Every object, and structure in the world felt like it had been painstakingly crafted. The art is simultaneously capable of capturing warm sunshine, and clear, crisp blue waters one moment, and then thrashing storms and terrifying monsters the next. The visuals in Sea of Solitude are a unique treat and I cannot praise it enough. Having an excuse to search a corner or a rooftop to find a bottle or a seagull to shoo was a wonderful distraction that let me ready myself for the next gut-wrenching moment. Usually, I don’t go out of my way to find such things, but here I found them to be a blessing as there were moments when I could see something coming and had to stall the moment for a bit. While progressing through Sea of Solitudes’ world it provides you with some collectibles you can chase.
These sequences of interaction are pretty simple, but their presence in the game is more to represent the emotional struggles that are going on than to challenge the player. This flare is generally a hint tool for where to go next, but can also be used for protection as well. There are also a few sequences where you encounter enemies that must be either maneuvered around or driven off with a flare Kay uses throughout the game. I lazily failed a jump early on, saw the result for Kay, and never took another jump, or swim, lightly. While most of the moments are not demanding in the skill department, the ever-present threat of pursuing monsters keeps the tension ratcheted up to ten the whole game. The gameplay in Sea of Solitude mostly takes the form of a 3D platformer, as the player guides Kay through the world, jumping from ledge to ledge, and swimming from place to place. The situation continues to escalate till Sunny gets to the point where he considers suicide. As you play through this area we find out that Sunny was being treated horribly by some of the kids at his school. One such moment came while Kay was discovering how much her little brother Sunny was being bullied. But that’s only because of how powerful they were, and how close to home they struck. Even now I don’t like thinking about them. There are moments in the game that truly shook me. It took me roughly four hours to play through Seas of Solitude and it thoroughly exhausted me.
The game flawlessly melds all of the greatest strengths of video games a storytelling medium and pulls the player into Kay’s world, letting you feel all the things Kay feels. Sea of Solitude takes Kay on one of the harshest journeys of self-discovery I’ve ever experienced in any medium. We have no explanation of what has led her to this place and what follows is an emotional journey the likes of which I would not have believed possible had I not played the game. As the game begins she is adrift in a boat with a giant monster pursuing her. In Sea of Solitude you play as a woman named Kay. Sea of Solitude is an adventure game developed by Jo-Mei Games and published by EA Originals. Trigger Warning: references of abuse, trauma, and suicide.
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