Mnementh said:
I agree. This is why I had Immortals: Fenyx Rising on my list for a year. It has it's flaws, but telling a new legend with these well-known gods and myths. Okami is better, which why it is consistently high in my list. And I guess your love for Guardians of the Galaxies stems from it being a modern legend. Sure it has space ships, but the way it is told feels more like legends than gritty realism. To many artists these days fear to be seen as silly with over-the-top stuff, but that limits their creativity. We need more legends in art - old ones retold and new ones. |
I wouldn't say Guardians of the Galaxy feels like a legend, even a "modern" one. The way in which it explores its characters with such depth and humanity, it feels extremely realistic to me - that's the main reason I connected with both the films and this game, they are some of the only works of art where I ever felt like these characters onscreen were real people. And that strong connection becomes love through how deeply I relate to Rocket.
Legends are, comparatively, more black and white, and they hide their messaging in allegories. In Okami, when you're helping people with their inner demons, this is represented by quite literally fighting evil demons that show up. In Guardians of the Galaxy, when addressing each of their inner demons, it's more realistic, it's something that takes a long time and has no easy fix. And even when they get better, it's no guarantee that they won't get worse again - real people don't live in character arcs, they fall down, they get back up again, they slip back down, they go again... Whereas in legends, like Okami, once someone is "fixed", they pretty much stay "fixed".
Ultimately it's just a vibe thing, though. Guardians of the Galaxy just hasn't got that legend vibe in my opinion. I look at my favourite games, and there are many I'd agree to call a "modern legend", such as Ori, Shadow of the Colossus, maybe Nier Automata - though that'd go against my argument about realistic character depth, heh. In the realm of space operas, Star Wars is something I could think of as a modern legend, too. I just don't get that feel from Guardians, I suppose. But I'm glad you do!
