Beyond Eyes

An utterly gorgeous game: sheer delight.

Unfortunately, this stunning visual engine has not been used to deliver a good story. The narrative is thin and clumsy, delivering emotional subtlety with the delicacy of a sledgehammer.

We get it: for a young girl to become blind is sad and lonely. Is there really no other dimension the developer could have brought into this?

As others have commented, there is no significant gameplay—it's pretty much a pure walking simulator—and it's especially slow moving, though that slowness contributes to the delight of having the world unfurl gently before you like a watercolor painting.

If you're very patient and interested in a meditative experience, you will enjoy it. However, I think the premise has attracted people like me because there seemed to be potential to use technology to tell a story. And it doesn't deliver, hence the thumbs down.

Finally, thank you, devs, for supporting Linux!