use of the Polaroid camera, which adds a slight Fatal Frame twist to things. For the most part these puzzles are well designed to not keep you stuck for too long, but one instance I missed an object that was just hidden away with no real indication to its location, which lead to some annoyance. Some sections will Rely entirely on vague environmental hints to guide you to your objective. These can range from simple and logical, to the obtuse and vague. Much like Visage, you will be exploring the map to find key items to help you solve puzzles and progress even further through the nightmare. Solving environmental puzzles is a very large part of the core gameplay loop. Rough drawings and dialogue do clue you in on where to go, but beyond that it’s all on you. MADiSON also gives you very little direction of what to do. I won’t spoil what they are or how you get there because there are some terrifying surprises. Major chapters will occasionally take you to some unique locations. Although, the entire game is not contained within the house. The usual horror tropes are present: closing of doors, thunder outside, visions of demons appearing in front of you, etc. Scares are randomised dynamically to what’s happening. There is a constant sense of dread as you move through the terrifying mansion. subgenre of horror, most of MADiSON is spent in the relatively large family house. It’s a bit cliché and a lot of the elements have been explored before, but I was also interested in some of these stories and how it ties gameplay mechanics to them.Įnough is enough! I’ve had it with these mothe****king statues in this mothe****king house! As you go on, you will uncover some terrifying personal stories of other people who have encountered the demon, known as Madison. It begins with an interesting opening that leaves you with so many questions. You quickly discover the best way to get rid of the demon is to play along and give it what it wants.Īt the start, the story is intentionally very vague as to what is happening. You play as Luca, who has been possessed by a demon and forced to carry out a ritual involving the mutilation of bodies. As you escape you quickly discover there is much more happening. There is a box with pictures of a severed arm and leg in it. MADiSON starts with you awakening in a room there’s banging on the door and you are left with no explanation other than a box with pictures of a severed arm and leg in it. MADiSON is the latest attempt from indie newcomers BLOODIOUS GAMES, a horror experience that could very well be just one of the scariest yet. We are arguably back in the golden age of the horror genre. Others have been much less successful, such as Evil Inside. Some have been wonderfully terrifying successes, ranging from the fantastic Visage to the original concept of Outlast. However here we are years later with plenty of attempts to recapture the magic. Getting some major P.T./Resident Evil VII intro flashbacks here.
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