Sea Of Solitude

Developer Jo-Mei Games

Publisher Electronic Arts

Format PC (tested), PS4, Xbox One

Release Out now

Sea Of Solitude mixes dream with autobiography to create a vivid, but deeply dissatisfying, tale of trauma and transcendence. It takes place on a shimmering tropical ocean, with protagonist Kay waking in a motorboat to find herself transformed into a beast. Not far below the water’s surface lies a city – a half-remembered, half-imagined labyrinth of pastel bricks, thickly moulded domes, wave-lapped conservatories and plazas. The city has no inhabitants, but it does harbour plenty of thoughts and memories, each as monstrous as Kay has become, with inky-black feathers and glaring crimson eyes.

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