Strangely, the rowboat traversal is more minimal than I expected for a game with sea in the title, and I wished there was more of it by its end. Across the world, you collect messages in bottles for some additional storytelling, and shoo away seagulls, of which there are 32 in the entire game. Unfortunately, the exploration is never too exciting. Leave the boat to explore more, and the world grows dark and stormy. You sail between submerged buildings in your tiny rowboat sometimes, which emits a light that makes the whole world colorful. That's because in the moment to moment, Sea of Solitude is awfully tedious. Sea of Solitude is often beautiful, but as a game, it suffers. It's these hauntingly beautiful, and downright terrifying, moments that make Sea of Solitude feel like it might be a better game than it actually is. If you touch the water while it's close by, it rushes toward her and eats her up. When traversing this submerged vision of what Kay says reminds her of Venice, Italy, you often have to keep an eye out for a furry giant shark-thing that follows Kay just beneath the surface of the water. They're mostly feathered creatures, like a giant eagle or a strangely feathered chameleon. Kay spends a lot of time saying she's all alone, but in actuality, she never really is. She always has someone, or something, by her side, whether it's a mysterious girl who floats around, a glowing orb, or giant monsters who are stand-ins for loved ones she's spurned over the years. She finds herself lost at sea, confused about her whereabouts and identity as she slowly pieces her life back together. In it, you play as Kay, a furry monster-girl who barely acknowledges her own hellish appearance. Sea of Solitude, the new EA-published adventure game from Jo-Mei Games, is the latter.
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