Instead, the world in the game is lush and vibrant. But the most beautiful thing about Kena: Bridge of Spirits is how it doesn’t view death through the kind of dark and grim lens that we see so often. Kena is a steward of the spirits just as much as she is of the land, purifying it of its corruption.Īs we play we discover familial bonds and familial regret.
In a way, she is working to free spirits of their grief, of their guilt, and ultimately help them reach acceptance. Picking up her father’s legacy, she is tasked with ensuring that the spirits of the dead reach peace. If you’re unfamiliar, Kena is a spirit guide. I played Kena at launch and the concept immediately made a big impact on me. That’s where Kena: Bridge of Spirits comes in. But death and how we cope with it don’t have to be negative. Most recently, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy explored this concept and used grief almost as its antagonist. Death is ever present, and often stories in media are about how grief manipulates us, pushes us, or is used as a weapon against us. Because of my anxiety it’s something I think about too often, and because of my culture it’s something I celebrate once a year in a way that I don’t think a lot of people understand.
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