Release Date: August 4, 2015
An unusual adventure game by tiger & squid, and independent Dutch studio. The protagonist of Beyond Eyes is a ten-year-old girl named Rae who lost her sight in an accident while firing up fireworks. Ever since that day, she spends most of the time in the garden next to her house, accompanied by a cat named Nani. One day, the animal disappears, and Rae decides to leave the house for the first time in a long time to find her lost pet.
Beyond Eyes is an incredibly original adventure game for PC, PS4 and XONE in which we assume the role of a blind girl who uses her working senses to visualize the surrounding world. The title is the debut project of tiger & squid, a one-person Dutch studio. Despite the unsuccessful fundraises at Indiegogo, the developers managed to catch the interest of Team 17 Software, which has released several interesting productions such as Penarium or Sheltered as a part of their program of supporting independent game designers.
The protagonist is a ten-year-old girl named Rae who lost sight in an accident while firing up fireworks. Since then, the girl stays away from crowded and lively public places, spending most of her time in the garden next to her house where he feels safe in the company of her cat, Nani. One day, the animal disappears, and the worried and lonely Rae decides to leave the house for the first time in a long time to find her lost pet.
Mechanics
The gameplay consists in traversing a hostile and alien environment in search of traces of the lost cat. Since we control the blind girl, as you might guess, the mechanics quite significantly deviates from the established solutions of adventure games. The heroine has to skillfully use the incoming stimuli – mainly auditory ones – for the purposes of visualization of and orientation in the surrounding world. The gameplay premise harmonizes brilliantly with the production’s original visual layer that is full of outlined shapes, presented with blurry colors reminiscent of a watercolor painting, gradually emerging from an endless white.
Platforms:
PC Windows August 11, 2015
PlayStation 4 September 8, 2015
Xbox One August 4, 2015
Developer: tiger & squid
Publisher: Team17
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System Requirements for Beyond Eyes Video Game:
PlayStation 4
Supports:
PlayStation Network
Xbox One
Supports:
Xbox Live
Game Ratings for Beyond Eyes Video Game.
PlayStation LifeStyle: 8 / 10 by Tyler Treese
I never had a particularly fun time while playing the several-hour journey, but by the end, I had grown attached to Rae. Beyond Eyes, in all of its beauty and darkness, had managed to fill my eyes with tears by being one of the most emotionally gripping games I have ever played.
We Got This Covered: 2 / 5 by Joshua Kowbel
Beyond Eyes is an art showcase – beautiful to behold, undoubtedly – but I dreaded the majority of my time playing it. Unless you need to know what happens to a stray cat, don't feel guilty for keeping Beyond Eyes in your blind spot.
Destructoid: 4 / 10 by Jed Whitaker
You'd be better off visiting your local art gallery than spending full price on this, so give it a pass until it eventually drops in price.
Average score from votes.
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