Stray and Animals as Leaders | PostMesmeric

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Stray is a cyberpunk story in every sense. Beyond its adorable lead, it's a tale showing mankind's thirst for progress and advancement...and the taxing losses that come with it. Let's take a look at this indie hit and see how Stray's world shows animals as leaders, a story of dismantling anthropocentrism and putting humanity's ego in check.
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25 авг 2022

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@V_y-r_e Год назад

I thought you were talking about a crossover between the game and the band.

@EggBastion Год назад

talk about a Gordian Naught eh

@V_y-r_e Год назад

This joke made my brain dance

@Juhziz Год назад

Wait so it's not? Closing tab.

@viddysgamingviddyos4710 Год назад

While a number of people I've spoken to find the game 'strange' - with the robot interaction and so on [then again I attempted to speedrun the game on stream without showing much of the story], it's no denying that looking deeper into the characters and world and story makes this indie game more nuanced and a simple, yet great sci-fi/cyberpunk tale with themes to ponder on as shown in this great video.

@PostMesmeric Год назад

I'd definitely recommend playing the game again and digging into the hidden messages and storylines. Things run deep in Stray.

@larsnyman2455 Год назад

I moved away from home this week, and I really miss my cats…

@PostMesmeric Год назад

Moving away from home can be stressful, especially when you're leaving family behind. Hope you're able to see your cats again soon.

@barsabe Год назад

This is my favorite video essay channel. Thanks for always inspiring

@Umbra_Witcher Год назад

I don’t think Stray did a great job of making you a cat outside of the awesome animations. The robot pal was used as a crutch to make the cat way too humanistic. Endling did this much better where you are actually doing animal level stuff without somehow having an interpretation bot between human and cat language and a cat figuring out codes to unlock stuff. I missed the beginning part, though I did like the robot npc’s. Every part of Stray where you really feel like a cat was one of the best parts

@ChillyUK77 Год назад

I'm in a similar boat. I liked Stray, it gave me a minor idea of the perspective of the cat but ultimately I took it as a laid back experience where I would just try to take in the sights and piece together what happened. Being a cat was more or less surface level, not a rigorous examination of nature. For that you are better looking at Rain World. Unlike Stray you well and trully can miss jumps, need to feed yourself and feel vulnerable on a far deeper level than a bunch of low stakes set pieces. You don't really need to 'play along' as you do in Stray.

@Umbra_Witcher Год назад

@@ChillyUK77 I keep hearing about rain world and need to look into it

@PostMesmeric Год назад

I do think Stray could've used more "cat", for lack of a better term, but I still like how it parallels the human world with the natural world. That being said, I think it's fair to say that you could've replaced the cat with any other non-human animal and Stray would mostly be the same game. I will admit that there's a missed opportunity there.

@PostMesmeric Год назад

I have noticed the comparisons to Rain World have been rampant with Stray. I wouldn't be surprised if that continues throughout the year as well, because Rain World is definitely a fascinating title.

@VZed Год назад

For me this, game is teetering between "I can't have time to play everything" and "awwwwwwwwww lookatthe kittiiiiiiiiie". Regardless of my outsider perspective, it's good to know there is something to consider in this one.

@PostMesmeric Год назад

It's not too long a game, so you might be able to clear it out quick! Give it a try if you get a chance!

@leftovernoise Год назад

Awww yis

@PixelPoizon Год назад

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@LightiningHobo Год назад

Humans are slightly more than animals and therefore they have more responsability to the well being of others, the planet and other animals. some argue, more than the responsability of 'do no harm' or reverse the harm they have already done.