Sony scissors are at work?
It has been many days and nightssince I first wrote aboutLKA’sMartha is Dead, but the increasingly grim-looking horror title will finally be making its mark on souls and brains next week, when it officially arrives, February 25, on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. One of these things, however, is unlike the other.
The studio has informed news outlets that the PlayStation version ofMartha is Deadwill feature “modified” sequences, with certain sections of the period piece horror unplayable. I’m loathed to use the word “censored,” as LKA’s vague wordingseemsto suggest that the scenes will remain intact, but changed, somewhat implying that player control/agency will be removed from the segments in question.
This past weekend, a particularly gruesome sequence fromMartha is Deadwas floating around social media. I’m not going to describe the sequence for spoiler reasons, but it was pretty durn grisly. Perhaps Sony has gotten a little cold to the idea of players having direct control over such sequences, and as such called for the changes. This is purely speculation on my part, in any regard. The PC and Xbox editions ofMartha is Deadwillnotfeature the aforementioned modified scenes.
Set at the tail-end of WWII,Martha is Deadfollows the story of a young woman who travels to Italy to recover the desecrated body of her sister, who was found, drowned and lifeless, on a secluded beach. Utilizing psychological and physical horrors, LKA’s adventure looks to be an intensely bleak and frightening experience. Less the popcorn thrills of anUntil Dawn… Something altogether more sinister.
