Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a surprisingly thoughtful and nuanced take on grief, and its themes are summed up by its first boss battle.
is a column about the most memorable examples of these, whether they challenged us with tough-as-nails attack patterns, introduced visually unforgettable sequences, or because they delivered monologues that left a mark. Sometimes, we’ll even discuss more abstract examples, like a rhetorical throwdown or a tricky final puzzle or all those damn guitar solos in “Green Grass and High Tides.” This week we look at, the young girl is standing on a bridge, singing into the sky.
That roguish playfulness disappears when Liyana tells you why she was singing on that bridge. As the last Ikakaramban, Liyana had a special relationship with Impundulu—the Great Spirit of this region, one of three Great Spirits you have to face off against asbosses. Before the collapse of Kenzera, Liyana and Impundulu would sing back and forth to each other, Liyana from the bridge, and the Great Spirit from her perch high atop a mountain in the distance.
The first boss battle, against the legendary lightning bird Impundulu, is a type of encounter that’s been a gaming staple for decades: the absurdly huge bad guy with a few specific weak points you have to hit when they try to attack you.
Upon Impundulu’s defeat, Kalunga consoles an emotionally conflicted Zau by summing up one of the main themes of. After Liyana reconnects with her mother’s true form for one last fleeting moment, watching it dissipate as her spiritual energy passes on to the afterlife, Kalunga appears and tells Zau that “every parent knows that one day they must step aside for their child.
. And its first boss battle serves as a microcosm of its themes as a whole, themes further developed and expounded upon as you gradually free the other Great Spirits in the land of Kenzera.Senior editor Garrett Martin writes about videogames, comedy, travel, theme parks, wrestling, and more. He’s on Twitter
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