Nothing felt like it was there to scare you, though, only to shock you and throw you off balance when attempting to piece together the overarching narrative. It's a mystery, a story that unfolds at its own pace, which sets the scene by offering up a slow and picturesque experience filled with character-building, before slapping you in the face with a gritty scene that'll have you saying, "I didn't see that coming." Are there horror elements? Sure, the game delves pretty deep into the struggles of mental illness, child abuse, self-harm, and the horrors of war, mixing it all with corpse mutilation and murder. It's not meant to be, it doesn't try to be, and if you're a hardcore horror fanatic, you might be a little disappointed.
This was my fault, but after a few hours of play everything clicked into place (or my noggin finally started working) and I found myself enjoying the game for what it is: a psychological thriller. It wasn't the game's fault at all - I just thought it was taking an unnecessary amount of time to get to The Good Stuff, and that it was missing every opportunity to build tension. I, unfortunately, was completely wrong, and it caused my first few hours of playing to be the most unenjoyable slog. Upon hearing these out-of-context snippets, I had built up the expectation that I would be embarking on a journey that was sure to get freaky and hopefully have me on edge the entire time. Of course, that's almost impossible to do and I ended up catching wind of other players saying that the game was a horror experience, grisly and disturbing, then news dropped that the game had been censored on PlayStation. I shot myself in the foot, so to speak, when starting Martha is Dead, due to attempting to not see or read about the game prior to playing.
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