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Before Your Eyes
Released On: Apr 8, 2021
77
8.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
77
68% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
32% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
77
68% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
32% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Telling a gut punch of a story with novel gameplay mechanics is no small feat, and Before Your Eyes marvelously delivers on both fronts. Just as Edith Finch and Firewatch before it told stories only games can tell and used mechanics we would likely never see borrowed elsewhere, Before Your Eyes feels like it's immediately timeless and permanently unique.
Despite my occasionally-bloodshot orbs, Before Your Eyes is an experience I won’t soon forget. Its combination of masterful storytelling, engaging character progression and stunning conclusion put it in contention for best narrative game I’ve ever played, and it also reminded me to savor life at its best and worst moments. No small feat for an indie title hanging everything on an all-new form of interaction.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 121 User Ratings
8.5
81% Positive
98 Ratings
98 Ratings
16% Mixed
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
3% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 121 User Ratings
8.5
81% Positive
98 Ratings
98 Ratings
16% Mixed
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
3% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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The story telling, adventure, and idea of this game is **** inclusion of blinking as a game control and as a way to show you how fast your life blinks by before your eyes. The fact that a game is able to make you cry about a fictional life that gives you a deeper understanding and connection to everything around you and makes you appreciate life more, makes this game the most wonderful experience I've ever seen in a game. If you have the opportunity to watch or play this game I warn you that you will be put on an emotional roller-coaster, and it will be an experience that will change your life. 100% recommend. 11/10 score
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Before Your Eyes puts its unique blinking mechanic to great use, offering a novel and fun method of interacting with this memorable, bittersweet tale.
Before Your Eyes understands that experiencing our lives, of storing memories which become precious, is often tied to what we see: the people and the paths stretching out before us. Instead of feeling like a gimmick, Before Your Eyes feels refreshingly natural. Unusual control schemes often make me long for the familiarity of a controller. Sure, I can speak to my Nintendogs using the microphone on the DS, but sometimes I don’t want to yell at my shih tzu on a Delta flight. Before Your Eyes manages to do the opposite. Its unique mechanic matches its narrative so perfectly, that you won’t want to play it any other way.
Mechanically, it falls short of its true potential, but you can’t help but get swept up in the journeys of these characters. The game’s got heart, and none of its flaws can really take that away.
Before Your Eyes is a moving experience, even though its core mechanic doesn't reach its full potential.
If we seem grumpy about the third act, that's largely because the first two promise so much. [Issue#358, p.118]
You might cry playing this, either because you are tryingnot to blink at some occasions.... or just because...
I had no expectations, and found myself transported in the life of this person, their successes, their challenges, their love, theri sadness...
Truly an amazing experience, I did cry and... I can last long without blinking...
Would definitely recommend !
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This game hit me harder than I ever anticipated. The less you know before playing the better, just know that the User Score doesn't lie. Created the account just to give this game the 10/10 it deserves.
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After seeing Overwhelmingly Positive on steam, I got a huge expectations from this game
The game fails to deliver that
*Ost's of this game were really good not gonna lie
*A lot of steam review says that "the game made me cry ...
10/10 will recommend"
About that ... Nah it didn't made me cry
I would prefer watching some sad anime over this
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Having died “Benny” finds himself in the afterlife aboard a boat helmed by a canine Ferryman. The Ferryman explains that he senses something unique in Benny, and is bringing him to the Gatekeeper for judgement.
Before Your Eyes is essentially a short interactive novel that makes clever use of reading when the player blinks to tell an affecting story.
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Summary Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 5
Initial Release Date: Apr 8, 2021
Developer:
- GoodbyeWorld Games
Publisher: GoodbyeWorld Games
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