To say much more about the story would probably spoil the experience, but we do feel safe in saying that your character's familial relationships play a central role in how the story unfolds, as do some of the decisions that you'll get to make along the way.
The graphics are fairly simple, but the storytelling is masterful, and that feeling like life is slipping through your fingers is something that makes this experience hugely memorable. You may also find yourself bonding with the other characters in the story, or at least growing fond of them. We'd recommend playing with a webcam and with the blinking controls turned on, if you can.Īs you progress through the story, you'll piece together fragments of a life and start to build an understanding of who this character is and what happened to them. You can actually turn off the blinking mechanic and use the spacebar to manually control your scene transitions instead, but that does defeat the point somewhat. It's particularly impressive that Before Your Eyes manages to tell a story – one that makes sense all the way through, and also packs in humour and an emotional wallop – despite the fact that you could actually miss quite a lot of content if you blink a lot. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy.