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One of the themes towards helping Kay overcome her depression is balance. That sunny yet lonely facade breaking to storms and monsters shows how the medium can depict what it’s like living with depression. Kay, like many other people suffering from depression, isn’t a one note character. The weather will bring horrible rain and storms, or clear up to be bright and sunny. Both the insides of these buildings as well as the outsides were on display.Īs Kay sails her tiny boat around the abandoned storefronts and alleyways, the world changes around her. Players will be sailing for the majority of the quest, but trailers have shown many of foot sections. The world takes shape around Kay as she works through what brought her to this point.ĭuring the game, Kay will sail through an abandoned city that’s been flooded. The metaphor of depression turning you into a monster is front and center. SoS will be less direct, however the imagery is clear. Hellblade was able to give players the sense of hearing voices through its use of audio technology. Treated with a deft hand, and not just put into a game as an arbitrary plot device, games are a great vehicle for exploring these issues. Along with these voices she often hallucinates and it’s often difficult to parse real from not. Some good and many bad that try to confuse both Senua and the player. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice from Ninja Theory showed its main character, Senua, caught in the throes of a deep psychosis where she hears voices in her head. Mental health is something that games have tried to wrestle with in the past. With a careful hand, SoS can grapple with these complex feelings that millions of people suffer through. The loneliness that is described by Geppert is a very close analogue of depression. SoS is born from very real human emotions. She does this not by turning and embracing 100% happiness, but by learning what brought her to this point and embracing these feelings. Throughout the adventure, players will see Kay as she turns to face these feelings and tries to turn herself back into a human. Kay is one of these people who has had these negative, dark feelings consume her and has succumbed to monsterhood. In the world of SoS, humans who are consumed by loneliness turn into monsters. In Sea of Solitude, players will control Kay, a young woman who that is suffering from the “loneliness of isolation.” This new game from small developer Jo-Mei Games was shown off by it’s creative director Cornelia Geppert. As the newest EA Original (EA’s independent games initiative) it joins Fe from Zoink! Games and A Way Out from Hazelight Studios. One of the most striking reveals at the EA Play 2018 conference was the game Sea of Solitude.
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