Squid Gameseason 2’s new teaser has hinted at how its game will not only be different from season 1’s in one crucial way but also far more sinister than previously imagined. AlthoughSquid Game’s storyline has always been driven by socioeconomic themes surrounding class divides, capitalism, and poverty, its primary appeal comes from its central games. The show’s ability to give violent twists to nostalgic childhood games in season 1 made it a gripping and unique commentary on how far humans would go to survive and get their hands on the golden ticket.
Owing to this, it was hard not to wonder howSquid Gameseason 2would up the ante and make the games feel even more novel. Although the show maintains an air of ambiguity surrounding how it will treat the games in season 2, its new teaser gives a glimpse of how the games will be different. The season introduces one major twist to the games that not only makes them darker but also challenging for Gi-Hun in ways he had never anticipated.
Squid Game Players Will Now Get To Vote To Stop The Games At The End Of Every Round
Season 1 Only Featured One Round Of The Voting
One of the most tense moments inSquid Gameseason 1 is when the players get to vote on whether they wish to continue playing the games. Surprisingly, the ones who want to quit the games outnumber the ones who want to play them. As a result, the games are temporarily halted, highlighting how the players' desire to survive outweighs their greed. However, things take a grim turn when, after returning to their everyday lives, the players face the harsh realities of their circumstances. The overwhelming debt, loss, and despair they face in the real world prompts them to return to the games.
Since the voting and its consequences walked through one of the most crucial arcs inSquid Gameseason 1, I was expecting season 2 to feature another round of voting from new contestants. However,Squid Gameseason 2’s teaserconfirms that there will be more than one voting session. In the teaser’s opening sequence itself, a voice says thatthe players are allowed to vote after each game and can leave with the prize money they have accumulated up till that point. This new rule makes the games darker in more ways than one.
The Players Having The Chance Of Ending The Games Every Round Makes Squid Game Darker
The New Voting Rule Will Highlight How Desperate Most Players Are
The new voting system in the central games will show that despite being given the opportunity to vote and quit after one game and leave with a significant sum of money, many players will refuse to step back. Just like Gi-Hun struggled with his gambling addiction inSquid Gameseason 1 and crossed many a moral boundary to win the games,many others will succumb to the same temptations and pressures in season 2. While some players will likely understand the importance of stepping back from the games, others will be lured by the prospect of quick financial gain.
The new voting system makes the games even darker than they were in season 1 because it presents a false sense of agency to the contestants but only further entraps them in a cycle of competition and manipulation.
AsSquid Gameseason 1’s endingarc reveals, the games are run by powerful evil forces that care little about the well-being of the ones participating in them. Owing to this, it is evident that the new voting rule has clearly been designed to make the games more exciting by exploiting the contestants' desperation and hope to rise from poverty and seek a better life. The new voting system makes the games even darker than they were in season 1 because it presents a false sense of agency to the contestants but only further entraps them in a cycle of competition and manipulation.
Not Even Gi-hun Seems To Be Able To Convince Players To Stop The Games In Season 2
Gi-Hun’s Inability To Convince Others Reflects His Own Haunting Season 1 Story
TheSquid Gameseason 2 teaser also features a sequence in which Gi-Hun tries to convince the players to unite and stop the games through the voting system. However, since the contestants are no different from how he was when he first arrived at the venue, they refuse to listen to him.They are all a reflection of his own insufficiencies and gambling addictions, determined to win the games no matter the cost. Only time will how elseSquid Gameseason 2 will change its titular games, its teaser has confirmed that its portrayal of them will be far more sinister than viewers expected.
Squid Game
Squid Game is a South Korean series released in 2021 that follows numerous financially struggling participants who are invited to partake in children’s games with deadly outcomes. As they compete, they vie for a substantial cash prize, all while navigating lethal challenges orchestrated by mysterious figures.
