


Martha is Dead has you going all over the Tuscany countryside and Giulia is an avid photographer so you get to play around and truly take in the beauty of this place. Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition and the tragedy of war. The presentation of this game along with the excellent story really does blend together to make this a very immersive experience. The hunt for the truth is shrouded by mysterious folklore and the extreme horror of war that draws ever closer. Sometimes there is no right thing, just a lesser of two evils! That Italian Countryside Martha is dead, and her twin sister Giulia, the young daughter of a German soldier, must alone deal with the acute trauma of loss and the fallout from her murder. There are many moments that require you to make a fast decision and these can really make your head spin as you frantically try to figure out what the right thing to do is. You are free to pretty much explore where you want and the gameplay moves at a decent pace. As you would expect this makes things even more tense and scary as you go about trying to help Giulia deal with the trauma of her sister’s death, finding who killed her, and also dealing with the brutal reality of war that she finds herself living in. The gameplay of Martha is Dead is all played from the first-person perspective. Despite my jealousy, I would like to think Martha’s spirit was looking out for me, as a repetitive game. Because of being dead, Martha never had to play this game. There is a pretty big twist early on that I will not spoil, but bone chilling is the best way to describe it. I spent six hours in this world and grew increasingly jealous of Martha every minute.

That alone sounds great, but this game has such a dark and disturbing twist due to Giulia’s family and her experience of the great war.
