The Eyes of Ara 9+

An excellent game that is well-thought out and very challenging. I played it on max difficulty and it took over 30-hours to do!
If you get reall stuck, Google is your friend. I only had to do this a half-dozen times and was quite pleased with my effort.
There is stuff hidden literally everywhere and so you’d better have an inquisitive mind and a high level of patience!
One of the best games i have played in a long time and i highly recommend it.

I don’t like to disagree however this isn’t anywhere as near as good as any of The Room series or House of DaVinci, or indeed a fair few other games out there. And it’s for the simple reason that there is absolutely NO logic in some of these puzzles. Also you have no idea when collecting multiples of items whether you’ve collected them all. The graphics, whilst good, cause their own issues and make it difficult to distinguish between something of interest or just blocky graphics. It reminded me of those dungeon trawling games from the 90s!! There are NO hints at all in the game so if you get really stuck you’re on your own kiddo. And if you’re rubbish at certain styles of puzzles like me I’ve yet to find an “ohh ffs I just can’t do this, help me out” button. I’ve been stuck on one puzzle for hours and I know I won’t be able to do it, I never can do those ones so I’m really stuck. I can see what was trying to be achieved but the end product looks rushed, unpolished and not much thought given to the end user. Frustrating and hard work to just keep randomly stumbling about hoping you’ll find something. When you’re relying on a walkthrough rather than the flow and workings of the game then i don’t think I’ll bother. If you enjoyed the room then you’ll be sadly disappointed.

I have no doubt that technically this is a very good game but it is the most confusing, muddled, boring and monotonous game that I have ever played. It reminds me of The Talos Principle but comes nowhere near the professionalism of that game. It is also not in the same league as all of The Room and Davinci games all of which I have completed. The problem comes in that the story of the planets and stars together with the logic is totally flawed. There are no help or hints to assist other than looking on Google for assistance and at least 70% of the game has to be researched via this avenue. Unless you are persistent, as I am, then few people will get to the end of the game. I do not regret the £4.99 that I paid for this game but unless you have dogged persistence or endurance then save your money. I gave it 4 stars for its technical ability but as far as enjoyment is concerned I would give it 1 star.
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Having now completed this game in just under 14 hours I have to say that it is technically brilliant but very confusing and in conclusion I would say that it is the best worst game that I have ever played. Many people will be disappointed.