- Publisher: Team17
- Release Date: Aug 4, 2015
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4
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Sep 1, 2015If I could give Beyond Eyes more stars, I would. Rarely does a character emotion become so pronounced in my own being. When Rae was delighted, I’d laugh with excitement. When Rae was scared, I cowered alongside her. When Rae was upset I was quite literally found sobbing in the fetal position until the wave of emotion passed.
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Aug 6, 2015Beyond Eyes is an breathtaking accomplishment. It's a game that not only entertains, but that also gets across some of the difficulties that a differently abled person would need to contend with, in a way that is entirely understandable by everyone.
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Aug 12, 2015More an interactive tale than a classic videogame, Beyond Eyes delivers a unique experience, one that narrative fans should really consider.
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Aug 17, 2015The visual style is very unique and captivating, the quiet storytelling with the focus on experiencing the world based on perception and expectation is a breath of fresh air. But it all feels very safe. In the end you are not Rae’s guardian or protector but rather a companion on her travels.
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Sep 21, 2015Beyond Eyes isn’t going to take longer than a few hours for anyone to complete and the price doesn’t quite reflect the brevity of the experience.
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Official Xbox Magazine UKSep 9, 2015A beautiful, innovative bit of stuff that just needed to push a little harder to truly open our eyes. [Oct 2015, p.87]
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Sep 7, 2015I didn’t love this game, but it had enough nice moments for me to be happy that I played it.
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Aug 30, 2015This is a mechanically basic video game at best, and if the simplistic story and unique visuals don’t work for you, there is very little left to keep you entertained.
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Aug 13, 2015This game looks amazing, thanks to the beautiful artwork. It also offers a nice experience with the tale of a blind girl searching for a red cat. However, it's all a bit too simple.
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Oct 1, 2015After the marvel of the beautiful graphics and a first moment of thought that surely emerges about Rae's condition, there isn't really very much that remains for long after the short experience of Beyond Eyes.
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Edge MagazineSep 15, 2015Something it achieves more successfully is the frustration of sensory impairment. [Oct 2015, p.120]
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Aug 19, 2015As an educational tool, Beyond Eyes did a great job of teaching me of the struggles people face when their vision is impaired... As a game though, Beyond Eyes is about plodding through a maze with barely any meaningful plot until right at the end.
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Aug 18, 2015Beyond Eyes has to be commended for expressing a complicated idea so well and in such a unique way. It's almost worth experiencing just for that aspect alone. Unfortunately, as a high-concept empathy game that overrelies on the concept, it doesn't manage to move past its own cleverness.
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Aug 7, 2015I 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.
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Sep 16, 2015While it is a decent idea and concept, I still feel that Beyond Eyes is far too slow and unsatisfying when it comes down to the end.
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Sep 1, 2015An interesting idea that is not well executed and is boring to play, despite its beautiful art.
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Aug 17, 2015Beyond Eyes most certainly is not a game for everyone. It's a noble attempt to show life with a disability through a clever mechanic, but sadly at times it forgets it is also a video game.
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Aug 13, 2015Beyond Eyes' story and experience come nowhere near to making up for the boredom delivered by the gameplay.
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Aug 11, 2015Beyond Eyes is an experience like no other. Beautiful and touching... but damn slow. There is virtually nothing to accomplish. Just walking and listening very repetitive sounds, chapter after chapter. Only the gamers that want to live something very unique will embrace this journey. Others will be quickly bored.
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Aug 17, 2015Despite its excellent graphics and animations, Beyond Eyes is just a piece of software; one that feels more like a technical demo than a game, properly speaking.
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Oct 1, 2015If you're anything like me, you'll feel a little rotten for hating on it, but dull is dull — and Beyond Eyes is nothing if not very, very dull indeed.
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Aug 27, 2015Beyond 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.
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Aug 17, 2015There really just needed to be more of everything: more story, more to do, and more reasons to do it. With such a beautiful art style and such a unique character Beyond Eyes had a chance to be something really special but instead it just feels like walking past a beautiful painting, as it is over in the blink of an eye.
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Sep 4, 2015We didn't expect much from Beyond Eyes and the short two hours we needed to complete the game proved us right. From an artistic point of view, the game is quite seducing but there are so few things to do there that it quickly becomes boring.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 30
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Mixed: 8 out of 30
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Negative: 11 out of 30
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Aug 14, 2015Yes, this game is "Pretty" and "Creative" but if you ignore those things, this game is just bad. I played for about half an hour and I couldn't go on.
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Aug 26, 2015
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Sep 7, 2018