History YMMV / Madison2022

* CatharsisFactor: Oh boy, upon leaving the church you are teleported back to a long hallway that leads back to the house [[spoiler: Hans tries to trap you there to murder you. Eventually over powering Madison until the last second where you awake back at home. Knowing that he was ultimately stopped, even if it was by Madison, gives you immense comfort knowing he probably is locked out that timeline forever]].
* CompleteMonster:
** Madison Hale [[spoiler: killed her parents, two innocent neighbors, cut their limbs off, began the games events by murdering Luca's mother and sister. Plus causing a massive rift between both he and his father the only person willing to help him]].
** Hans Goring escaped from [[spoiler: Nazi Germany and settled in a small town in America. Where he told his wife he had been the one to turn the gas chambers on. To which she murdered him due to his inability to feel empathy for the victims]].

** Hans Goring escaped from [[spoiler: Nazi Getmany and settled in a small town in America. Where he told his wife he had been the one to turn the gas chambers on. To which she murdered him due to his inability to feel empathy for the victims]].

* ShockingMoments: Woo boy lets rattle ‘em off.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Albert Maxwell legit makes some really dumb decisions and doesn’t seem to understand the importance of what he did to his family. While isn’t revealed early on [[spoiler: Elizabeth threatened to run away with Johnny while he begged her to stay. Despite both she and Johnny claiming that a supernatural being is stalking them. Then spending his entire twilight years devoted to talking to his dead wife while spending a lot of money and buying a camera that was owned by a serial killer. Then leaving his son a note saying “oops sorry” made a lot of players genuinely angry at him]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Albert Maxwell legit makes some really dumb decisions and doesn’t seem to understand the importance of what he did to his family. While isn’t revealed early on [[spoiler: Elizabeth threatened to run away with Johnny while he begged her to stay. Despite both she and Johnny claiming that a supernatural being is stalking them. Then spending his entire twilight years devoted to talking to his dead wife while spending a lot of money and buying a camera that was owned by a serial killer. Then leaving his son a note saying “oops sorry” made a lot of players genuinely angry at him]].
* VindicatedByHistory: On arrival the game was given immense praise for its graphics, sound design, and horror aspects. The big vindication was when the game was awarded the Scariest Game of All Time by the Science Scare Project in the UK. Beating out Visage and Alien: Isolation both of which managed to get people to 94 and 96 beats per minute. Madison beat them out by causing heart beats to rise to 97 beats per minute.

* AwesomeArt: Everyone tends to gush about the game’s graphics especially when it comes to the house. It’s lived in feeling while also making it a character in its own right.

** Hey you remember that weird book you’ve been hearing about? Well your Grandfather kept it and I tried to seal it away. [[spoiler: Hey do you think reading it while you’ve been told to never do that is a good idea. Once you close it and take a photo of the room you leave said room to see a face looking from beyond a door. Cue the jumpscare cord]].

* {{AwesomeArt}}: Everyone tends to gush about the game’s graphics especially when it comes to the house. It’s lived in feeling while also making it a character in its own right.
* BestLevelEver: The first third of the game is absolutely haunting in both its sound design and layout. You get a genuine sense that something isn’t right and the noises that fill the air is upsetting due to the fact you cannot find the source half the time.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: Many horror fans were getting tired of the endless PT clones and this one was no different. While some were willing to give it a chance to stand on its own merits others were more than happy to avoid it.

* CatharsisFactor: Oh boy, upon leaving the church you are teleported back to a long hallway that leads back to the house [[spoiler: Hans tries to trap you there to murder you. Eventually over powering Madison until the last second where you awake back at home. Knowing that he was ultimately stopped, even if it was by Madison, gives you immense comfort knowing he probably is locked out that timeline forever.

* AwesomeArt: Everyone tends to gush about the game’s graphics especially when it comes to the house. It’s lived in feeling while also making it a character in its own right.

* UnitentionallyUnsympathetic: Albert Maxwell legit makes some really dumb decisions and doesn’t seem to understand the importance of what he did to his family. While isn’t revealed early on [[spoiler: Elizabeth threatened to run away with Johnny while he begged her to stay. Despite both she and Johnny claiming that a supernatural being is stalking them. Then spending his entire twilight years devoted to talking to his dead wife while spending a lot of money and buying a camera that was owned by a serial killer. Then leaving his son a note saying “oops sorry” made a lot of players genuinely angry at him]].

* Narm: While Luca himself has a rather odd tendency to state the obvious the English voice actor had a tendency to deliver it in a whiny nasally voice. Many players have noted it broke their immersion and made them laugh.

* VindicatedByHistory: On arrival the game was given immense praise for its graphics, sound design, and horror aspects. The big vindication was when the game was awarded the Scariest Game of All Time. Beating out Visage and Alien: Isolation both of which managed to get people to 95 beats per minute. Madison beat them out by causing heart beats to rise to 97 beats per minute.

** Hans Goring escaped from [[spoiler: Nazi Getmany and settled in a small town in America. Where he told his wife he had been the one to turn the gas chambers on. To which she murdered him due to his inability to feel empathy for the victims]].