Cursed Tales: The Mother

By | October 20, 2021

by Cursed Tales (website)

£9.99

Languages: EN

🖥digital
A broken heart, an unforgivable murder and a curse to be lifted. It is 1890 and the ghost of a mother who took her own life haunts the once thriving mill town.
show full description
Thank you for helping keep Escape the Review up to date!
Let us know what needs changing:





If you own or manage this company, you can also claim the listing and update it yourself

Promotional offer

20% off with code ETR20

Overall rating

Rated between 3 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 7 users

Your review

Player reviews

LoftusLady rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 26 Feb 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 1 hour 16 min Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivestory-driven😨creepy

Really enjoyed this game and played it on the standard setting. Having already played their other game the forest it was great to to give this a go. The story was quite harrowing and again loved the way they use film and characters. The setting for this game looked amazing and enjoyed playing.

The puzzles were less difficult than the forest however very clever and enjoyed exploring the setting. 

Simondo rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Time taken: 43 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyimmersivefamily friendly😨creepy

This was our first ever online escape room! It was enjoyed by all of us and not too difficult! We all really felt like we had accomplished something! 😂! Would highly recommend! 

LAL rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 50 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyoriginalimmersive😨creepy

We loved the immersive element of this game!  The production value and interactive map meant we could travel to different locations and have what we needed in the journal.  Kept us guessing and working together as a team with varied puzzles!  Perfect for our turn to host couples' game night!

AdamEscapes rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 1 Dec 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverimmersivequite easy👻scary

I've played a lot of real world escape rooms and a few virtual escape rooms (a couple of rooms from trapped in the web), but I must say the production value on this one was great. A beautifully written story, as well as the bonus of having some recorded narration, which is something I've never seen in a virtual escape room!

This game is styled at being easier so we weren't expecting a tough challenge, but the puzzles were fun and we enjoyed how interactive they were. It took us 42 minutes because we really wanted to take our time and read all the letters, clues and listen to the narration.

We highly recommended this for anyone who wants a great story, with some immersion and fun puzzles! Looking forward to the next one

khopekat rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 4 Dec 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 39:24 Outcome: Successful escape!
overpricedquite easy

This was pretty short. We took our time reading over things but the puzzles themselves were relatively easy. The puzzles were fine and this game worked well over screenshare. 

The voice acting however, was TERRIBLE. There was no emotion, emphasis or effort whatsoever. The people reading clearly were not actors (that's fine, they don't always have to be) but didn't even try to convey any sense of story or emotion. Therefore we were not invested in, what should have been, a fairly interesting storyline. 
I hope they try harder for their next one. 

Lyrianthalaasa rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 4 Dec 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 39:24 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalnot immersivequite easy

This game was ok for a short game, but not worth £9.99

The puzzles were ok, simple but worked well in terms of interface and completion. 

The voice acting for the video and audio scripting was very poor. They felt as though whomever was recording them had simply been told 'read this aloud' and then the first recording taken for use. Very little or no emotion in the delivery of what was meant to be a blood-chilling, heart-breaking tale of murder and revenge. It might as well have been reading instructions on putting together a set of shelves.  There were also several 'bumps' in the recordings where a line was stumbled over or paused at (which indicated the actor in question was taking a second to understand the content). This was certainly the biggest let-down of the experience, as a better vocal delivery would have at least drawn me into the tale. As it was, this left me somewhat cold and harking back to free games that I enjoyed far more. 

Hopefully their next offering will improve on these issues. 

EireBanshee expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 31 Oct 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 23:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

It was OK.  It was very, very SHORT.  I understand that this was designed to be an "easy" game, but it would be better value if there were enough puzzles to keep you busy for longer.  

Reviews by escape room review sites

"The Mother" provided a haunting tale that had good plot development, rounded characters, and some light puzzling to push you along. I would say this is more of an immersive experience than a puzzle game given the easy level of the puzzle, but I really enjoyed being able to explore the world of the game and would love to do more. This isn’t a game for people looking for challenging puzzles but if you enjoy immersive storytelling with some puzzling, I think this is a great start to Cursed Tales games. I am quite curious to see how The Forest ramps up the puzzling from what their site suggests.

See also