The Ferryman, voiced by Stephen Friedrich is also just great.īefore Yours Eyes is a great game. Eric Edelstein and Sarah Burns do a fantastic job voicing the parents of Benny. The voice acting is something that should be noted. At moments I wished that I did not blink so I could see more of a memory.īlinking is in every thing you do: Taking notes requires you blink to jot the drawings on the page, viewing old photos, painting on canvas all take advantage of the webcam and your eyes. It works, it seems like a gimmick at first but once you play with the webcam function on, it feels authentic, like your looking through the memories of a person. I won’t say anymore because I do not want to spoil a masterful second half.Ĭircling back to the webcam and blinking mechanic that the game hinges on. Eventually Benny comes down with an illness and the rest of the game follows Benny’s life while he copes with this illness. Skipping school, playing video games and ignoring recital deadlines are only a few decisions you make while playing the game. Distractions in the form of a girl named Chloe enters the fray and the relationship that you had with your mother sours, quickly. Your mother passes down her toy piano to you in hopes of you becoming a musician, something that she failed in doing. Your life eventually begins to unfold, you are the son of a pianist and a professor. ![]() The webcam mechanic begins here because whenever a metronome appears and you blink, your life jumps ahead. You don’t remember much so you are sent back all the way to the beginning of your life to retell it all from the beginning. Benny is dead and is riding the river with a wolfman who picks lost souls up from the river to escort them to the gate of the afterlife to be judged. Your eyes are the eyes of an eleven-year old boy named Benny. The game released April 8th, is only available for the PC and retails for $10. This week I play Before Your Eyes.īefore Your Eyes is First person narrative adventure game developed by Goodbyeworld Games and published by Skybound Games. This week I ride the river with a boatman that is also a wolf, recount my life through the lens of a child, struggle to not blink and tear up a little bit. This week it is all three, the fucking trifecta. It can be a celebration of life as opposed to sad take of their lives. ![]() It reminds us of the lives of those we lost lived. We lose those that we love and they are just not there anymore, unexpectedly gone from our lives. It lingers and it can take those we love at any moment. Again, Twitter can eat shit but sometimes it has some good stuff on there.ĭeath is pretty fucking scary. ![]() I was adament on moving away from games for the rest of the month until I stumbled across this week’s game on Twitter. I am getting quite bored with playing games and I thought about just kinda moving away from playing games for a short time. I usually have some snarky thing to say here but this week I don’t have much to say.
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