Software:Madison (video game)
Template:Video game infobox Madison (stylized as MADiSON) is a first-person horror videogame developed and published by the Argentine studio Bloodious Games. It was released on July 8, 2022 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.[1] The Nintendo Switch version was released on August 26, 2022.[2]
Plot
The game takes place in a large house, where the player takes control of Luca, a 16-year-old boy who receives an instant camera for his 16th birthday. Said camera belonged to a serial killer 30 years earlier, and through it will contact the young man to put an end to a macabre ritual.[3]
Gameplay
MADiSON focuses on the use of an instant camera to connect the world of the living with that of the dead. In this way, the player will use the camera throughout the story to solve puzzles, discover secrets that cannot be seen with the naked eye, drive away demonic entities, among others.[4]
Development
The game began development in 2016, but was announced through a demo released on itch.io a year later.[5] This demo was very well received by users, surpassing 100,000 downloads on the platform. The studio continued with the development of the video game and finally in 2021 announced its launch for PC through a trailer. Presenting the second trailer a month later on Gamescom, they revealed the official release date after 5 years of development, confirming that the game would be out on January 7, 2022.[6][7][8]
The studio postponed the game's release to a later date in 2022, citing inconvenience in publishing the game under the previously used trade name, Nosebleed Games.[9]
Release
On release, MADiSON was noted as one of the 20 highest-selling games on Steam for the month of July.[10]
Reception
MADiSON received an aggregate Metacritic score of 75/100 for its PC version, indicating "generally favorable" reviews, and 72/100 for its PS5 version, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11][12]
IGN awarded the game an 7/10, writing that MADiSON was a creepy game with genuine scares.[13] Shacknews gave it 9 out of 10 stars, mentioned the game's writing as consistent, contrasting the usual trend of "a sluggish second act after an incredible opener". The reviewer praised the quality of the puzzles, tension that never decreased, and lore that was unpleasant "on a true crime level".[14] HobbyConsolas stated that MADiSON was the most terrifying adventure they had played in a while.[15]
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Expo EVA 2018 | People's Choice | Won | [16] |
| 2022 | Expo EVA 2022 | Best Game | Won | [17] |
| 2022 | NYX Game Awards | Best Narrative | Won | [18] |
References
- ↑ "Psychological Horror Title ‘MADiSON’ Arrives June 24 for PC, Consoles [Trailer"]. April 11, 2022. https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3710378/psychological-horror-title-madison-arrives-june-24-for-pc-consoles-trailer/.
- ↑ "Mini Review: MADiSON - Jump Scares Aplenty In This Effective, If Unoriginal, Horror" (in en). August 26, 2022. https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/madison.
- ↑ "Madison Review - Snapshots Of Potential". July 14, 2022. https://www.gameinformer.com/review/madison/snapshots-of-potential.
- ↑ "Madison review" (in en). July 15, 2022. https://www.ign.com/articles/madison-review.
- ↑ "Madison: Hands-On Preview". May 31, 2022. https://www.ign.com/articles/madison-hands-on-preview.
- ↑ "Polaroid-based Horror Game MADiSON Coming to Steam in 2021". July 7, 2021. https://www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/polaroid-based-horror-game-madison-coming-to-steam-in-2021/.
- ↑ Wilson, Mike (July 7, 2021). "[Trailer Upcoming Psychological Horror Title ‘MADiSON’ Arms You With a Polaroid For Fighting Demons"]. https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3672839/trailer-upcoming-psychological-horror-title-madison-arms-you-with-a-polaroid-for-fighting-demons/.
- ↑ "El juego de terror en primera persona Madison llegará a PC en 2021". July 9, 2021. https://www.eurogamer.es/el-juego-de-terror-en-primera-persona-madison-llegara-a-pc-en-2021.
- ↑ Romano, Sai (April 7, 2022). "First-person psychological horror game MADiSON coming to consoles in 2022". https://www.gematsu.com/2022/01/first-person-psychological-horror-game-madison-coming-to-consoles-in-2022.
- ↑ "Top Steam Releases of July 2022". https://store.steampowered.com/sale/top_july_2022?tab=1.
- ↑ "MADiSON" (in en). https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/madison.
- ↑ "MADiSON" (in en). https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/madison.
- ↑ "Madison review" (in en). July 15, 2022. https://www.ign.com/articles/madison-review.
- ↑ "MADiSON review: A snapshot of true terror" (in en). https://www.shacknews.com/article/131221/madison-review.
- ↑ "Análisis de Madison, el juego más terrorífico de los últimos tiempos" (in es). July 6, 2022. https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/analisis-madison-juego-terrorifico-ultimos-tiempos-1088941.
- ↑ "Juegos ganadores de la EVA 2018". Pressover. November 7, 2018. https://pressover.news/noticias/juegos-ganadores-de-la-eva-2018/.
- ↑ "EVA 2022: Premios y resumen de la exposición de videojuegos más grande de Latinoamérica". Pressover. September 19, 2022. https://pressover.news/noticias/eva-2022-premios-resumen/.
- ↑ "NYX Game Awards Winners". NYX Game Awards. September 23, 2022. https://nyxgameawards.com/winner-info.php?id=1520/.
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