I think the CE average ratings prove that it is! Subject 360 had a 4.6 average rating and Sinister Play received 4.1 while the previous games in between barely received a 3-star average rating. Welcome Back Home old friend! The spark has finally been reignited folks, and once again Mad Head Games has been reborn! It is games of this caliber that other developers should strive to achieve! Now I'm not saying this game is as epic as Subject 360, they fell a little short at pushing the envelope when they were SO CLOSE, but I suspect they wanted to dip their toes to see just how far they could go with it, I suspect they had to prove to BF that this IS what we want. Perhaps they just got bored? Whatever the reason was, it was clear that MHG had become just like all the other developers' games with all those familiar cliche tasks and features that have become second nature, the same old story, the same click here, do this, do that, been there done that kind of game. Perhaps it's because they were forced to push out games too quickly, perhaps, as BF went through management changes, they placed restrictions that dampened their creative spark. They were able to make a connection between the character and the player, they were willing to take chances, they wanted to make a name for themselves, they wanted to be the number one developer!īut then, as time went by they lost their way, and Mad Head Games became just another developer. They pushed the envelope even further with the voice of a creepy child taunting us, belittling us, haunting us, hunting us! Was she real, or have we gone completely mad? Maze: Subject 360 gave us a taste for something new, gameplay features we HOPA players had never experienced before and we knew right then and there that MHG was no ordinary developer.
It busted the doors wide open for this up-and-coming developer because they were the only ones with the guts to break the mold, the only ones willing to experiment with our psyche by trapping us in a dark cell with no recollection of how we got there. Maze: Subject 360 was a game that broke all the rules, it was dark, it was suspenseful, and it was definitely creepy.
(including completion of all puzzles & Bonus Chapter
MHG HAS RETURNED TO THEIR FORMER GLORY! (BUT I DID ENJOY THE CE VERSION MORE) Completed Game approximately 6.0 Hours