

That said, fair play to the developer, who does clearly state at the outset that the game content might be of a disagreeable nature.

The game found itself mired in controversy even before release, when certain portions had to be “ modified” for PlayStation to remove interactivity from graphic scenes and add a censored alternative for some others. You wouldn’t expect puppies and rainbows when you set out to dabble in horror, of course, but with Martha is Dead, a first-person thriller from indie developer LKA, the intention seems less to frighten and more to shock and disgust. Have you ever even played a psychological horror game if you haven’t skinned your (fictional) sister’s face to make a mask, cut a two-headed fetus out of a teenager’s body, or cooked a child’s pet dog and made her eat it?
