Martha Is Dead. And that looks as if an terrible disgrace. Martha can be abandoning a twin sister who needs to search out out the reality of her homicide. Martha might or might not have fallen prey to one thing supernatural. Martha is probably metaphorically or actually linked to the spectre of battle in 1944 Tuscany. Martha is actually extraordinarily creepy, as you’ll be able to see within the trailer under.
My Italian is inferior to it ought to be, however I’m pretty sure these are coded messages for sneaky wartime communication. Else this radio fella actually needs to let everybody know that the rain’s stopped and he has a beautiful blonde beard. And sure, I’m certainly specializing in this in order that I don’t have to consider Martha’s grizzly cranium face.
Developers LKA haven’t but stated a lot in regards to the game past its plot, however they’re the parents behind The Town Of Light, one other creepy historic game, this time set in an asylum – however with out counting on dehumanising tropes focusing on the mentally unwell. Former treehouser Alec as soon as spoke to them about their Gone Home inspirations, whereas equally former treehouser Adam went to go to the hospital it was primarily based on. He wrote:
Town of Light is a harrowing expertise. Developers LKA, led by Luca Dalco whose background is in theatre, are insistent that this isn’t a horror game. And it isn’t. Not within the standard sense. There aren’t any chase sequences, there’s no clumsy fight and there isn’t a single supernatural entity in sight.
There are bumps within the night time although. And bumps within the day, for that matter. There is cruelty and abuse and imprisonment and concern. Town of Light won’t be a horror game however it’s completely horrifying and the truth that it’s primarily based within the historical past of an actual place, and the broader social historical past of psychological well being remedy, makes its terrors and grotesques all of the extra affecting.
Whether or not Martha Is Dead will keep away from the extra conventional horror game scares and give attention to the identical cautious storytelling stays to be seen, nevertheless it appears promising.
Martha Is Dead doesn’t have a launch date but, however you’ll be able to check out it on Steam.
