Popular Post NMErickson Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 I need to vent but will try to be civil. Fuck Sony sometimes, for real. I was really looking forward to playing Martha is Dead in a couple weeks. It’s the new thriller from the folks that made The Town of Light. Now I’m tempted to play it on PC instead. Explains why my preorder of the physical edition was delayed. If Sony wants to continue censoring art then sometimes it’ll force their users to play a game elsewhere. I kind of want to see what the censored content is before making a decision cancelling the preorder but then we’re probably heading into spoiler territory. This sucks. 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dark_Overlord Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 I'm glad I didn't have the money to pre-order it now. Fuck the absolute pussies at Sony. I look forward to the inevitable loss of sales now, and in the future. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakk55 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 We all know Sony is secretly Batfleck and hearing Martha is Dead triggers him immensely. On that note, I'm not surprised that Sony is censoring everything at this point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MidnightDragon Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) I watched some stuff on it and…yeah, I can get it this time. Some pretty fucking disturbing stuff. Still, I know people are gonna be pissed whether it’s justified or not. Edited February 11, 2022 by MidnightDragon 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EverythingOnFire Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 It's Sony's platform, and they have every right to make this kind of call. Having said that, I don't agree with their decision, and I think it's too bad that the Martha Is Dead developers can't afford to tell Sony to fuck off, and then take their game off the platform entirely. I'll be buying the game on Steam so I can see the entire vision. I'll buy a lewd tiddy game too, just because I can. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackenzie129 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Reading through the tweets there's this "sirparzival24@sirparzival24Replying to @Akira092421There’s a scene where you cut your dead baby’s sisters face off and wear it. It’s literally a mini game of sawing her face off and then wearing it lol" I mean there's worse in horror movies so I don't know seems kind of dumb, @Undead Wolf for your list? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShaka Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Very sad, if at least they would leave the physical untouched but censored through patch. Obviously that is never going to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ArabianSwordsman Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 More like Martha is Delayed 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Undead Wolf Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, mackenzie129 said: I mean there's worse in horror movies so I don't know seems kind of dumb, @Undead Wolf for your list? Going off my notifications, this was actually posted in my censorship thread originally, but for some reason the mods in their infinite wisdom decided to remove it from there and make a separate thread. But thank you, I'm adding it to my list now. ? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NMErickson Posted February 11, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, mackenzie129 said: Reading through the tweets there's this "sirparzival24@sirparzival24Replying to @Akira092421There’s a scene where you cut your dead baby’s sisters face off and wear it. It’s literally a mini game of sawing her face off and then wearing it lol" I mean there's worse in horror movies so I don't know seems kind of dumb, @Undead Wolf for your list? Would be nice if it could be like movies too where you could choose whether you wanted the unrated director’s cut or the rated version. And yea I did post this originally in the censored game list thread but it magically got moved and a new thread created for it ?♂️ Edited February 11, 2022 by NMErickson 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscoito18 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Disappointing, but depending on the amount of changes maybe I'll still get it on Ps4. The game looks very interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) "consisting of potentially discomforting scenes and themes that may distress some players" then just don't play it, it is really that simple! It's hilarious to be overly concerned with grown-ups who know exactly what to do with their lives and interests, but of course, we need to be treated like hypersensitive children who don't know how a video game works. give me a fucking break. my advice to the OP and anyone else who was looking forward to this game: boycott. play on another platform. this censorship is sure to detract from the original experience. don't feed this predatory industry. Edit: oh, and I just remembered The Last of Us Part II which was one of the best and most controversial experiences provided by Sony/Playstation, a work full of violence and all kinds of mental triggers, so this is just hypocritical. Edited February 11, 2022 by kevao97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PooPooBlast Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 54 minutes ago, MidnightDragon said: I watched some stuff on it and…yeah, I can get it this time. Some pretty fucking disturbing stuff. Still, I know people are gonna be pissed whether it’s justified or not. Yep this is some fucked up shit. I like how the devs are like "we worked passionately for 4 years on this." That's cool and all but it's like what were you expecting?? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 25 minutes ago, EverythingOnFire said: It's Sony's platform, and they have every right to make this kind of call. Having said that, I don't agree with their decision, and I think it's too bad that the Martha Is Dead developers can't afford to tell Sony to fuck off, and then take their game off the platform entirely. I'll be buying the game on Steam so I can see the entire vision. I'll buy a lewd tiddy game too, just because I can. you are absolutely correct my friend, Sony has its right to demand a product to be released according to its guidelines of course, that's why the consumer should make use of their power and send Sony to hell by boycotting. it's all about contracts and money, and you can be sure the developers are extremely frustrated with this decision. in contrast, we have the general questionable quality control on the part of Sony, laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neocarleen Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Just slap a M or Adults Only rating on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dangisuckatgamin Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 Sony really is trying to kill what they’ve built aren’t they… if you’re so offended by something in game, movie or music turn it off and don’t listen or play it. Jesus Christ. The world cannot be censored from everything. Most of todays youth wouldn’t have survived before the wokeness. ?? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBloodmoney Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Surprised to hear this - Town of Light had some pretty disturbing stuff in it, but the tone and use of such elements was a far cry from exploitative or sleazy - if anything, it was educational, and treated with the sober care it deserved. I don’t know much about Martha is Dead, but if a similar approach is being used here, I’m quite taken aback that Sony would feel it falls foul of their policies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dark_Overlord Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 23 minutes ago, Dangisuckatgamin said: Sony really is trying to kill what they’ve built aren’t they… if you’re so offended by something in game, movie or music turn it off and don’t listen or play it. Jesus Christ. The world cannot be censored from everything. Most of todays youth wouldn’t have survived before the wokeness. ?? The problem is Sony moved their HQ to San Francisco, the most soy infused shit hole on the planet. It's showing through their actions. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Aecesaje_ Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) If anyone wants to see the scene getting censored, skip to 8:30. Being totally honest, the scene is there just for shock value and purely to get people talking. It didn't improve anything on the gameplay and plot. There's a difference between good horror and horror just for shock. Edited February 11, 2022 by maiathewinners 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Overlord Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 13 minutes ago, maiathewinners said: If anyone wants to see the scene getting censored, skip to 8:30. That just makes it more pathetic regarding the censorship. Anyone played TLOU2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aecesaje_ Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Dark_Overlord said: That just makes it more pathetic regarding the censorship. Anyone played TLOU2? The difference the violent moments on TLOU2 had an impact on the overall plot. While some of them would cross the line, none of them would go way into graphic detail just for the sake of it, only really graphic moment was Joel and we only got to see it all in order to make Ellie's journey and trauma more real, it had a purpose on the story. Just like all the cult scenes, all of it had a meaning in the game. In this game, as you can see from the gameplay, it's quite literally "my sister died, I want to cut her face". No meaning behind it, no plot motivation, no gameplay improvement. They just give you the option and you pick it, you do the cut and the characters wakes up. Where's the meaning of this? Why did I cut the face? It's just here for shock value. Some could say it's good horror, it isn't. Shock value and gore isn't horror, is just for shock, a quick "eww, that's gross" and 5 minutes later you already forgot about what you saw. Am I up for censorship? No way. Does it make sense on a certain standpoint to get this scene removed? Yeah, kinda. Scenes like this, just for shock as I mentioned have no meaning to the game and only serve for unnecessary controversy. Get the scene in, there's controversy, get the scene out, there's still controversy, only on different parties. I'm sure if it had story meaning the scene you stay in, Town of Light is a good example, it also had gruesome scenes but they were all kept in, because they meant something to the game. I couldn't care less for what happens next, just dropping my 2 cents on this topic. If this affects you in any way possible, then just buy the game on a different platform, or just change platforms all together. Keep playing on a system you don't support the rules of and then complaining because of said rules is like shooting yourself on the foot and then saying it hurts. For now I will just wait for the eventual thread lock. You all can't have a normal discussion without blaming parties that have nothing to do with what's going on. Edited February 11, 2022 by maiathewinners 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby_TheLastofUs Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 This thread's already gotten hyperbolic, making it pointless to try and have any discussion about censorship in good faith. That said, Sony needs to have a set of detailed written guidelines made available for developers and publishers so that they know in advance whether they'll have to alter their games for any PS release, and can decide in advance whether a PS version is worth the extra work. In a situation like this, the developer has already spent time and resources making a PlayStation version, so not having a PlayStation release will hurt them. My guess is that Sony not having a written set of guidelines is so that they can give a pass to games from big publishers. Because, despite the insistence of some that Sony's policy stems from an ideology they've adopted since moving their HQ, Sony would not request these kinds of changes from immensely successful franchises, unless they thought it'd be an absolute PR nightmare. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDragon Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Neocarleen said: Just slap a M or Adults Only rating on it. If they do Adults Only, Sony wouldn’t put it on at all. Same for Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Overlord Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 6 minutes ago, maiathewinners said: then just buy the game on a different platform, I will be doing Quote or just change platforms all together. Keep playing on a system you don't support the rules of and then complaining because of said rules is like shooting yourself on the foot and then saying it hurts. I'm in the process of purchasing every game that Sony can't handle on other platforms, eventually I'll fully move over to PC, but for now money is stopping that. It's hilarious how Sony and Nintendo have flipped roles, Sony is the censor heavy crybabies while Nintendo are ok with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varhur Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 I've watched the full video of the demo and it appears that the whole face-off thing didn't even happen in-universe, Martha's body is prepared for the funeral with face intact. Censorship sucks, but if all we lose, is a bunch of cheap shock scenes with barely any meaning in-game except for "yo, wanna cosplay as leatherface?", we're not losing too much. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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