MOTHERED - Obey Your Creepy Mother in this Dark Psychological Sci-Fi Horror Game!

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  • Опубліковано 8 лис 2024

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  • @AlphaBetaGamer
    @AlphaBetaGamer  3 роки тому +532

    This game is by the same developers of The Enigma Machine, so you can expect things to get pretty weird!
    Spoilers
    The ending of the game seems to suggest a link to The Enigma Machine and that this may actually be a prequel. You can check out a gameplay video of The Enigma Machine here: ua-cam.com/video/9x7LHy3-qx4/v-deo.html
    Edit: The dev has confirmed the events in Mothered take place before The Enigma Machine. Would highly recommend checking it out to learn more of Liana's story!
    Edit 3: A secret sequel to Mothered has now been released, Mothered: Home. You can check out a gameplay video of it here: ua-cam.com/video/C_C490Ihqz4/v-deo.html

    • @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842
      @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842 3 роки тому +20

      SPOILER
      So I assumed this is the story of red? funny the father didn't named it angel

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  3 роки тому +41

      Spoiler
      Yeah, I think this may be Red's origin story!
      There's also a line in The Enigma Machine where Red says:
      "I myself used to be an Enigma Machine. An Android, with my own body!"
      Edit: Just spoke to the dev and they confirmed this is Red's origin story. Kinda makes me feel like even more of an A-hole for how I treated Red in The Enigma Machine!

    • @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842
      @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842 3 роки тому +10

      @@AlphaBetaGamer Cool ! I hope we get more story about Red in Echostasis

    • @do3807
      @do3807 3 роки тому +10

      @@AlphaBetaGamer Poor thing never caught a break...

    • @epicfetus6270
      @epicfetus6270 3 роки тому +6

      @@AlphaBetaGamer "red" in "mothered" on the end credits screen is brighter than the rest of the word. plus the whole thing is red instead of blue like the similarly styled screens in the game

  • @ignaciomartinoli3881
    @ignaciomartinoli3881 3 роки тому +1692

    "You cannot sleep with someone in your room" that startled me

    • @iLoveCreepersss
      @iLoveCreepersss 3 роки тому +76

      Yah, I actually paused the video for a while. Holy crap.

    • @Thrownblock
      @Thrownblock 3 роки тому +16

      Time stamp?

    • @Dhumanio
      @Dhumanio 3 роки тому +173

      That has to be hands down, one of the most genius ways of scaring the player I've seen, its so subtle and so effective, jesus...

    • @do3807
      @do3807 3 роки тому +17

      lmao Same

    • @iLoveCreepersss
      @iLoveCreepersss 3 роки тому +29

      @@Thrownblock 15:35

  • @ivanmogilko9057
    @ivanmogilko9057 3 роки тому +300

    1:14:35
    > "You haven't seen the way it moves around the house with such determination toward its objective."
    I wonder if this is how NPCs see human player in all the games :)

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 2 роки тому +16

      Mindless entities fearful of something that has a will of its own

    • @itsneaparis
      @itsneaparis Рік тому +8

      I'm convinced some people in my life are NPCs.

  • @suneater_zeef050
    @suneater_zeef050 3 роки тому +1021

    I love the dialogue noises. Bwoop woop bwoop

    • @tonylouis4907
      @tonylouis4907 3 роки тому +71

      Woop WAAP Wuup Woop WAAP wuup wOOp WaAp

    • @danthovict381
      @danthovict381 3 роки тому +32

      Reminds me of okami

    • @wareforcoin5780
      @wareforcoin5780 3 роки тому +22

      It's an especially satisfying sound. Woop woop woop WHOP woop

    • @cryptosporidium01
      @cryptosporidium01 3 роки тому +20

      Oh fuck I just started the video and I just CAN'T 😂😂😂 it makes me burst in laughter every few second 😂

    • @kbfaqih9055
      @kbfaqih9055 3 роки тому +6

      They seen the word, i can sense they coming

  • @lucamp1
    @lucamp1 3 роки тому +591

    The part of Liana saying "mom" is so terrifying and beautiful! How she croaks the word out because she has not spoken in a long time. This game is art.

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      scary man\horror\psy screamer=look at me On the page

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      scary man\horror\psy screamer-
      ua-cam.com/video/nDHWqRdgQMY/v-deo.html

    • @asleepyanarchy8281
      @asleepyanarchy8281 2 роки тому +10

      When? When was it?? I lost track

    • @lucamp1
      @lucamp1 2 роки тому +46

      @@asleepyanarchy8281 around 58:37
      when she is trying to call out for her mom, the build up is amazing

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 Рік тому +1

      Just imagine watching your dead daughter wandering around your house being propelled by some disturbing machine

  • @mothmantra6289
    @mothmantra6289 3 роки тому +183

    That awful disconnect between the comfort of morning with warm lighting and birds and the unsettling things that follow at night is great at keeping you off center, that's for sure.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 Рік тому

      For me, it gives the impression of a family waking up one morning greeting each other and enjoying hearing the birds
      The only difference being that they're all robots

  • @samstone2425
    @samstone2425 3 роки тому +357

    I kept thinking the glitch in her dress was a 🔪

    • @justjakki
      @justjakki 3 роки тому +16

      Same!

    • @GruntledGaming
      @GruntledGaming 3 роки тому +13

      Lol they need to reskin the character model to fix it.

    • @ToastReaper
      @ToastReaper 3 роки тому +66

      @@GruntledGaming pretty sure they did it on purpose

    • @kalezuki9231
      @kalezuki9231 3 роки тому +46

      There are so many red flags in this game. Really good job on the "creepy" / "wtf is going on" feeling. I am personally annoyed with the lack of choice but at the same time it does add to the creep factor of possibly being a helpless - ( or feeling hopeless and helpless to resist ) - little girl....

    • @cryptosporidium01
      @cryptosporidium01 3 роки тому +20

      It's just a weight painting issue. A vertice from the dress has been weight painted on a finger accidentally.

  • @gooeykit6074
    @gooeykit6074 2 роки тому +101

    I saw some confusion in the comments, so i thought I'd clear things up ✌🥰
    There are 4 entities at play inside the player character, first off! You, the player, are what they call the Angel, or just Angel, later on. The physical components of the character is Liana, who is the biological component of the body, the core, which is the representative of the real Liana, and the AI or Interface, which is the pilot of the body where Angel and the core cannot act. As a whole, all 4 components act as 'Liana', but the real Liana is dead.
    A little girl dies to unknown cause and the father tries to bring her back by putting machines and AI into her corpse, potentially even reviving her brain, in which case she still lost all/most her memories due to it losing all neurological activity. Think having to restart your phone as normal sleep and a hard reset being total neurological shut down. Your phone can still function as a phone, but it has nothing of what you put on it anymore.
    The dad sends her to live with mom who follows a script meant to help 'Liana' to remember herself and to develope her brain/AI, but as 'Liana' starts to clash with what her AI wants for her, it starts breaking beaking integral structures have been compromised. Due to this, 'Liana' starts to take more control.
    As 'Liana' is taking control, the AI is desperate for structure but since it has been broken, it can only grasp at things that should be assured to work. The AI starts to seek out mother, as father told 'Liana' to listen to her mother. 'Liana' is forced to comply with this, though it doesn't seem that she herself despises the thought of being with her mom either. The relentless chase that 'Liana' then gives, starts to terrify her mother who continues to try to run from her and to reassure the brother that it will be okay. 'Liana' finds mom and as she's being told off, is desperate to communicate but can only say "mom" given some strain. This causes the mother more panic and she admits to 'Liana' that she is not the real daughter. This, coming from mother, breaks the AI of directive, now knowing that it is not what it was manufactured to be. The AI, free of structure, begins to be personified.
    'Liana' starts to lash out due to frustration over how she's being forced to live, not that she wants to die but that she doesnt want to live so restrictedly due to her AI forcing her around and scaring the people around her.
    In one life, she tries to end it by attacking her mom, but ends up being killed instead, as the AI forces her to comply to her mother's demands. In later lives, she spends them gaining more information in order to find a way to end the cycle. As she does, she unearths that she is a cyborg, though moreso leaning towards android, and that her family has been through this time and time again.
    As she gains access to the cellar basement, she finds long sprawling corridors which are not properly mapped out and/or put heavy restrictions on so that she struggles to make way. 'Liana' breaks through the restrictions, though, and finds her way to an area underground near the barn. This area has a terminal and a large pile of ash, the ash being of old models of herself that have failed. This unlocks more of her memories.
    The AI, core & Liana, or the concept of Liana, unify with Angel and each other, becoming it's own entity at last. 'Liana' builds a staircase from her own cremations to escape the cellar and, still carrying the bushel of apples, comes to her dad who is dropping off a new 'Liana'. Dad recognizes this and that this version is different and begins to drive her somewhere. In the car, he goes over a lot of what was discussed but then is alluded to give her a nicname. The nicname is Red, I assume after the bushel of red apples, and is to reoccur in Enigma Machine, which this game is a prequel of

    • @gooeykit6074
      @gooeykit6074 2 роки тому +17

      I didn't want to add this to the comment itself, as it's more theory as well as plot irrelevant, but I don't think the brother is dead. Red is able to commune with the idea of Liana and is able to reclaim the memories of her former self, but she is never seen genuinely communing with the dead. I think that as the family had to deal with all the 'Liana's, the brother became more and more of a recluse, as he was obviously very close with the real Liana. It's very stressful for him to have to deal with Red as it's basically Liana haunting him without even knowing who he is

    • @mantha6912
      @mantha6912 2 роки тому +12

      @@gooeykit6074 Thank you for this explanation, this made Mothered make a lot more sense to me!

    • @AlphaZeroX96
      @AlphaZeroX96 2 роки тому

      Alright, then can you explain how there's multiple mothers? How the mother's animations are that of a robot? How the world glitches up?

    • @EmillyDoom
      @EmillyDoom 2 роки тому

      Duos mio, muchas gracias no tienes ni idea de lo dificil que es entender la trama de manera correcta al no poder entender al 100% el idioma :)

    • @EmillyDoom
      @EmillyDoom 2 роки тому

      @@AlphaZeroX96 puede ser una falla en la misma programacion, desde la persepcion del mundo a ver dos entidades sin estar ayi, puede ser.

  • @hlb9834
    @hlb9834 3 роки тому +606

    Wow. This was well-executed. Especially finding out what happened to Liana and her "core". I was thinking so many theories (Cloning, "Ghost in a Shell", human trafficking and brain lobotomies) and how the father was so hopeful in "reviving" his daughter. As for the son and mother.... I really felt sorry for them because they were repeatedly traumatized and they were losing their mental health. Liana's soul merging with the terminal was creepy, but she wanted to know what happened and why. Pretty cool sci-fi horror game that kept me on the edge of my seat. Thanks for sharing and playing it! :)

    • @visceralwhimsy
      @visceralwhimsy 3 роки тому +5

      100% agree

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      scary man\horror\psy screamer =
      ua-cam.com/video/nDHWqRdgQMY/v-deo.html

    • @arturob5306
      @arturob5306 3 роки тому +10

      So maybe im confused but what exactly happened to Liana and her core? Did they never fully merge with "angel"?

    • @panetierbread3510
      @panetierbread3510 2 роки тому +9

      @@arturob5306 it seems to become another entity entirely, and at the end the father seems to acknowledge it by giving them a new name

    • @alxsblv6164
      @alxsblv6164 2 роки тому +1

      @@panetierbread3510 same. As i see it - merging Lianas "core" (brain? consciousness?) with her new cyborg body changes her irreversibly. They cant get old Liana back. SHE IS DEAD. Lianas core in new body + interaface = new intity. Mother cant accept it. Father can and does. Sorry if my english is bad - i am not native english speaker.

  • @rusPiglets
    @rusPiglets 3 роки тому +634

    Oh my. What a game, what a treat.
    The roller-coaster of being scared, realizing you are the one scaring others and different realizations are so well done.
    I especially like, how the poor graphics and voices are explained by, perhaps, the imperfect machinery (mom does say, that main character probably sees them differently).
    Kinda wish we got to see our 'angel' at least ones. Developer was really teasing with those mirrors.

    • @Vallandriel
      @Vallandriel 3 роки тому +5

      @@greennmiles4517 I tried, it's not possible. :(

    • @wheelchairmario8171
      @wheelchairmario8171 3 роки тому +14

      I'm pretty sure the "angel" is you, the player.

    • @protowave
      @protowave 2 роки тому +1

      late reply, but if you play the sequel to this game, "The Enigma Machine", you may be able to put together what Angel more or less looks like.

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 2 роки тому +1

      I like that 29:04 looks like a simple graphical glitch.....until you find out later of course

  • @Vallandriel
    @Vallandriel 3 роки тому +346

    For those who haven't played the game, ABG made it shorter (thanks to many cuts) than it is in reality. 1h30 seems long but you can spend even more time on it :
    *SPOILER :*
    The game doesn't hold your hand and you really have to be killed a few times before finally discovering the truth, when and where to hide on Friday by restarting your life as a new doll. I managed to do it on the fourth week. Some people will find it tedious, but it's also really clever since the player represents the mind of Liana, which still exists and learn from her past experiences.
    A very disturbing but great game. I really recommend it and would like to know the next part of the story.

    • @Vallandriel
      @Vallandriel 3 роки тому +56

      @Wimpleton Duck Had to redo the game just for you :)
      You can talk to him again on Friday Night, when Mother and Father are arguing.
      He says : "Don't mind those two. This happens every week. It's like they're living in different worlds entirely."
      Also, there is indeed no way to see your brother in the game...

    • @arturob5306
      @arturob5306 3 роки тому +4

      @@Vallandriel ABG missed some text at 36:18 , he never went to go explore it. Were you able to on your playthrough?

    • @Vallandriel
      @Vallandriel 3 роки тому +11

      @@arturob5306 He did explore it, at 1:19:42
      These texts appear in the distance but you can only see them when you're on the "critical path" towards the ending.
      36:18 and 1:19:42 are both on Thursday Night.

    • @Soapko77
      @Soapko77 2 роки тому +1

      what is the tell for figuring out that mother is not "feeling unwell in her room" on thursday morning? that you can find her in the orchard shed. is it just trial and error on multiple playthroughs?

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 2 роки тому +2

      you wonder if the girl was abused by her mum when she was alive. look at the way she says "now's our chance. kill her". conflicting love and hate within. She feels like she has no voice to talk. She was forced to eat dirt, but can now say No. it's a real treasure trove

  • @NightmarezTerror
    @NightmarezTerror 3 роки тому +88

    You know the surgery took a toll on you when your father starts speaking and all you hear is: "Wuup duh wup duh wup duh wuup duh duh!"

  • @AntipaladinPedigri
    @AntipaladinPedigri 3 роки тому +384

    "Love, Mom X"
    What happened to the previous nine moms?

  • @TheFoxHound626
    @TheFoxHound626 3 роки тому +128

    The mother saying I hope you never have to find out what that is when showing you the barn, to the end when you reach the barn and she says I knew you would find your way here eventually. She hoped the daughter wouldn't have to be killed, but in the end knew she would eventually find it and have to be killed anyways. Also nice touch with the barn burning Sunday night, old body was being taken care of.

    • @salsichalivre5401
      @salsichalivre5401 2 роки тому +18

      They wanted to have her very much, and the only way was using AI and the brain of the deceased girl, that they, indeed, further in time, had to kill other times (but the statue in the graveyard is regarded as the first time her died). Somehow she was alive, and somehow something else (enigma) was inside her too. So when machine gets broken by confusing information from the environment, the conflicts break character into two or three or four (Liana, Angel, Core and Interface). They all seem to be different things conflicting. What was not clear for me is why it goes so bad when her objective is to bee with her mother and what contamination (in thee exterior) means.

    • @rodrigocaceres2879
      @rodrigocaceres2879 2 роки тому +11

      @@salsichalivre5401 From my understanding, the mother is creeped out by the daughter's conduct as it's obedience and determination are quite different from how Liana really was. She mentions something about her determination and hints how the real one was different in one part of the dialogue in one part. Also, at some point it's core objective and the commands started to present conflict, with the AI favoring the main one and being able to disobey some orders, which she shouldn't be able to and made the mother freak out even more. Last but not least, it also seems that, just as the mother looks artificial to the AI, she looks just as creepy to the mother. I think that was mentioned in the barn scene with the knife when she says something like "I may look as unnatural to you as you seem to me". The sad thing is that, having the daughter's "real core", Liana was actually there in a way, not understanding why she was doing things that she didn't want to and not aware of any of her "creepy behaviour" as well as not understanding the rejection coming from her mother, who also suspects that there might be something left from her daughter there but isn't able to deal with her in her current state regardless of that.
      Anyway, that's what I got from the video, I hope that it helped and sorry if something isn't clear, English isn't my first language.

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 2 роки тому

      the daughter wanted to kill her also. some sort of....hate left over from a previous life?

  • @AntipaladinPedigri
    @AntipaladinPedigri 3 роки тому +222

    24:30 mother: "we'll be picking apples"
    game's music: *slams piano keys*

  • @FireFoxOmicron
    @FireFoxOmicron 3 роки тому +522

    That Mother gives Me some "I Feel Fantastic" vibes.

    • @lucasart328
      @lucasart328 3 роки тому +16

      reminds me of those out of bounds areas on old games

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 роки тому +42

      The way she moves is very creepy, like an animatronic doll. Imagine sleeping with that in the corner of your room

    • @kdsavage1991
      @kdsavage1991 3 роки тому +18

      “Hey hey hey”

    • @saralazzari9231
      @saralazzari9231 3 роки тому +5

      Omg yes!!!!

    • @helloworld2784
      @helloworld2784 3 роки тому +7

      I'm uncomfortable 😂

  • @anniejackie7546
    @anniejackie7546 3 роки тому +142

    Wow. I've never seen a game like that. I got the things weren't quite right when mother asked to sleep outside. But I thought there was something wrong with her, not the girl. Brother's phrase about the food was pretty creepy. When I saw the sculpture in the graveyard I completely got it. I'm glad father didn't abandon the girl.

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      scary man\horror\psy screamer =
      ua-cam.com/video/nDHWqRdgQMY/v-deo.html

    • @thefallenknight2354
      @thefallenknight2354 2 роки тому +5

      Well, Liana's sculpture might also suggest that her parents are ready to bury her when she dies, but that's obviously not true after you discover the things that are happening at the end.

  • @bikerider6981
    @bikerider6981 3 роки тому +181

    This feels like a fever dream, a very bad and uncomfortable fever dream

  • @petrichorpse
    @petrichorpse 3 роки тому +194

    This was genuinely amazing. I loved the themes of breaking away from your programming and life objectives; a core facet of life is not truly knowing where you'll end up at the end of it. Thanks for showcasing this wonderful game and major props to the devs at Enigma Studio.

    • @BenjamminFranklin.
      @BenjamminFranklin. 3 роки тому +9

      1:27:27
      Terminal:”how do we know we’re on the right path?”
      “Liana”: “we don’t.”
      Terminal:”Will we ever know?”
      “Liana”: “We will when we reach the end.”

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      scary man\horror\psy screamer =
      ua-cam.com/video/nDHWqRdgQMY/v-deo.html

  • @Zakurako
    @Zakurako 3 роки тому +110

    Well, this was not what I expected, and I love that. I'm seriously not sure who I felt sorrier for by the end, the mother and brother, or the player character. Although Dad seems to not mind the end results for some reason...

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому +1

      don't argue with the robot=
      ua-cam.com/video/8vxCWda2wfE/v-deo.html

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      scary man\horror\psy screamer =
      ua-cam.com/video/nDHWqRdgQMY/v-deo.html

  • @WaluigiPooper666
    @WaluigiPooper666 3 роки тому +166

    The atmosphere in this game is absolutely wonderful, it has the feeling of living in an artificial dream world, i especially like the song at 16:55.

    • @wordsoflove8787
      @wordsoflove8787 2 роки тому +6

      Wish this game's soundtrack was up somewhere, I really like that track

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 2 роки тому

      The whole game gives the impression of appearing fake

    • @harrisnaseer6895
      @harrisnaseer6895 2 роки тому

      Dude ive been dying to find this soundtrack if you find it out pleaseeee lemme know

    • @khostqqq
      @khostqqq 2 роки тому +4

      If y’all are still searching, here’s the full soundtrack of the game :)
      ua-cam.com/video/SAGO1DNXPoU/v-deo.html

    • @harrisnaseer6895
      @harrisnaseer6895 2 роки тому +2

      @@khostqqq omg you are a life saver tysm! been dying to find it

  • @AntipaladinPedigri
    @AntipaladinPedigri 3 роки тому +75

    0:42 I never want to hear the phrase "it took a lot out of you" in the context of surgery, bevause it makes me wonder how much exactly did they take out of me without putting it back.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 2 роки тому +3

      Is it even you coming back home or something that just pretends it's you?

    • @AntipaladinPedigri
      @AntipaladinPedigri 2 роки тому +2

      If it's something pretending to be me it's pretending to be me really badly, judging by the fact they don't let "me" even look at "myself" in the mirror.

  • @Buffcyki
    @Buffcyki 3 роки тому +71

    Simply mind-blowing, as expected from Enigma Studio. The plot, the atmosphere, the concept itself, all of them are executed in such a great way, and to find out it's also connected to The Enigma Machine? I am speechless.

  • @aly5066
    @aly5066 3 роки тому +244

    Can't believe this hasn't already been played by other people, this is a real gem of a game and I'm only halfway through lol. No jumpscares but stuff like the "you can't go to sleep with someone in your room" are so scary

    • @Runeless
      @Runeless 3 роки тому +7

      no jumpscares? @23:51 made me jump RIGHT GOOD lmao

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      scary man\horror\psy screamer =
      ua-cam.com/video/nDHWqRdgQMY/v-deo.html

  • @adikkuchan
    @adikkuchan 3 роки тому +222

    It's either the protagonist is really small or the house is just built different

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  3 роки тому +126

      Yeah you're the size of a young kid in the game so everything looks a little bigger.

    • @adikkuchan
      @adikkuchan 3 роки тому +19

      @@AlphaBetaGamer okay that makes more sense

    • @kalezuki9231
      @kalezuki9231 3 роки тому +13

      I wonder if we as the protag are supposed to be a kid or just "programmed" / drugged or some thing into thinking we're one. Or may be we are just really short. *shrug*

  • @dan_goodman
    @dan_goodman 3 роки тому +58

    From how it started out I didn't expect this game to have this much heart

  • @ii-tx6tw
    @ii-tx6tw 3 роки тому +48

    The atmosphere sounds, music.... you can almost taste the mood. Damn good job on that in my opinion. For being so unnerving and unforgettable, ... just amazing audio.

  • @DamienthePious
    @DamienthePious 3 роки тому +59

    A lot of horror games I can kinda zone out and just seem to know when something will happen next. But this one...I didn't want to miss a single detail because the progression was so well done.

  • @SamuelBlack84
    @SamuelBlack84 3 роки тому +68

    I want a film with exactly this kind of atmosphere. Also, I want this games soundtrack

  • @LarryXLR
    @LarryXLR 3 роки тому +131

    Father loves his lofi.
    A true man of class.

  • @Maronator
    @Maronator 3 роки тому +84

    If I fall asleep watching these after a couple melatonin there's like a 40% chance I dream of being in these games it rocks

  • @dillweed3902
    @dillweed3902 3 роки тому +55

    30 mins in and my theory so far us that wE, Liana actually died and now we're some cyborg corpse thing but we look kinda fucked up so no mirrors, also the transitions on when it says *monday evening* or smthng is probably smthng in our system telling us the time. also when smthng happens we tell ourselves wut happend like *mother is very proud of what u did* or smthng that could be the robotic side telling the brain or vice versa, also the fact that we eat dirt and *ingest its nutrients* is also a thing.. also we never had to use the bathroom. and just lil subtle hints on us actually being dead and probably being a cyborg thing
    edit: i was spot on

    • @a.k8185
      @a.k8185 3 роки тому +8

      Big brain

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 роки тому +7

      Just imagine talking to someone who is very obviously dead, but a mechanical implant in their brain is making them talk and behave robotically like a puppet

    • @asideofaioli4630
      @asideofaioli4630 2 роки тому +8

      *TLDR: For me I felt blocking the mirrors was because the machine seeing itself would cause programming conflicts. Like, Liana still thought she existed. She only existed as a core within the machine though. Which is a conflict with both her and the machine's sense of self because neither are who they believe/understand themselves to be.*
      👇 More explanation below 👇
      For instance, when you look at your reflection you see yourself through your OWN eyes. You can't physically see yourself through anyone (or "anything") else's eyes. But Liana is only a core, so what would she see reflected in the mirror? Can a core even visualize itself at all?
      As far as the machine goes, a machine or programming can't comprehend it's own reflection the way sentient things can. Like Alexa & Siri can't say "oh hey, that's me I'm seeing in the mirror." So an AI type robot would process it's reflection as it does any other object, not necessarily as "itself."
      Putting all of this together -- Liana doesn't have a physical body, so the machine would be the thing reflected in the mirror. However, Liana is still sentient right? Her core is stuck within. So she'd be possibly seeing a body that didn't belong to her, while the machine simultaneously isn't able to process that it's looking at itself. That would have to be confusing since she and the machine are intertwined (they require each other in order to function).
      And I took it as, that's not something the programming was equipped to handle. The "confusion" of a reflection would glitch the system, cause a meltdown or whatever.

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 2 роки тому

      I thought the father was pretending to be the mother, getting ready bto kill her

  • @xXDemonWolfSkullXx
    @xXDemonWolfSkullXx 3 роки тому +40

    15:40 was beyond terrifying...

  • @benluther1824
    @benluther1824 3 роки тому +22

    the lighting and weather effects are unreasonably good

  • @elpinkhombre
    @elpinkhombre 3 роки тому +30

    The way mom speaks with her hand movements reminded me of that, *I feel fantastic hey hey hey.*

  • @thisisgoodnews8043
    @thisisgoodnews8043 2 роки тому +7

    All I know is those apple trees wouldn’t grow next to the ocean in the salt spray and especially with the land flooding like that they would be dead in a few days even if it was fresh water.

  • @guan8926
    @guan8926 3 роки тому +242

    Ahh yes nutrients. My favorite!

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  3 роки тому +87

      Mama's special recipe!

    • @justjakki
      @justjakki 3 роки тому +28

      Delicious dirt flavor! Yay!

    • @asurashun9695
      @asurashun9695 3 роки тому +6

      Ground flavored earth, what a delicacy

  • @do3807
    @do3807 3 роки тому +67

    We've gone full circle from when ABG was the MOTHER, who ended up shooting the kid

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  3 роки тому +34

      Haha, very true! I was very bad mom!

    • @do3807
      @do3807 2 роки тому +1

      @@AlphaBetaGamer you did your best lmao

    • @Guav0_
      @Guav0_ 2 роки тому

      What game is that

    • @do3807
      @do3807 2 роки тому +1

      @@Guav0_ it is called MOTHER

  • @artg556
    @artg556 3 роки тому +363

    Only I love when a horror game uses psychological horror instead of jumpscares and scripted chases?

    • @justaclock4768
      @justaclock4768 3 роки тому +101

      using jumpscares to scare people is like tickling people's feet to make them laugh. it works and it sucks.

    • @unicorncupcakies
      @unicorncupcakies 3 роки тому +6

      @@justaclock4768 dont even get me started on tickling the neck

    • @emanuelmaldoileacont8253
      @emanuelmaldoileacont8253 3 роки тому +12

      Yes,ur the only one,ur so special

    • @kalezuki9231
      @kalezuki9231 3 роки тому +27

      I don't mind scripted chases so much but jumpscares usually annoy me. There have been a few exceptions though.

    • @EmillyDoom
      @EmillyDoom 2 роки тому +4

      Al sobrepasar los sustos basicos y ser psicologico, se vulve un Arte

  • @AntipaladinPedigri
    @AntipaladinPedigri 3 роки тому +38

    Mom is just jealous that even if she practices robot dance all the time for a competition, her robot daughter is better at it than she will ever be.

  • @nanamama152
    @nanamama152 3 роки тому +48

    I don't remember the last time a video game (whether in walkthrough format or when actually played) made me cry. This one did.
    I expected this to be one of those PS1 style games, but the graphics were surprisingly good, especially the outside - stunningly beautiful.
    The twist in the middle was kind of predictable, but everything that came after turned out to be horribly relatable.

  • @lucciqs
    @lucciqs 3 роки тому +76

    One of the creepiest games I've seen in a while, it's probably going to give me nightmares

  • @itsneaparis
    @itsneaparis 3 роки тому +17

    Glitchy VHS Horror is becoming my favorite video game aesthetic.

  • @steven13338
    @steven13338 3 роки тому +20

    soo the real liana is already dead and her father trying to resurrect her by using some kind of liana's core and make a robot that have personality like real liana by using that core? but the mother scared about the robot and pretend that it is her daughter. is that right?

    • @szyszak
      @szyszak 3 роки тому +13

      From what I understand it's a continuous process. Android Liana spends a week with her mother, gets "killed", the father spends a week fixing and upgrading the AI, then it's the mothers house again and so on. We don't know how many times this happened, but you can tell that the mother is being annoyed with this process. The father on the other hand is determined to keep going.

  • @angledcoathanger
    @angledcoathanger 3 роки тому +121

    Only just finished watching The Radio Station and we got another spooky one already 😃

    • @davidlilley2736
      @davidlilley2736 3 роки тому +4

      Aye same lol the radio station was truly good but yeah very terrifying hey I read that poem I'm still alive uhh damn

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      don't argue with the robot=
      ua-cam.com/video/8vxCWda2wfE/v-deo.html

  • @megaelixir_elix
    @megaelixir_elix 2 роки тому +9

    I truly love the concept of this game 💯
    It's a story about a mother suffering from post traumatic stress disorder over the lost of her daughter named Liana, who was severely sick and in and out the hospitals all the time. The painful hospital stays as mother and father watched her daughter slowing drift away into death's hands drove mother into a deep depression, so the father is optimistically "trying" to keep the family together. He figures he can help mother cope with the lost by building a narrative for the family, but here is where things haven't been working out for them for a long while now - and mother just ain't having it.
    She's growing tired of playing along with false feelings of love for (if haven't noticed) an android interjected with the memories of their late daughter Liana.
    I also came to conclusion that there's also the possibility mother my have even harmed her REAL daughter some kind of way, because there are certain moments in the game, like Liana's brother tells her she's being fed dirt; mother's deattached demeanour indicates she can stand to look at Liana, and that she does not really seem to be close with her child/ren; she never wants to be seen walking alongside Liana in their home or outside. She even had the por girl sleep out on the dirt path of the house's roadside, I also assume in hopes a car would run over her. And keeps all the mirrors boarded up, constantly reminding Liana, 'It's for your own good...'
    Wow! 😬
    "Bro, what a loving mother..." Lol
    All jokes aside, this is a great game, I'd advised anyone if you accidentally stumbled upon this treasure as I have - check it out. The story plot is WICKED!

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 2 роки тому +1

      the mother shows little hesitation in stabbing her over and over in the barn also. perhaps ther was more.....

  • @sugarysweet07
    @sugarysweet07 3 роки тому +12

    I was expecting shlock and instead got hit with a really enthralling story with banger music. Great stuff.

  • @m.xhdd.x
    @m.xhdd.x 2 роки тому +7

    The girl : *had surgery*
    Also the father : *proceeds to tell her to bring him the heavy box before he drives off*

    • @yulemaaraya6798
      @yulemaaraya6798 Рік тому

      Lol yeah I was wondering why no one else pointed this out lol

  • @XxGigiBeexX
    @XxGigiBeexX 3 роки тому +18

    I definitely want a soundtrack playlist of this game, I am in love with the melodies.

  • @yarhacijin9463
    @yarhacijin9463 2 роки тому +17

    I usually come here out of curiosity for the game, but this one is like a kick to the gut. I remember people I used to trust abusing me inside my room, they told me that it is all for my good and that they love me, and I didn't know I was abused until I reach 18. I never had the chance to rebel.

  • @Sebastianmaz615
    @Sebastianmaz615 3 роки тому +26

    Already, Liana's parents are a bit strange; an uneasy feeling.
    What's up with mother!? 10:04 Two places at once?
    Thirty-two min in & this game is really WEIRD! But I'm too far in to stop or turn back.

  • @Hugo_Tate
    @Hugo_Tate 3 роки тому +21

    The rain graphics on the street outside are amazing but everything else is ps1 styled lol I love it

  • @evanparrafx
    @evanparrafx 2 роки тому +6

    Wow! This was much better than I thought it would be! I was expecting a typical "flick on the light switches so your creepy mother doesn't kill you" scenario. But this was really mysterious, disturbing, and fascinating! All in such a simple setting too. Great game!

  • @unethicallyvoid2888
    @unethicallyvoid2888 2 роки тому +6

    This game is so unbelievably good, I found myself tearing up when mother was talking to the Shell or whoever we are in the barn.

  • @feethater42
    @feethater42 3 роки тому +16

    I love how the game's graphics is on a fine line between good and bad

  • @edgelordleon5859
    @edgelordleon5859 2 роки тому +3

    ... bruh. No lie. I was straight glued to the screen the entire time. Because for once, the weird schtit happening on screen ACTUALLY kind of got explained... And was still really weird and cool. I wouldn't even remotely call this game scary, but it has all the hallmarks of a proper eerie experience... And I wasn't even the one playing!

  • @DrilArm
    @DrilArm 3 роки тому +44

    21:55 Mother, are you feeling OK? Your framerate looks terrible.

  • @poopathyraaja9949
    @poopathyraaja9949 3 роки тому +43

    The creepy feeling that I get for this game is unnerving.

  • @KirkWilson86
    @KirkWilson86 2 роки тому +6

    Wow what a journey. This is a rare gem of a game that really make you think about the human condition, love, loss, and grief. Thank you ABG for playing this for us!

  • @StalwartTirith
    @StalwartTirith Рік тому +2

    15:40 "You cannot sleep when someone is in your room" I don't think I've ever seen a more masterful way of instilling foreboding than that single, simple sentence. Just amazing.

  • @k.g.b.8514
    @k.g.b.8514 3 роки тому +113

    The feeling of uneasiness is very strong in this game.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 2 роки тому +2

      It's like a family of robots playing house

  • @Lucid_high09
    @Lucid_high09 3 роки тому +87

    Another low graphic game i think i can play this on my potato(maybe not :( it looks good)thanks for uploading :) i played many games on my potato because of u

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  3 роки тому +44

      You're welcome! Glad you like the games! PC gaming isn't just for supercomputers. You can have a lot of fun with a potato too! :)

    • @do3807
      @do3807 3 роки тому +4

      @@AlphaBetaGamer They're called toasters guys. I love my toaster, helps me appreciate games from the 2000s and late 90s :)

  • @ookipuki
    @ookipuki 2 роки тому +18

    Towards the end of the game is even more scary . At first its just a creepy mother , then she isn't scary at all and you feel like a total predator ! So you feel like the daughter in the beginning, and towards the end you feel like the "Thing".

  • @aeromorphenjoyer7102
    @aeromorphenjoyer7102 3 роки тому +74

    Quite a tragic story to be honest

    • @kalezuki9231
      @kalezuki9231 3 роки тому +15

      Would you please share with the rest of the class what you think the story is?

    • @sunphin2610
      @sunphin2610 3 роки тому +9

      The daughter is a robot and the dad keep replace her + that why she only eat same food can’t understand a lot of things and I kind think the brother is dead,the only one that okay is the dad the mom is kind off too like she always scared the new kid but the dad keep make the new one that make the wife depressed because it never be the same

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 2 роки тому

      @@sunphin2610 Is the brothers body in his room?

    • @artv4692
      @artv4692 2 роки тому

      It's based off the film A.I. which is 1000 times more tragic

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 2 роки тому +1

      @@artv4692 A.I. has an almost completely different plot, and it’s debatable but definitely still tragic.

  • @philipcheng1618
    @philipcheng1618 2 роки тому +16

    I like to think that every time announcement is Liana suddenly stopping and just staring idly. Hence why Mother starts to grow more scared and emotionally erratic.

  • @TrevorLahey3
    @TrevorLahey3 3 роки тому +24

    I really enjoyed this one. Very sad, and quite creepy indeed. I need there to be more of this

  • @gm6041
    @gm6041 3 роки тому +14

    Im having nonstop goosebump, if we talking about house of ashes or this game, definetely i would pick this game.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 роки тому

      I wish I had a computer to play it on, I only have my phone

  • @tristenandtessaXD
    @tristenandtessaXD 3 роки тому +15

    You know it's real when your father speaks in shyguy.

  • @cryptosporidium01
    @cryptosporidium01 3 роки тому +8

    -this is MY wardrobe
    -this is YOUR desk
    Less than 7 minutes into the video and the fourth wall is already broken

  • @zedc6072
    @zedc6072 3 роки тому +21

    I absolutley love the UI and interface in this game

    • @Sh0ckV
      @Sh0ckV 2 роки тому

      hello jacket

  • @AntipaladinPedigri
    @AntipaladinPedigri 3 роки тому +24

    6:18 ah yes, the neighbour's house burning. Nothing to worry about.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 роки тому +2

      Believe me, I would feel the exact same way if it was my neighbours house. I would smile and laugh as I heard them screaming and crying😄

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 2 роки тому +2

      the barn, another liana burning up

  • @FolstrimHori
    @FolstrimHori 2 роки тому +3

    I haven't finished the video yet but if it weren't for the music cues, I wouldn't have figured this game to be a psychological horror at all.
    It honestly seems more like an android family doing their best to imitate their creators, while also coming to grips with the injury of their daughter.
    It's both sad and a bit endearing.

  • @imaghost2961
    @imaghost2961 3 роки тому +5

    I’m 44 minutes in, and this is so sad.. I read the comments which kind of spoilered to me what’s going on, but not everything so I’m pretty confused. I wonder what happened to the little girl, she seems to be some kind of robot.. oh dang. She seems to still be in there. Oh that’s so sad!!

  • @valentinagraef5097
    @valentinagraef5097 3 роки тому +7

    These videos need more aprecciation, I love them. Short but amazing horror games, and this channel has them all! Love it💕

  • @saadr1an
    @saadr1an 3 роки тому +40

    This piece of art perfectly depicts phycological horror

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      don't argue with the robot=
      ua-cam.com/video/8vxCWda2wfE/v-deo.html

  • @salsichalivre5401
    @salsichalivre5401 3 роки тому +9

    I come to watch this game every time I am depressed. Been watching it every week since launch.

    • @salsichalivre5401
      @salsichalivre5401 2 роки тому +1

      not kidding, I am here again

    • @gooeykit6074
      @gooeykit6074 2 роки тому

      @@salsichalivre5401 i hope you feel better soon, since you said you watch this when depressed. Things get better, even if it's hard to look out for!

    • @salsichalivre5401
      @salsichalivre5401 2 роки тому +1

      @@gooeykit6074 thank you, but sometimes I just see morning, afternoon, evening and night going by. It is how it is. I think I suffer lesser just letting it pass by instead of struggling wanting to get better.

    • @salsichalivre5401
      @salsichalivre5401 2 роки тому +1

      i m here again

    • @salsichalivre5401
      @salsichalivre5401 2 роки тому

      again

  • @GigasGMX
    @GigasGMX 3 роки тому +49

    So the mother's psychologically tormenting and then killing these poor robots and the father is not just doing jack shit to stop her but actively making things worse by saddling the poor little robot with a ton of inhuman behavior requirements (obey everything mother says, the timeouts, the fact that the interface can boss the core around), instead of just letting the part of the machine that is actually Liana (the "core", I think?) do what it wants? These two are just the worst people. I really hope at least one of them dies horribly before the end of the game.
    ...I am disappoint.
    Also why the fuck is the father hiding his face from Liana?

    • @кошимперия
      @кошимперия 3 роки тому

      don't argue with the robot=
      ua-cam.com/video/8vxCWda2wfE/v-deo.html

    • @headphonic8
      @headphonic8 9 місяців тому

      Yeah it makes no sense

  • @reesf743
    @reesf743 3 роки тому +11

    "You always were a kidder, Steve"

  • @thedopplereffect00
    @thedopplereffect00 3 роки тому +32

    I feel like this game is a creative way to turn lack of development experience into a feature. Was it just easier to put tape over the mirror than to implement reflections? Who knows!

    • @membraine
      @membraine 2 роки тому +9

      i think its more about the appearance of the character. like they didnt want it to see itself and cause a memory leak? at least thats my interpretation

  • @julee7160
    @julee7160 3 роки тому +23

    wow, incredible game. dialogue is perfect. I thought this was going to be about a manipulative mother, wowee I was wrong! All elements of this game are so entertaining.

  • @Maen_Kael
    @Maen_Kael 2 роки тому +2

    This is reeeeally good, and I was honestly hoping the
    Spoilers:
    ... core stuff would work out, and the soul inside the core would be able to take control and the mom and brother could live together with her/it

  • @hoppegypuma2343
    @hoppegypuma2343 3 роки тому +14

    I've almost forgotten, how Black Mirror creeped me out in a way, sometimes I could not feel well. This one has a moral: NEVER MESS WITH MOTHER...
    ...nature...

  • @Nillowo
    @Nillowo 2 роки тому +4

    For some reason, I keep returning to this video / game, it’s really interesting and weird in a good way

  • @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842
    @acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842 3 роки тому +13

    for ps1 esque game the graphic is gorgeous

  • @coastal_breeze557
    @coastal_breeze557 3 роки тому +8

    I don't know what more creepy: the fact that the mom ( and possibly the brother) is hiding a dirty little secret, or the fact that the mom has a doppelganger..........
    I mean they're red flags that something is not right:
    1) She's not allowed to use the basement bathroom
    2) The bathroom mirror is taped up
    3) she's not allowed in her parents room ( which is sometimes normal unless the parents are hiding something)
    4) the warning message SURVIVAL NOTICE: DO NOT ENTER THE BARN was repeated ( big red flag)

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped 3 роки тому +10

    _Sees mother_
    I'm reminded of a Calvin and Hobbes panel...

  • @faye5339
    @faye5339 3 роки тому +5

    The music in the morning is the only thing that is wonderful to listen. 😄

  • @GregoryTheGr8ster
    @GregoryTheGr8ster 3 роки тому +7

    What I have learned from this is that being a cyborg is not easy. They have all sorts of internal conflicts, confusions, unclear motivations, etc. We really need to find ways to help the cyborgs in our world. We can't let them suffer like this.

    • @Guest-lo8hv
      @Guest-lo8hv 3 роки тому +2

      Are you kidding?

    • @martiddy
      @martiddy 3 роки тому +4

      Android*, cyborgs are humans with robotic implants

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 роки тому

      @@martiddy Which do exist

  • @Xaderoth
    @Xaderoth 3 роки тому +6

    22:34 Mother doing tai chi XD

  • @naivan12
    @naivan12 3 роки тому +3

    The music at 06:45 is so beautiful…

  • @manekineko111
    @manekineko111 3 роки тому +12

    The story is 10/10! Creepy and sad

  • @gruzinkerbelleabethabelle7996
    @gruzinkerbelleabethabelle7996 3 роки тому +4

    15:42 omg my heart sank as soon as I read that lol

  • @spadeyspacely
    @spadeyspacely 3 роки тому +1

    the music reminds me so much of the compositions that Klein (this great experimental artist) have made. very ominous and eerie yet familiar. if anyone likes the journey this music takes you on, I’d recommend her Lifetime album for sure.

  • @indridcold3762
    @indridcold3762 6 місяців тому +1

    So this is what happens to Charlie Brown's teachers when they die and go to hell.

  • @SquidMissle
    @SquidMissle 3 роки тому +6

    Momma built like a Denver Broncos defensive lineman

  • @TerranPersoid725
    @TerranPersoid725 Рік тому +1

    Such a cool concept. One of the things I like the most is that, in a way, Liana’s situation kind of contextualizes why the game literally looks the way it does, all odd and fake looking.

  • @tigercarings
    @tigercarings 3 роки тому +10

    23:42 This fucking scare.

  • @Switcher1972
    @Switcher1972 2 роки тому +6

    This was brilliantly made.
    Another gem.

  • @anomienormie8126
    @anomienormie8126 2 роки тому +1

    This is Amazing. The plot twist! The ingenuity! The delivery and vibe! It’s a two way horror!

  • @angledcoathanger
    @angledcoathanger 3 роки тому +9

    Those titles are so perfectly stylish