Martha Is Dead Promises To Be A Haunting Experience
A teaser for upcoming horror game Martha is Dead shows off a historical and psychological type of fear.
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As the spookiest month begins, a short though exciting teaser was quietly released for a whole new horror experience based around historical fiction. Since the dawn of streaming, YouTube and Twitch personalities have been killing horror gaming. Very few great horror titles are released each year, what with 2019’s Blair Witch, Layers of Fear 2, The Sinking City and Man of Medan all receiving lackluster reviews, there’s some much-needed maintenance in the horror department. It’s about time truly ominous, psychological horror games make their resurgence.
This is exactly what Town of Light developer LKA intends on doing with its newest and most terrifying IP, Martha is Dead. Like their previous title, LKA intends to explore the confines of thrilling psychological terror through the mystery of one twin’s death. Set amid World War II era Tuscany, this interconnection of both trauma and superstition will be the driving force of the game, as history itself will play a role in the narrative. The 1940s backdrop will be of grave importance in the development of the story. LKA will also utilize fright and real folklore over jump scares to get its terrifying messages across.
Very little has been said about the nature of the upcoming title, though if you look at LKA’s previous game, Town of Light, players can expect a myriad of historically symbolic tropes underlined by a psychologically thrilling first-person experience. Their first foray into the trying lands of horror and thriller gaming was immensely praised, not only for the horrifying setting of an insane asylum but also for its use of cringe-worthy details, well-balanced writing, and well-established themes. As Edwin Evans-Thirlwell writes in his Town of Light review:
“The Town of Light is an experience you endure rather than engage with. It is never fun, never challenging and evidently the work of an inexperienced and under-resourced team. But it also tackles the subject matter with a cold, fractured sophistication that exposes much, too-smooth, too-cohesive ‘psychological horror’ as trivial. I had a dreadful time playing it. I want you to play it anyway.”
In more plain words, Town of Light and any other creative work that leaves the doors of LKA are nightmarish in their own right. Forget jump scares and the all-too-typical screams that accompany the horror tropes of yesteryear, LKA uses the players’ own heads against them, which is guaranteed to be an important element for Martha is Dead.
Similar to the likes of Layers of Fear and Home Sweet Home (but better), Martha is Dead will challenge players through a variety of horrifying sequences and mind-numbing scenarios that will make it hard to sleep at night. Yet, somehow and some way, it won’t stop the more advantageous of players from returning. For some, the nightmares bring life, and if there’s any developer that can expound upon horror gameplay, it’s most definitely LKA.
Bear witness to the personification of fear itself come 2020.
Link Source : https://www.thegamer.com/martha-is-dead-reveal/