Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
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Post: Inconsolable
Most of the artwork in this post was captured by staff at Superbrothers from a playthrough of Sword & Sworcery's climactic Session IV. The funeral pyre painting excerpted below was is by Superbrothers staff and it was included in the physical package for Scntfc's Moon Grotto 7".
Audience member and Sword & Sworcery participant Erica Mathews writes:
"...Sword & Sworcery’s constant reminders of the player’s presence, combined with its distinct aesthetic and easy-yet-engaging gameplay, made for the most completely absorbing video game I have ever experienced. Its violations of the conventional boundaries of game and reality and periodic discussion of the player’s psyche made me feel like I was engaged in an experiment, as much upon the world of pixels before me as upon myself. The game’s setting and characters felt that real to me."
"Memories of the day’s progress in the story relaxed me to sleep several nights; as an insomniac with a tendency to see the sinister in the most innocent of media, I can tell you that this is an accomplishment in itself, that the experience was purely positive while I played."
"But I meander still. To get closer to my point, if such a point exists, let me speak of The Scythian."
"I wanted to help her, to accompany her on her woeful errand. In the end, I think I truly wanted to be Cosmic Friends Forever."
"Perhaps I should praise the writers for actually breaking the law of protagonic immortality."
"Perhaps it would have been trite if the Scythian had survived her woeful errand."
"Perhaps it also speaks to her courage and selflessness that she should pursue her quest, knowing the final consequences."
"Whether or not this is the case, the Scythian’s fate as a martyr hit me like a blind curve at 80mph. I don’t think I started to wonder if she would indeed die until Dogfella’s Megatome entries explicitly mentioned martyrdom somewhere in the third session."
"Perhaps if I had, I would not have taken the Scythian’s death so unhappily."
"As it stands, I have been overwhelmed with grief since the end of the game–unexpectedly so, since, after all, it was Just A Game. "
"I hesitate to even listen to the soundtrack in spite of its great beauty and positive associations, afraid that it will only remind me of how upset I was when I watched the final scene..."
"...how I kept hoping the Scythian would be alive somehow when Logfella scooped her out of the river..."
"...and how I had to finally resign myself to her death at the funeral pyre."
"If I could travel to the Caucus Mountains and find the spot, my tears would pour out on the meadow where her ashes were scattered."
"In my mind, at least, I do travel there, seeking solace from her promise of eternal cosmic friendship."
"I remain inconsolable."
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