The Eyes of Ara
SCORE: 68
Family Friendly Gaming was recently given a digital download code for
The Eyes of Ara on Steam. This digital download is under five hundred
megs. Which is crazy small when I consider how nice some of the graphics
look in The Eyes of Ara. Other areas are a bit too dark for my personal
tastes. The Eyes of Ara reminds me of games like Myst and Isles of
Derek. Which are also PC games.
The Eyes of Ara looks nice, and it sounds nice. If you like point and
click adventure games like Myst then you will be right at home playing
The Eyes of Ara. I have a confession to make. I do not like Myst at all.
I am not into this kind of a game. I do not comprehend the directions
and get stuck. This happened to me in The Eyes of Ara. So if you love
point and click first person adventure games please take my review with
a grain of salt.
The Eyes of Ara makes players think. Some of us are not as smart as
others. I am sure there are clever solutions to some of these problems.
I got tired of trying to find them, and put my mouse cursor on the side
of the screen and watched the room spin around. For me that was more
entertainment than trying to solve these problems. It is not like the
Amazing Race or anything. I won't be awarded a million dollars for
beating every puzzle in a video game.
The directions for The Eyes of Ara are in a really small font. I am not
losing my eye sight or anything. The Eyes of Ara made me squint to try
and see the directions. This helped add to my personal frustration. The
Eyes of Ara humbled me quickly. I am obviously not on the same wave
length as the game developers. I wish The Eyes of Ara let me see my
characters feet. I also would like to be able to see farther out there.
There is only one way to finish the puzzles in The Eyes of Ara. I wish
The Eyes of Ara provided multiple paths to success. Especially when some
of the controls can be confusing. Like the screen scrolling default. It
can be fixed in the options menu. I had to find my way to the options
menu which was no easy task. I wish there were multiple difficulty
settings in The Eyes of Ara.
- Sam
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 80%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 50%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: Personal Computer
Publisher: 100 Stones Interactive
Developer: 100 Stones Interactive
Rating: ‘NR' - Not Rated
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