Yes, Spaihts and director Morten Tyldum turn Jim's essentially murderous act (Another character even agrees with this assessment, only to dismiss it with the shaky
metaphor of a drowning man pulling an innocent person under with him) into fodder for a discomforting romance.
Nobody deliberately takes a holiday to «The
Swamp of Drowned Men;» it isn't «The Swamp of Fluffy Animals,» there are some pretty big red flags there.
The game is set on a mysterious island where you fight
hordes of drowned men and their powerful lords with just one goal, to save the princess.
It's chock full of colorful, amusing work — from Caroline Wells Chandler's crocheted beach bums and Erik Parker's island oasis viewed through binoculars, to Eric Yahnker's
painting of a drowning man taking a final selfie.