May 5, 2024

Tales of Kenzera: Zau review — Grief through Metroidvania gameplay

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Tales of Kenzera: Zau review — Grief through Metroidvania gameplay

 

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Grief is a complex emotion to convey in any storytelling but often finds a home in gaming plots, be that The Last Of Us, It Takes Two, or Final Fantasy VII. The way each person internalizes and processes their own individual response to a major loss is as unique as that same relationship lost. Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a beautiful and thoughtful look at grief through the lens of Bantu culture — a lens rarely explored in gaming — as well as Metroidvania gameplay. That unique perspective on a universal theme strengthens its message and keeps its delivery from feeling cliché or rote.

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