Why People Loved MAD FATHER

[@Markm8]

Snowball canonically eats a monster that tried to harm him and this is a great fact

[@insomniacloserxo]

I didn’t even know that 😭

[@Blank-cq6et]

let's go snowball

[@toolatetothestory]

Snowball is the MVP

[@metrofox1424]

The bunny is always deceptive in horror games. This is just more proof of that

[@cloudykid7278]

14:58

[@MidniteSpectre]

It was always implied that Aya is exactly the same as her father from the very beginning. If you check the drawers in her room, it will say that there's a dead bird inside. In the flashbacks Alfred also kept killing birds and hiding them in his drawers so his mother won't find them. And Alfred knows Aya was the same as him, he has notes saying she ahd started doing that, just like him. That's why he wanted to turn her into a doll, he wants her to stay innocent forever. He doesn't want he to be corrupted, but I think she's already corrupted. Also, the apologizing after she commits some heinous acts, it's a masking thing, I think. When you're different from others, you tend to mimic stuff they do so you fit in. In her mind, she's aware that what she's doing is wrong, so she's apologizing because that's what you do when you're doing something wrong.

[@pheonix9459]

If you played the blood version in the remake, you actually find out the mother was apart of a cult to immortalise peoples beauty. Ayas great grandfather (where aya gets her knife) didnt know how yet and wanted ayas mother (monika) to continue his legacy but monikas grandmother said to not take it seriously and that monikas grandfather wanted an offspring. Wanting both to happen monika messages many murders with love letters. Monika is a master manipulator who conviced ayas father to start making dolls. She also manipulated aya into slowly turning into her father. Her dad realising this tries to keep ayas innocence. Her mother finds out and wants to obviously stop him as aya is meant to be a successor to monikas grandfathers cult. The yellow hair boy was also manipulated by monika

[@ellebroidery]

Father’s “Ayaaaaaaa” literally has lived rent free in my mind for YEARS

[@ripcactusify]

SAME LOL

[@devillass6025]

It was and still is so haunting...

[@MelonHere20]

SAME!! I remember that part genuinely gave me nightmares for days lol

[@Stardust_Fox]

Weirdly reminds me of "Saallyyyyyyy" from a sonic.exe game i forgot the name of (maybe SoH?) (edit: yep, it's from SoH round 2)

[@aintgonnaletuknow5758]

same til this days still

[@joopozo]

You know you're in for a wild one when it starts with his theme and the first words are "the year is"

[@insomniacloserxo]

:)

[@Soupremesoup]

Yeah

[@beebo-cat]

2010... it is STILL jarring as heck to think that's 14 years ago

[@Esterfox1987]

Ikr

[@MasterOfNone2023]

"the year was 1943..."

[@artemismoore4176]

Dio (who’s name is actually Robin, at least, according to an achievement) is not really special, he is just a living victim of Aya’s dad According to a flashback, he was near death after Alfred took his eye and tried to kill him, and Monika brought him back to health He is just hiding the fact he is alive

[@lpfan4491]

I like how the fanbase just collectively decided that this character is called Dio, and ignored it when we got an official name. Though it is kinda lame that he is alive, I don't even think there was an implication for that in the original script, it's just a weird addition in the later versions that imo kinda cheapens the emotional impact of the end of the game.

[@artemismoore4176]

@@lpfan4491 yeah, there wasn’t, but you could kinda guess he is alive, because he doesn’t straight up look dead, like other victims But his fate in the original was still pretty ambiguous, it’s only in the remake we got the confirmation to him being alive

[@skye387]

@@lpfan4491 we just saw pretty blond boy and goes that's Dio.

[@HetaClaude]

@@lpfan4491 i mean afaik in japan he was just nicknamed dio by jp fans bcos of his similarities with jjba's dio brando which was kinda funny

[@lpfan4491]

@@HetaClaude I know, I watched Part 1.

[@Just_An_Observer]

Actually, father didn't just replace Snowball with another rabbit, but cloned Snowball over and over after the original rabbit died from its infected leg, most likely warping the rabbit through expirenments while keeping it a cute little rabbit, which really makes it worse.

[@CatsEverywhere33]

May ask wdym by makes it worse? Like did father inject the rabbit Snowball to make it look cute or small?

[@Just_An_Observer]

@@CatsEverywhere33 @RexoarmWithGarlic No, he took the rabbit and experimented on it to eventually clone it several times and gave his daughter a resulting clone after the real rabbit died. And then after that, every time a clone died, he simply replaced it with a different Snowball clone. The experiments were likely cruel on Snowball considering the type of man Father is during the game, which makes it worse than him simple getting his daughter a completely different rabbit and pretending it was the original Snowball, like someone's parents might do with their kid's goldfish

[@CatsEverywhere33]

@@Just_An_Observer Oh thank you

[@Just_An_Observer]

@@CatsEverywhere33 Np!

[@pheonix9459]

@@CatsEverywhere33I mean snowball can eat one of the monsters during the game

[@fennwenn3317]

No, I think there was a purpose to the chainsaw cutscene. In the context of later cutsenes, it becomes clear that Aya's father was trying to keep weapons out of her hands, in an attempt to prevent her from taking on his interests.

[@inkdevil23]

That actually makes sens.

[@L16htW4rr10r]

And also his wife (based on dlc I think) was into that sh*t and would actually want to push Aya to become psychotic like her dad. But her dad isn't into that idea, that is why he turned her into a puppet

[@arvoredeuva5485]

@@L16htW4rr10r wait so basically this whole family is a bunch of psychos?

[@ToxicCatt-y7c]

The dead animals in her drawers and dresser were animals that she k*lled and hid. She was basically slowly turning into her dad.

[@ToxicCatt-y7c]

Yeah she was basically becoming much like her dad hence the animals found in her drawers.

[@KimSokolArt]

Possibly disappointing alternate proposal: the reason a religious group was mentioned in the letters is because the creator thought of setting a scene in a chapel because it’d be cool, then went ‘wait, why would this mansion have a chapel in it.’ The fact it doesn’t come up elsewhere makes me wonder, since that’s the kind of thing I’d pull running a D&D game that accidentally sends the party off on a wild goose chase.

[@candescence]

it's not unusual for mansions to have chapels in them though

[@Nevir202]

@@candescence Exactly, and the older the mansion, the more sure it would be. People of status would have expected to be able to host important religious events in their own homes.

[@MollyDollyy774]

There's also the fact that Ogre appears in another Game... _"Misao"_ along with Ms Library being a clone of Aya, and a zombie Alfred also being in that game, so Mad Father and Misao are set in the same Universe at different time periods 10:58 Awwwwww... But that body horror was perfect for Mad Father

[@artemismoore4176]

I even like the little easter eggs the creator put in the game when you try to name Ms. Library Maria or Aya She doesn’t like it when you name her Maria, but calling her Aya straight up confirms the zombie scientist, her dad, is Alfred, and she is an adult clone of Aya he was creating in the secret scene of Mad Father “Only father can call me Aya” or something like that

[@MelonHere20]

I think it's neat that the two universes are connected! I always knew about Ogre, but had no idea about Ms Library Agreed! The body horror really made the game even more scary

[@ToxicCatt-y7c]

I think that guy was a demon. The red eyes and pointed ears pretty much implies that he’s not human. Especially with what he said to Aya’s father about how humans are foolish creatures. And in Misao, his name was “Onigawara” oni’s are Japanese demonic creatures. No wonder why he knows so much about curses and evil spirits

[@artemismoore4176]

@@ToxicCatt-y7c he is a demon, that's pretty obvious He is also the same person in the "Red-eyed Stranger" book, who gave Jack some kind of power

[@ToxicCatt-y7c]

@@artemismoore4176 totally forgot about the book Aya was reading which foreshadowed Misao and Anya’s mom putting a curse on the house and the school.he probably gave them powers to cast curses.

[@wolfiethefurrygamer1908]

Mad Father and games made in the same style of it such as Corpse Party, Ao Oni, Misao, The Witches House and IB are probably my favourite horror games, I wish games in this style were still being made The last game in this style to be released that isn't a Port or remaster is Mario: The Music Box, an actual really good Mario horror game that isn't a .EXE game with some really heart wrenching endings, there was a sequel coming out called Mario: The Clocktower or something along those lines but I haven't heard anything about it in years

[@SenFuyu]

Well I think they are coming back in fashion! Remakes are in. And I saw a few games on Steam similar to that style such as Goody Two Shoes, which reminds me a lot of Pocket Mirror.

[@wolfiethefurrygamer1908]

@@SenFuyu I hope they do come back, I miss these style of games, I've been planning on picking up Corpse Party and Ib on my Switch once I can afford it

[@mayumayudreams]

@@SenFuyu Goody Two Shoes was made by the creators of Pocket Mirror. It's supposed to be a prequel in the series. Very good game, and made me nostalgic of games like Mad Father.

[@derpishopeeps3094]

Fear and hunger kinda sort of matches the style of these kinda games it's a rpg though.

[@Cajun_Seasoning]

The crooked man was another banger

[@hojokarens]

1:05:28 an important thing that you pretty much completely ignored is that the part where he says "there's no other way than this, i'm sure she won't accept it but i've already decided, so she won't make the same mistakes as i..." implies that alfred didnt actually mean to turn aya into a doll at the beggining, he probably wanted her to live a normal life which is why he even tried to teach aya that what she was doing is wrong, however with monika actively encouraging aya to hurt animals and play with her saw, he thought of turning her into a doll as the only way that he could stop her from going down the same path as him

[@MikaelaKMajorHistory]

I didn’t think about that. I always thought it was sweet that he tries to correct her and prevent her from becoming him, but I didn’t connect turning her into a doll with preventing her mother from distorting her.

[@therealHLY]

I think the chainsaw memory has a purpose, and its simmilar to the burning of the bodies - it shows aya might not be all that innocent, since we get a flashback to her playing with a chainsaw like a toy. thats slasher energy :P

[@MikaelaKMajorHistory]

It’s kind of sweet how in that memory and the bird killing one, Alfred sees his tendencies in Aya but doesn’t want her to follow in his footsteps. Even a murderer and torturer like him doesn’t want his sweet daughter to turn out like him

[@nitrofighter58]

BROOOO....Mad Father, Witch House, Ib, Ao Oni...it was a wonderful time to be around when these horror JRPG's dropped

[@MrBiggyfoot69]

So many memories with these gaaaames!

[@AiSyYoo]

the plot twist in Witch House is the best one I've ever seen ❤

[@eiwhaz-tina6528]

😢REMEMBER THE DAYS WE DREAMED OF AN IB ADAPTATION

[@spongegar7588]

Witch’s house made me so angry. I literally could never watch that again, had 12 year old me fighting the air.

[@a_boring_male]

Lb was recently ported to playstation!!! i might buy it so i can try it again since i don't own a PC anymore when i first played it as a child.

[@artemismoore4176]

I mean, I would consider it repercussions that Alfred (Aya’s dad) became a zombie himself after being revived by Ogre He is the same monstrous researcher you can meet in a spin-off game, Misao

[@bruhservices5942]

So he’s her sugar baby

[@ula437]

26:27 he didn’t buy the mansion. It was Aya's mother who owned it after her grandfather passed

[@Pusheenowaaa]

Yeah he says that later

[@ninja-8224]

if Aya became just like her dad i would assume just like her dad she would get too close to the sun and burn and that she when creating a perfect doll would be killed by her victims or she would be saved by her child who would repeat the cycle. to be honest just the ending where she became the perfect doll for her father and stood there is so terrifying i am gonna have nightmares about that.

[@MrBiggyfoot69]

There's a few endings actually and one of them is where she is a doctor herself, Maria is with her and they do some free clinic stuff, hinting that she's taking in after her father.

[@noxiouschocolate9644]

@@MrBiggyfoot69 when the newer version of the game came out there was a separate mode showing what happened to aya after becoming an adult

[@MrBiggyfoot69]

@@noxiouschocolate9644 really? Wait there is a newer version of Mad Father? Damn, I'm so old

[@hojokarens]

@@MrBiggyfoot69 she didnt take after her father, she is mostly a regular doctor but she does kill patients who are terminally ill to "end their suffering"

[@MrBiggyfoot69]

@@hojokarens no I'm pretty sure Maria said something about taking after him.

[@vamp666]

mad father has been a HUGE part of me since i was at least 8 years old back in 2013. im 19 now and its insane how huge the game has suddenly gotten, or rather how old doll is becoming more popular with people who never laid eyes on the game. till this day both mad father and misao hold such a dear place in my heart, i just wished sen made more games that connect with eachother. but overall jrpg horror games are such a huge reason why i like the things now, it might be nostalgia talking but i wish i could go back and experience these for the first time again

[@kaeyasimp3918]

Yesss i was obsessed since i was like 8 too (terrified but loved it anyways)

[@loli_cvnt5622]

Yall are so young I was like 14 and lived throught the hype and I- I miss those times man, rpg maker games were so good

[@iamLI3]

@@loli_cvnt5622 this quite fascinates me , there appears to be a whole sphere of gaming that holds great nostalgia power over a number of ppl that i have no idea existed.....

[@gigiearth]

i was 6 when i saw mad father just turned 17 on the 6th

[@vamp666]

@@loli_cvnt5622 i don’t want to hear that from someone with that user dawg ….

[@HarmonizedStation]

Although I agree, I don’t like the fact we’re painting Aya as “a heartless monster as her father”. Since the day she was alive, she was constantly being influenced by her father’s work. Children lack the understanding and sympathy of these kinds of actions. Due to her lack in sympathy, it’s understandable why she’s cares less of the people than her father. Her father has shown her more love and been in her life than the random souls -Not saying she doesn’t care for them either. She shows how she wants to help them and cares. The game contradicts itself a lot, as she will destroy things that get in her way, yet will help people just because she can. She’s a confusing child, and just like any, is being influenced. The dead animals were probably influenced by the fact she knew about her father even at young age, and was curious. In blood mode, this shows how these traits when she was younger had changed her future, her not knowing any better. These killings were a norm for her, a comfort, and a lasting memory of her father.

[@HarmonizedStation]

Also Alfred with the broken glasses, I would smash holy shit

[@pheonix9459]

She wasn’t really being influenced by her father, but much more by her mother. Her father actually tried to push aya away from his work. In fact her father only wanted to make aya a doll because she was becoming too much like him. He would hid weapons away from her, tell her the importance of not hurting things like animals.

[@CrystalDragen]

I'm surprised no one brought up the fact that the House was Monika's so canonly a Sugar Mama for Aya's Dad. Dude tried to take her out and she was like "I can make him worse" 😘

[@Zorãoi.2297]

NGL, Alfred was a lucky dude.

[@aresrivera9744]

20:06 i’m pretty sure it’s supposed to imply that the mother was giving ayane dangerous weapons to be like her father 1:04:57 i’m pretty sure the implication is she’s getting worse as the years go by so tho Jean may not have suffered that doesn’t mean that the patients after her did. It is a Curse after all

[@TheBlanketGhost]

The censoring in the steam versions of both misao and mad father sadly make a lot of the story beats duller... i really like the sprite updates and some of the updated illustrations, but something about the grotesqueness and the character's disregard for cruelty made them more unnerving. Like looking for Misao's clothes isn't as impacting as... the original things we were looking for. Because it felt more important as we pieced the story of Misao's life, we were also piecing her body together once again.

[@HittingBandy]

Reading the words 'Mad Father' immediately brought me back to my childhood watching Pewdiepie in the dead of night in a sleepover, especially with other titles such as IB and Amnesia.

[@reddie1705]

As others have said, Ogre, of which earns his name from "Oni" in Onigawara (his name in his appearance in Misao roughly translating to Protecting Demon) is an inhuman(?) entity, almost like a puppet master, alongside a girl named Ms. Library that looks strangely like Aya's more grown-up form. He appears in books in Aya and her dad's room as the Red-Eyed Stranger, and, while the wiki has people literally editing it to say "he's not a demon, trust me i know", I don't trust them as we LITERALLY WATCH HIM TELEPORT in Mad Father. He's a massive anomaly, and he *MISAO SPOILERS* Disappears from the Student Council room he occupies at the end of Misao where, when asking about him, there's "nobody of that name in the student council". Overall, cool character, until you touch IF mode of Mad Father and watch him Jojo's all over the place.

[@melonstarzz]

i'm so glad you covered a rpg classic! i remember watching lets plays when i was younger on titles such as ib, the witch's house (remains top tier), and many others! it feels nostalgic and i do wish the rpg scene makes a comeback (i've seen some games being marketed on tiktok which is super cool but often are underrated/not as hyped

[@MamisNovaClass]

I remember writing a fanfiction about this game where the true ending where she becomes like her dad. I never finished it but it was supposed to be about her confronting her horrible actions. I was a teenager so it was probably horrible but i always wanted a kind of redemption for Aya or an clean ending where the crimes stopped

[@JutaLovelace]

The "Thanks... Missus..." lives rent free in my head (ha) ever since I played the original game

[@365autorifle8]

One, I never knew that there was a Remake for the original game, so let's get that out of the way first. 2nd, even without the remake's backstory of Mother (no idea what her name is, so just going with that) there were a couple of things that hinted that she wasn't as innocent as we thought. She always knew about Father's experiments since he's not exactly quiet about what he does with the only reason she's even disturbed being when Maria and Father were with each other. Like when she found out about the cheating, she looked inside that room and instead of being horrified about what was inside, she was just mad about the cheating. And since Aya seems used to it, it means that this has gone on..... most likely since Aya was born. And especially since with the amount of people that were in the mansion, there is no way in hell that she didn't know about those people. They came in and just never came back out? Yeah, no way she didn't know about anything going on with Father's experiments. Even at the end when Mother was talking about the horrible things that Father did, even back in the day, it didn't make much sense to me. Why would she say those things like "do you know how much harm Father has done?" and "do you really want him to continue his work?" (obviously paraphrasing here). First thought was "wait, didn't you already know about these things? Why would you be saying these things as if you were horrified on what he did since you didn't even blink about the experiments on the, admittedly, only scene we got of her 'finding out'"? Those questions kind of burned into my mind for a few months before I forgot them. And seeing this video and that scene again, the reason, I think, is because both Mother and Father think that Aya is an innocent little girl that wasn't corrupted by their own sick desires. Father wanted to transform her into a doll to keep that innocence, and Mother thought that by manipulating her into remembering the innocent people that Father harmed, Aya would let her take Father for herself. With neither of them realizing that the innocence they both see in Aya hasn't been there for some time if you read between the lines of what's going on in game with her interactions. Sorry for this loooong typin' but just my view on Mother's own desires just taking into account the original game, not the remake. Edit: Ah, paused the video at the perfect time of writing this. Lol. Basically pointed out the same things I did, as well as others.......... and better............ rip.

[@Xeviius]

Im really glad to see you making non-fnaf content. Not that your fnaf stuff is bad or anything, i just wanna see you talk about other stuff too.

[@laylahawkins4873]

I love how you went on the little details between the original and remake and going over the story (with non-canon and canon endings) as well as some of the backstory about each of the characters that are vaguely important. I really hope you plan on doing a video for Misao for the story and the hidden connection between the two. I know there's a certain dialogue that happens when you pick a certain name for a certain librarian in Misao

[@charlesnojinson4760]

The games soundtrack brought me to a piece i hyperfixate on TO THIS DAY. Madness, also known as Bach's Little Fugue, or Fugue in G Minor, fits so, SO well when it starts.

[@asteria5382]

not me having a crush on ogre and the boy with the missing eye when i was younger and played this for the first time

[@ariannebrodeur]

No bc I was in love with Dio as a kid I drew so much fanart of him and it's so funny bc in the original he was even more like barely present than he is in the remake lmao

[@RonBoom-ov7if]

You should go over the “Welcome to the Game” series

[@insomniacloserxo]

Looks creepy might have to check it out !

[@ISeeYa]

Amazing deep dive video. Did not expect this old masterpiece to show up in my feed again. The multilayers storytelling in this was insane for an rpgmaker game. I didn’t play the remake but I definitely agree that while the design toned down the horror, changing them to dolls is a much better choice narratively.

[@jadamiller7485]

Perhaps this is Aya's way of remembering what happened. As was asked of her, to not forget them.

[@mewoisbest8851]

I actually love horror RPGs so to see a video essay on mad father HYPES ME UP. IB NEXT??? WITCHES HOUSE???

[@artemismoore4176]

Ahem, *nerd voice* actually- As far as I remember, there were kind of three versions of the game? I played all three, even before the second and the third, a remake, came out Or you may consider the second one an update to the first one There were some major changes to some of the graphics in between the first and the second version that make them kind of stand out from one another, like changes to Aya’s portraits and changing an aggressive one-eyed corpse that you need to imprison to a doll, which then followed into the third version

[@levilombardi3162]

Oh yeah I remember that lil corpse thing. It was originally brown-greyish wasn't it?? That part of the game tryna trap it was really the only part of that game that truly scared me😭😭I hated it sm!!!

[@artemismoore4176]

@@levilombardi3162 it also had grey hair and one empty eyesocket Same, only this part of the game really unnerved me, I had my friend play through this section The doll they replaced it with is not that scary

[@GirlWhy31]

You know when I think of Maria I also can’t help but think of Sakuya Izayoi from Touhou Project. Sakuya is a knife throwing maid who can stop time and is willing to do ANYTHING to keep her vampire mistress happy, healthy, and safe. Also, Aya is the name of a CROW tengu that makes news papers so in a sense is saving information for a future use.

[@Soupremesoup]

I never thought that a Japanese style rpg game be terrifying BTW Insomnic your are the best youtuber

[@insomniacloserxo]

Thank you!

[@jasonallen6918]

They should make a sequel to this game and Scott Cawthon should've hired someone to make an official retelling and reimagining of the first three games in the FNaF series in the style of a Horror RPG I would like to see that but sadly that's never going to happen anything soon that's set in its own continuity that is completely separate from the original game series and there are no parallel overlaps with the original game series either in terms of story and lore.

[@max05nb]

Will you cover Misao as well? There's a lot lore implication in it as (I think) it plays after the game. We not only the Father and the bald guy again but also a replica of Aya!

[@DarkDoodle34]

39:43 "Kono Dio Da!"

[@a-3841]

I think the remake turning the zombies into more doll-like creatures is a great touch. It really highlights the fact that these were never 'people' to Alfred (and possibly Aya). As for the religious organization, I think it was some offshoot of Catholicism. There's a priest ghost and a nun ghost, and the first gimmick room is set up with nuns and priests.

[@ConstantBit9]

Aya got two brain cells...and they're both fighting for third place in the beginning

[@FunkyMonkey-h9l]

Thank you for making video about this game, I've played both original versions of Mad Father and Misao many years ago and they stuck in my head forever. Few years ago I bought remakes of both games and really enjoy it too, especially new Misao. I really hope that in the near future you gonna make video about Misao definitive edition. People need more content about these games, so again thank you !!!

[@man_of_boxes]

Watching Aya Drevis realize that she had become a monster reminded me of EndRoll, except with a bittersweet motion that she'll continue living with Maria until her number's up. The bloodline of her family definitely ends with her unfortunately in order to truly break the family curse.

[@Zorãoi.2297]

The Eyeless Girl having her eyes back, the Headless Boy having his head back and thanking Aya, as well Colina reuniting with her Mourning Mother were wholesome momments.

[@MetalMockingjay]

I feel terrible for Robin. The only redeemable person in this place, and he suffers so much because of it. Only alive because the demon enjoys watching him struggle. On top of that, nobody even uses his name! Such injustice. Now that I think about it, the creator must have been in quite a pessimistic mindset to create such a grimdark tale where even the one saving grace is rooted in some form of cynicism.

[@EverydayASunday]

Bro you just unlocked the door of nostalgia Your voice reminds me of Aventurine

[@knedlik_unfortunately]

Fr! The voice is so similar!

[@colorbar.s]

aventurine sounds nothing like that, en voiceover isn’t the original or canon

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

An RPG MAKER video? My obligatory comment to say IB WAS THE BEST!

[@DavidRoberts-di3gw]

It's very surprising to learn that Monika is just as or even more deranged or rather, madder than Alfred, just not as explicit as him. Like Alfred had the idea of killing but at the moment of him killing his mother, he really tried to deny the pleasure while Monika embraced and loved that idea wholeheartedly. I think she did eventually encourage that feeling inside both Alfred and Aya. So if you ask me, Monika is the ultimate antagonist of this whole story while Aya is the victim of her parents and ancestors.

[@aqlcaramsm3907]

That was an AMAZING video, thank you for reviving so many memories!

[@viscera8442]

i just wanna say before even getting 5 minutes in how much i appreciate the amount of effort you put into this, mad father was not only the first horror game i had ever gotten into, but the first game i had ever seen a lets play of as a kid. it led to me finding other rpg horror games like ib, misao, witchs house, yume nikki, etc and it sparked my love of the genre in general, im so happy to see content still being made about it :)

[@livingdead4855]

This has always been my favorite rpg maker horror, i love that ur covering it, my favorite rpg maker horror mixed with one of my favorite commentary channels is great

[@jodijoya-clark7741]

Mad Father was one of the first Indie Horror games besides FNAF that I ever saw! It led to a trend of indie horror game protagonists (Goldia, Passion Fruit Sissi, Viola, Esther, etc.)

[@primarchstar2087]

I remembered being introduced to RPG Maker Horror during PewDiePie's hayday hehehe

[@Subchesire]

I know I am late, but it seems like the rumors back then of playing as Dio(robin) was true. Only as a lore implication however, but what's interesting was you'd play as him trying to stop Aya? I guess this was scrapped

[@shannonreed822]

I loved this. I hope that if your channel ever stops focusing mostly on FNAF videos (this is not "Do not make this thing that I do not care about" - please continue to do what brings you joy. While it does not bring *me* joy, things do not need to be for *me* and I can guarantee many people find joy in your FNAF work) and branches out into the wider range of horror games, that it shows back up in my feed some day. This deep dive was an absolute delight.

[@mcstabbins4501]

This, Misao, and Ib were the first RPG horror games I managed to get working on my pc (I was a kid/tween) and I remember being so happy (my old pc wasnt exactly the best thing, it could barely run VRchat without crashing). I remember adoring all 3 games stories so much, hell when I came back for the remake I almost completely remembered a few of the puzzles even after I think 6 or 7 years

[@xkbol]

I luv ur voice... Ican feel so much joy in it when you get genuinelly exited... and I love mad father so this video was a huge treat, wish there was more about the creator, but alas, leangauge barriers

[@Sora_336]

mad father has always been one of my childhood games since i was a child, but i only remembered the main parts of the lore so thank you for making this vid where i can actually understand how beautiful this game truly is (i didn't even know the mother was also psycho)

[@xXTheBoneCarverXx]

Thank you for taking the time to create this! I enjoyed learning more about this game and your speculations and commentary were very thought provoking. Good job!

[@AnaInesLazarteGoytia]

Great video! This has brought me so much nostalgia... I didnt know abt the other rutes! so it was a nice surprise

[@shatteredXmirror]

am I the only one who was upset about the True Ending? i was like "I just took you out of that mansion and the victims tried helping you escape too only for you to end up like this the funk!?"

[@moonbug7252]

I get really sad when I can’t find any information about Sen, the developers of Mad Father and Misao online. They rereleased Misao for Switch but they haven’t made any games recently… it’s kind of sad. Where did they go?

[@sav_online]

This was so good!! I'm currently doing research on a lot of beloved rpg maker horror, and this was a huge help. I can't believe how many differences there are in the remake!! Also did not expect how much nostalgia that chainsaw sound would hit me with LMAO

[@redd8844]

I had a presentation the previous semester and decided to pick Mad Father as the topic. No joke I played EVERY SINGLE ONE of the versions this game ever had, just to see the difference. I played them more than 30+ times to the point I was speedrunning the game because I was running out of time to write my presentation🤣still love the game tho!, my favorites alongside the witch's house.

[@pleasekillyoursef]

Man, that scalpel attack is just not deadly at all

[@TheJittering]

16:48 Personally, I think that the large pile of cursed flesh is a bit over the top and silly for a game like this one.

[@robly17]

Great blast to the past. Please cover Misao and Ib too! Great parts of my childhood.

[@rukastar9946]

I loved Mad Father as a kid!! I still randomly sing the fanmade song from time to time actually lol. It's cool to see this pop up in my May 19th 2024 bingo card too! I need to play the updated version of this game, it looks so good and I'm glad the creator gave the age an updated version for us to play years later.

[@thatonebraziliancity822]

mad father has been engraved in my mind since the first time I discovered it, it still greatly inspires my art, there's this quality about it I hold very dear to my heart

[@cceres]

Kinda sounds like the mysterious guy had a *whole lot* in common with the mother, right down to her decision to hide in plain sight as the perfect mom, trying to quietly influence Aya so her dad wouldn't catch on and try to take her away. It's *her* family's mansion and forbidden research, so I would not be even a little bit surprised if he *was* a demon summoned (or attracted) by the people who worshiped him in the basement, and her male ancestor. Just kind of hanging around, observing and/or fucking with the weird people she and his other descendants bring home. The mother may have a good bit of him in her, and watching him her whole life may have shaped her.

[@PapagenoDispo]

explaining why mad father was so beloved back then while using the remake to showcase the gameplay and story (which have been drastically changed) is very... weird.

[@viktoriak4332]

My favorite ending was the turned into a doll ending, but that's mostly couse I was into hunted mansion and I had a head cannon where Ida and Dean can be together if they're both dead.

[@totallynottea]

22:56 Father may have been experimenting and murdering but even on Snowballs??? That's overstepping the line, buddy 😂😂😂

[@dokjana]

Mad Father, Misao, Ib (if that is considered horror?), The witch house, Yume Nikki, Ao Oni....these JRPG horror era was GOLDEN for me

[@sheanartisthunty]

OHHHH so what im hearing is that Aya’s mother was a Wattpad Dark Romance girly. Based.

[@insomniacloserxo]

i hate you...

[@sheanartisthunty]

@@insomniacloserxo but I’m not wrong am I?

[@ladylunaginaofgames40]

​@@sheanartisthuntyand her real name is Monika .......

[@clairemulkerrin9478]

Hey snowball loving peers, happy to report I now have a sweet bunny that looks just like snowball. white rabbits are the sweetest.

[@ironlion9172]

This game and Ib live rent free in my head as core parts of my childhood. Would love to see you talk about Ib too!

[@sleepyrizzler]

I used to love mad father so badly ever think of doing a video on misao?

[@hannahshark8080]

The way you grabbed my attention with the undertale music

[@jamesvivian2855]

Horror is much more reliant on atmosphere than other genres. Atmosphere requires actual creative work that AAA studios usually don’t care about anymore. The graphics being too good can actually be a detriment because it leaves less for your mind to fill in and no matter what the devs create it’ll never be as terrifying as the horrors your mind comes up with to fill in the blanks

[@RaspberryPastry]

What you forgive in others you will become, Aya was never gonna be normal seeing all that suffering and going "Oh shit! Well anyway..." lmfao

[@DemiFairy]

I had forgotten this about this game! I remember hearing a lot about it but never played it because I don't like horror all that much, but I love to hear the story of this kind of games so i loved the video!!!

[@QT3.1415]

Thank you for sharing a part of your childhood. This Video was truly entertaining and interisting to watch. Youre Voice is quite calming and the story really well told. I will wishlist both the original and the remake thanks to this amaizing video. Thank you for sharing this gem of a game 💜

[@Bloodpix]

In the IF lore dump? That green doll that stops Dio outside? It looks exactly like the one that was talking to young Aya before at 30:46. Judging how it jumped from behind the tree for Dio it was likely behind one of those pillars and I wonder if Father had tasked it to watch her. Sad to see Monika is a hybristophiliac..

[@Alpheus_09C]

Mom, it's the mom

[@zoeouioui8321]

i love that u used songs from undertale in the bg. undertale is my all time favorite game and mad father is in my top 10

[@AinyaEN]

Absolutely love how you explain everything and your story telling! You can really tell in your voice how much you like this game!

[@koya166]

i had the biggest crush on dio

[@jvever4904]

I've heard of this game but never played it. Still really loved the analysis! You're obviously very passionate about this game, and your voice is so soothing to listen to.

[@MarcyMus]

I remember watching a play though of this when I was a kid, it was one of those “I know you exist, but I cannot recall your name” it wonderful to actually see it again. It scared me so much when I was young. But I now love horror! And I’m gonna sit down and play it myself.

[@Katharina-rp7iq]

Actually secretly replacing pets is fairly common. A friend of mine as a kid had an oddly long lived Guinea Pig. It was brown and apparently her parents ensured the replacement had the same fur colour and size so as a kid she never noticed. Her pet just went on a trip sometimes until her parents found one that was similar enough.

[@kyrauniversal]

I never ever forgot this game.

[@Catonbluescreen]

I want to forget what I've just watched so I could rewatch this video again. This game is so gooood, your naration is so so goood. thank you so much for covering this game. it was very interesting. have a nice day anyone who reads this and Insomniac Loser XO

[@keylerq3093]

not me just finding out there ever was a remake... im sooooo nostalgic abt the original

[@Lelmao33]

Dio caught me off guard ngl

[@TheClumsyXeno]

22:44 it looks more like, Aya buried the trauma, not wanting to deal with it

[@skullwolff9442]

the 27 min kill. i understand. my drunk stephdad once told me to hit him, my 10 year old self, did it out of fear, when he lauched at me screaming: hit me! so i understand that kill, when that corpse did the same, screaming: kill me! and yes, like the corpse, my stephdad was satisfied. that scene triggert a memorie from my past.

[@kaeyasimp3918]

I absolutely love mad father, i used to watch my older sister play it when I was like 8... The zombies scared me but I still loved watching her play it.