Sections that have been made non-interactive in the PlayStation release include perhaps the most infamous scene in the game, whereby the player controls their character cutting off the face of a young girl, and one where they cut open the womb of a woman with a pair of scissors. Sony has censored content in the game by either making it non-interactive, or removing it entirely. The content is, of course, disturbing to some, so should be read with the relevant discretion. This is clearly a point of view shared by Sony, which has controversially censored some significant content for the PlayStation release of Martha is Dead.
RELATED: Xbox Series X Horror Game Martha is Dead Reveals Gameplay What is Martha Is Dead?Īs a part of these underlying themes of psychological horror that the game prides itself on, there is inexorably some content in the game that some may consider overly-graphic, to an unnecessary or disturbing degree. With Sony recently censoring some explicit Martha Is Dead content, this debate is livelier than ever.
The decision of whether certain elements of these games are serving the goal of achieving this shock and horror, or whether they are just unnecessarily graphic and disturbing, is a very contentious point of debate within the gaming discourse. The element of shock factor, in particular, has been a boon to horror games for quite some time. The ultimate goal for new horror developers in recent years has been to engage and surprise fans in new ways that don't overstep the mark of what the average consumer would like to experience. With how saturated the gaming market is in regard to horror games, developers of new horror titles like Martha Is Dead now have to walk a fine line between pushing the boundaries of what is expected of games within the genre. Martha Is Dead is a recently released thriller horror game, published by renowned Indie publisher Wired Productions.
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