Before Your Eyes
April 8, 2021
Before Your Eyes is a first person narrative adventure which tells the story of a soul’s journey into the afterlife using a new and innovative form of interaction—your real-life blinks. The story begins after your death, aboard the ship of a mythical Ferryman tasked with shepherding souls to the afterlife. …
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"I wasn’t convinced that using a webcam was going to add anything to a video game, but I’m glad to have been proven wrong. Before Your Eyes is an innovative title that uses webcam technology to enhance the story. With …"
Read original review"Before Your Eyes is a smart and moving first-person looker where your eyes are in control."
Read original review"Before Your Eyes is a short journey, but it is one that you’ll likely find yourself playing again and again. You’ve never heard a story like this before and you’ve certainly never experienced it in this way. Not only is …"
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70.0
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65.0
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90.0
"Before Your Eyes allows you to experience a heartfelt journey by reliving a person&s;s memories through the power of real-world blinking. Guided by the Ferryman, a being who escorts souls into the afterlife, you&s;re made to recall life&s;s most happy, …"
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85.0
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75.0
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"Before Your Eyes is an emotional and essential PlayStation VR2 experience with a heavy impact that will stay with you for years to come. GoodbyeWorld Games has masterfully crafted a unique VR experience that will set a benchmark for story-driven …"
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70.0
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65.0
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"GoodbyeWorld Games have created something incredibly special with Before Your Eyes. It’s a truly great game that explores real human stories through mechanics I’ve never really seen before. It’s a wonderfully crafted indie game that demands to be up there …"
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75.0
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"A unique game mechanic woven wonderfully into a life story."
Read original review"Before Your Eyes is an emotional tale with an interesting mechanic at its core that helps to make the game so immersive. The music and voice acting is superb, and it is something you should certainly experience."
Read original review"efore Your Eyes is certainly a suggestive and peculiar experience. A highly emotional inner journey, not without twists and unexpected implications, able to strongly involve the player."
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90.0
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75.0
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90.0
"Before Your Eyes is a heat warming tale of a life well lived, and one of the best titles PSVR2 has to offer."
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40.0
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45.0
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"Everything about Before Your Eyes is impressive. Fantastic art, beautiful music, and compelling storytelling accompany you through your journey. However, it’s not about art or music. It’s about love, loss, and memories. Its true innovation is not in using blinking …"
Read original review"I refuse to spoil Before Your Eyes for you by telling you anything more about the story. All you really need to know is that it’s got an underutilized mechanic integrated perfectly into a heartbreakingly beautiful tale of a life …"
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68.0
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62.0
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71.0
"Before Your Eyes is a very interesting title that combines an emotional story with original controls. The simpler graphics are not at all a bad thing, and together with the soundtrack and intuitive gameplay, they form a hilarious whole. If …"
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"Before Your Eyes is a unique game that deals with difficult themes. Its story is, at times, tough to digest and will keep you on the edge of tears throughout its short run time. How you interact with the game …"
Read original review"Before Your Eyes does something incredibly special by mixing an innovative mechanics-based hook with a truly heartwarming (and heartbreaking) story. Through the roughly two hours of playtime, the narrative takes some great turns that keep each moment compelling until the …"
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65.0
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60.0
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"It’s all truly powerful stuff, in spite of the game’s relatively simplistic look, short runtime and sparse interactivity. What GoodbyeWorld Games has done with Before Your Eyes is execute on a novel concept with the perfect amount of restraint and …"
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70.0
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"It’s one of the few PlayStation VR2 games that takes advantage of the hardware’s eye tracking and it works great. I personally encountered issues playing with a webcam in the past, but I never encountered a single issue on PlayStation …"
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"Mechanically, it falls short of its true potential, but you can&s;t help but get swept up in the journeys of these characters. The game&s;s got heart, and none of its flaws can really take that away."
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"Whereas scores of other titles look towards filling potential holes with content, Before Your Eyes has a more special goal in mind: making you appreciate each and every second."
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"Before Your Eyes is much more than a neat gimmick. It offers a wonderful method of interacting with a touching and impactful story that&s;ll stick with you long after the credits roll"
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85.0
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95.0
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"Telling a gut-punch of a story with novel gameplay mechanics is no small feat, and Before Your Eyes marvelously delivers on both fronts."
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85.0
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"I was moved beyond words by this little game. Before Your Eyes manages to be interesting and quirky, whilst also finding new ways to immerse you in a beautiful story. It is deeply sad at times, and at others fills …"
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35.0
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65.0
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"And as simple as the idea of retelling someone’s life story is, there’s an incredible depth to Before Your Eyes and a relatability to it. You aren’t Ben, but you may have similar memories to Ben that help connect you …"
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"Before Your Eyes is a devastating journey in VR that you won’t soon forget. While the journey itself doesn’t last that long, the story is long enough to leave an imprint on the gamer for years to come. It has …"
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"Before Your Eyes is a unique and emotional narrative about a soul on its way to the afterlife and a deep dive into what is important in life. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Before Your Eyes manages to make you care …"
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"Before Your Eyes is a narrative-driven VR game that uses eye-tracking technology to immerse players in the life story of Benny, offering a short yet emotional experience, but with graphics that may not satisfy everyone and a narrative that could …"
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"Before Your Eyes left a lump in our throat, which we weren&s;t expecting at all. The game starts fantastical, but eventually matures into a relatably human tale, which we imagine will touch the majority of people who play it. Strong …"
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"Before Your Eyes is a difficult game to discuss, as so much of its appeal comes from reveals that would spoil the story. The game offers a truly unique experience that utilizes the medium of the video game perfectly to …"
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"Playing Before Your Eyes in VR brings your even closer to embodying the life and times of Benjamin Brynn. There&s;s some quibbles from the jump to VR, but Benny&s;s tale remains a beautiful told story that&s;s well worth experiencing."
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"Before Your Eyes delivers a touching story that leans into the PSVR2 hardware to do so. You can play the game while sitting, but the unabated way to play is while standing. It may not sell PSVR2 units on its …"
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"Before Your Eyes’ ingenious use of PSVR 2’s eye-tracking technology adds another level of emotion to a wonderfully told story about family and the need to appreciate life."
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"It’s a bit of a one-and-done game, so burns bright but dies fast."
Read original review"Before Your Eyes is a frustrating buggy mess. There were several times when the game crashed and many more when it refused to stay in focus. But despite all of its shortcomings, Before Your Eyes is an incredible narrative game …"
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"I still commend the studio for its bravery and innovation. Before Your Eyes is unique enough to try out if you are interested. It’s just that although the game is backed by many wonderful talents, it lacked that little “umph” …"
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"Before Your Eyes offers unique gaming experience combined with very emotional and touching story."
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