'Sea of Solitude' is a game that wants us to play with what it means to be human
"Sea of Solitude"
( Jo-Mei Game / Electronic Arts)
PS4, XBOX One, PC
$19.99
We're accustomed to games, even the most nuanced, beginning with a clear problem: an outlaw on the run, a world in peril, a loved one kidnapped and held hostage by a gorilla.
"Sea of Solitude," however, starts with an overwhelmed plea, a phrase spoken with equal amounts of desperation and hopelessness: "Change me."
These words might be familiar to anyone who's battled anxiety, depression or even had a sleepless night, and this is how we meet Kay, a teenage girl whose once human form has been replaced with demon-red eyes and feathers darkened as if by an oil spill. Though monstrous, we're not scared of her; Kay seems afraid, fatigued and ailing.
We will in moments meet a proper monster.
