The game itself isn’t particularly long, but the experience will stay with you. The narrator does a great job of keeping you on track and developing the story as you progress through. Make sure you get the lighting right for your camera to capture those blinks.Īudio wise, there are no complaints at all, the voice acting is brilliant and the environmental sounds bring the story to life. Having slightly cartoon style graphics definitely helps with the themes of the game and gives a charm to the game. Graphics & Audioīefore Your Eyes is presented in an awesome style. Its hard to write about the gameplay of Before Your Eyes because I truly feel that the game should be experienced. This character gives a great sense of relief to the sometimes heavy subjects that you will experience throughout. Blink and you will literally miss it!ĭuring Before Your Eyes you are guided by a boatman, a wolf, surrounded by Ravens. But if you blink, that experience is gone! Never to be seen again. Throughout the story you are given pivotal moments that are indicated on screen, the longer you keep your eyes open, the deeper to go into that experience. Don’t worry you still are able to play through the game with your mouse if you do not own a webcam, however this does take away the whole sensation of needing to keep your blinkers open. You plug your webcam in, do a little bit of configuring and voila, you are now controlling the game with your eyes. Experiencing the highs and lows, however, the story moves along with your eye movements and blinks. The story revolves around your memories, the memories of your character from their earliest memory to potentially their last. While you are here, why not check out my previous review here Gameplayįiring up Before Your Eyes for the first time and experiencing the game itself is an absolute joy. Are you excited to get your eyes on Before Your Eyes? Leave us a comment below. When this game popped into our inbox it intrigued me, it felt like it was going to change the way that you can interact with the narrative. The game is due to release on Steam on the 8th April. The interactive narrative story allows you to control what goes on during your experience, to find out in what way, you will have to carry on reading. Before Your Eyes comes to your screens from the award winning studio GoodbyeWorld Games and published by Skybound Games.

Before your eyes review