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Like I was more aware that my time with this memory was limited, and yet I simply enjoyed being present with them, even after I'd gleaned the important bits. My stinging eyes added a physical pressure to proceedings. Occasionally Before Your Eyes gives you these chances to relish mundane moments - so long as you don't blink.Īnd it was during these incredibly normal memories that I fought my hardest battle. Trees whizz past, the sound of the radio floats out of the open window, and I'm observing the dynamic of the two peoping in the front.

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Maybe I'm in a car and I'm listening to a conversation that doesn't need my full attention. Characters present me with choices and I can blink to steer the narrative in a direction I want. Just like a particularly vivid memory, it feels warmer, as if I'm at ease being there. Then suddenly I'm plopped into one which holds greater weight, I can just tell. So there's me: my eyes watering and shutting and opening and scenes advancing forward at a blistering pace. If you can, try and go into the game without watching a trailer or seeing too many screenshots like this. At first I cursed the pollen and the dust for doing this to me, but I soon realised these micro-particles had helped me understand Before Your Eyes a bit better. I'd last no time at all before I'd blink and advance time against my own will. My stinging eyes didn't help things here, either. Often it's to preserve a significant memory or story beat that you want to live out - just - for - one - second - longer! Gah.

Where you suddenly grab the leash you've flung on the floor and yank as hard as you can to keep your lids from closing. 'At first I cursed the pollen and the dust for doing this to me, but I soon realised these micro-particles had helped me understand Before Your Eyes a bit better.'īut sometimes, Before Your Eyes presents you with a scenario where you desperately don't want to blink. It mirrors memory recall wonderfully - that act of turning inwards and lightly touching on experiences and emotions as they drift downstream. Let go of the desire to not blink and you flit through your character's memories as if they're your own. But you quickly realise that Before Your Eyes doesn't punish you for relaxing into your body's natural rhythm.

'Oh, well, if I don't blink, I don't advance'. Give it a second and bam, you've connected the past to the present with a quick zap of your brain's electrodes.Īt first you've got this feeling of control. Every time you blink, you're whirled forwards in time to an entirely new destination with a different set of circumstances. Before Your Eyes accommodates for an automatic bodily function you can't really control. If this sounds super annoying, I promise it isn't. Without spoiling any story stuff, it's a first-person narrative adventure which tells the tale of a someone journeying through the afterlife blink and time skips forward. And it's tracking is super accurate, which really adds to the immersion. If you've got a webcam, Before Your Eyes actually detects if you blink in real life. But it turns out that having an allergy actually enhanced the experience. And in a game where time skips forward as you blink in real life, I thought I'd royally messed things up. I realised quite quickly into my playthrough of Before Your Eyes that I'd forgotten to administer the holy water. You can get more articles like it, alongside an ad-free version of the site, by becoming a supporter today.

#BEFORE YOUR EYES FREE ARCHIVE#

This article was originally exclusively available to RPS supporters, but we've brought it back From The Archive for all to read. They water and itch and I spend a lot of time blinking, which sort of feels like how a rusty shop grate sounds as it lowers. I developed this new allergic reaction this year, namely that my eyes feel like they're being blowtorched if I don't plop some miracle liquid into them regularly.

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