Ever Forward
August 13, 2020
Ever Forward is an adventure puzzle game — it is the story of Maya. Maya is lost in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. She is alone to confront her despair on her journey of discovery, where she must unlock her memories and confront her fears to unravel …
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"Ever Forward is a satisfying and pretty puzzle game, with a compelling narrative. However it suffers with being a bit too frustrating at times when the precision required is made difficult with clunky controls."
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85.0
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65.0
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60.0
"Ever Forward could be a great addition to your PS5 (or PS4) library if Pathea Games is able to swiftly correct the performance issues. If not, I would suggest picking it up for PC instead. There is a lot of …"
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75.0
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60.0
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85.0
"Ever Forward is a captivating and emotionally charged puzzle adventure that doesn’t overstay its welcome with puzzle difficulty as it naturally evolves across each level. Following Maya through this mysterious world was made easy thanks to the environment designs, pacing, …"
Read original review"Ever Forward is a strikingly beautiful game with interesting and challenging puzzles, but harsh difficulty spikes make it a little more frustrating than it should be."
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55.0
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68.0
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42.0
"With some quite tricky puzzles, Ever Forward is a rather challenging puzzler. The luscious graphics and lovely soundtrack definitely help the experience, but I&s;d have liked a bit more game. The pacing is a touch on the slow side too, …"
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70.0
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85.0
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75.0
"Ever Forward is a painstaking job to achieve something that, although not markedly original, given the rich panorama of independent video games that we have today, I do achieve it in the field of quality. A narrative puzzle game, a …"
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65.0
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55.0
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70.0
"With its interesting mix of both naturalistic and harshly sparse aesthetics, a slowly-unfolding and somewhat sad story of a young girl and her very distracted mother, and unusual and stealthy puzzles Ever Forward does make an impression..."
Read original review"I really wanted to like Ever Forward. And, in some ways, I did. Its surreal beauty is mesmerizing, and its story is both tragic and heart-warming. But scenery and stories a puzzle game does not make. You’ve got to have …"
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50.0
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60.0
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30.0
"It&s;s quite telling that Ever Forward&s;s demo (released independently with the subtitle Prologue) isn&s;t that much shorter than an actual full play-through. Despite the title&s;s tense stealth sections, and fairly involved puzzle-solving, the fact of the matter is that the …"
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60.0
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40.0
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30.0
"A reasonably interesting narrative and some complex puzzles aren’t enough to raise Ever Forward out of mediocrity. The PS5 version comes with some new glitches which further spoil an experience that was already short and underwhelming when it originally released …"
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75.0
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70.0
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80.0
"Playing as a young girl named Maya, Ever Forward takes you through a series of puzzles to tell one person&s;s story within a global pandemic. Challenging, fun, and interesting, this adventure puzzle game is worth the playthrough."
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