Before Your Eyes

That was special

10/10 cried like a ♥♥♥♥♥

puto juego hermoso, lo odio con toda mi alma, es la mejor experiencia virtual que jamas alguien podra conseguir

Y'know… Back then, during my school years, I always wondered why do people (PARTICULARY girls) really like to do those random-ass "staring contest" with me… Like, why? What's the point of CHALLENGING me to do this somewhat USELESS contest out of nowhere…? But, lo and behold, after close to 9 years later since my school days that the [i]older[/i], [i]wiser[/i], slightly [i]fatter[/i], but more [i]intelligent[/i] me FINALLY gets it... It's simply because they were WAYYYY AHEAD of their time and that it was just a blessing in disguise to train and prepare me for this revolutionary and innovative game in the future called Before Your Eyes... Mhmm, yeap... Which looking back at it now, I do gotta thank them for that as they definitely have given me [i]at least[/i] some strength just for this moment… 🙂‍↕️ Cheesy essay hooks aside… In terms of gameplay, I literally DID NOT expect the blinking gameplay mechanic to be much harder than what I thought it would be. While the game starts off with parts where you can just blink "casually" like blink to look at stuff/unlock them and blink forward in time to get to the next scene… It slowly shifts to moments where I'd like to call: Quick Time Blink Events™ where you need to decide on a choice that might "alter" the story, which then descends to a literal DO NOT BLINK staring contest gameplay parts; which I find the most challenging, me thinks. Other notable gameplay include the epic "blink to Ctrl+C and blink again to Ctrl+V" gameplay, the marvellous "discount Aimlabs" gameplay where you use your crosshair to follow the highlighted part of the piano to play a song, and the awe-inspiring "close your eyes to hear people mumbling" gameplay, to name a few. Either way, I think the game is thoroughly entertaining to play with till the end! It might not be long, but it certainly understands that it’s a game and it's definitely not one of those "artsy" games that somehow forgot that it’s a game kind of thing. In terms of the story, all that I can say is that it’s a VERY grounded kind of story, without explicitly spoiling it. MIGHT not be for everyone; it doesn't have the usual [i]out-of-this-world[/i] story that would get dem Gen Z ADHD-ers, acoustic people, or even the sussy baka anime people who are too used to anime-level kind of stories and plot… But I feel like it’s a story that's [i]very[/i] relatable… Well, to me, at least... And, not gonna lie, this one GOT me on an emotional level, surprisingly. Like, literally got me teary-eyed at the end... Maybe it's because of how certain aspects of its story reflects a bit of my real life, maybe it's because I'm that one weird-loner kid, maybe it's because of how my parents wants me to be somebody I'm not, or maybe it's because of how it ends off with essentially the person that I have this love-hate relationship telling me how they really feel about/picture of me… I don’t know; it just got me drowning in emotions, tbh. All in all, for me, Before Your Eyes is [i]definitely[/i] a very interesting game that I enjoyed. While the blinking mechanic isn't the kind that would woo Valorant players nor the story would be enough to make anime nerds cream... I think this small, down-to-earth, and quirky game is [i]enough[/i] for a person like me who's into interesting stuff to recommend other like-minded people to, at least, give this a try and experience it for yourself!

Best story game I've played hands down. Do yourself a favor and try it out. I guarantee tears will be shed though.

为每一次不小心眨眼而错过的细节而感到懊悔，眨眼交互让我第一次体会到怎么看也看不够的感觉，剧情美术音效交互都非常好，最有沉浸感的游戏之一