Abstract: If you know me, you know I yearn for diversity in games and new experiences in general, which is why I jumped at the chance to review Beyond Eyes . It has people of color, the main character is blind, and the art style is beautiful.I just wish the devs wo...
Abstract: In Beyond Eyes, players guide a blind girl through an unfamiliar world, revealing it through touch, scent and sound. The game shows you the imaginative world of Rae, a 10 year-old girl, as she ventures outside her familiar surroundings in search of a fat...
Published: 2015-06-16, Author: Laura , review by: destructoid.com
Abstract: A few months ago, our very own Darren Nakamura went hands on with a game called Beyond Eyes , where you play as a young blind girl, exploring the world in the hopes of finding her lost cat. I was lucky enough today to be able to sit down with Team17 at E3...
Published: 2015-08-17, Author: Simon , review by: eurogamer.net
Abstract: One summer Rae, a blind girl of around seven years old, strikes up a friendship with a local stray, whom she names Nani. Each day the cat stretches through the bars of an iron gate into Rae's idyllic garden, and the pair plays among the butterflies and da...
Gorgeous impressionistic graphics, Superb sound and music, Some emotional appeal
Tedious gameplay, Painfully slow pace, Both too short and, paradoxically, too long
A beautiful but boring arthouse game that makes other so-called walking simulators look like all-action blockbusters. There's heart, soul and emotion in there, but just not enough idea about how to keep the player engaged. As a result, it's a painfully sh...
Published: 2015-08-08, Author: Ryan , review by: in.ign.com
Affecting ending, Noble premise
Minimal story, Plodding pace, Underused score
I badly wanted Beyond Eyes to use its attractively whitewashed look and novel, visually limited ideas to tell a much more moving story whose empathetic lessons could've stayed with me long after the end credits rolled, but it didn't. Only its ending taps...
