The Eyes of Ara

Het spel gaat traag vooruit en het is -letterlijk- te donker. Er is geen menselijke interactie zoals in The house of Da Vinci. Dit maakt de verhaallijn alsmaar saaier. De puzzels worden steeds meer vergezocht en moeilijk. De 9-jarige die dit spel uitspeelt zal wel een enorme uitzondering zijn. Ik heb het na iets meer dan 9 uur opgegeven. Het verhaal van de buitenaardse dingen mist leven en komt voor mij niet uit de verf. In dit genre vond ik Myst oneindig veel leuker, ondanks een moeilijkheidsgraad die ook vrij hoog was.

Té omslachtig enz... geef mij maar The Room... daar krijg je tenminste bruikbare hints en moet je niet om de haverklap gaan spieken op Youtube, en zelfs dan.

Pièce après pièce, on explore la château à la quête d’indices afin de résoudre les différents casses-têtes. Quand on croit arriver à la solution, une autre colle vous est proposée. Certaines énigmes sont simples, d’autres très compliquées alors que très souvent la solution est devant soi. Ce jeu se dénote des autres du même genre par son scénario très bien ficelé et ses très beaux graphismes. Même si on est bloqué, on a envie de trouver.

Pros: it's a beautifully produced game with a good story and exquisite graphics in a nice 3D environment.... navigation works well.... there are lots of puzzles, superb attention to detail, and it's long. Cons: clues and puzzles are vague and everything is so spread out that the environment became a hindrance, and there's no map. So if, like me, you're not someone with a photographic memory for where everything is, you can spend lots of time just trying to find rooms that you've been in and want to return to. It's lovely that there are a lot of rooms but after a while it just became annoying. Some rooms only have one thing in them. I got so tired of going all over the place trying to remember where something was. I also agree with the reviewer who mentioned how there are numerous puzzles that require much work and end up only getting you an achievement... doing nothing to advance you in the game. Personally, I don't really care about achievements and each time this happened it was disappointing. I thought I'd had a breakthrough... but no. I could go on, but suffice it to say that the frustration level has surpassed the pleasure level. I'm exhausted and It's not fun anymore. Not sure if I even want to try to finish. This game, while beautiful in many ways, has worn me down.

The game keeps locking up. I need to close the game to continue to play

Not yet finished but really enjoying. I don’t like games that are too easy and this one is a bit challenging but you can turn on hints if you want.

So, so good. This is a game for patience and waiting. The author gives you everything you need in order to solve the puzzles. It’s quite clear. Keep exploring in detail and you will find everything. Thank you!

I wanted to love this game and felt that way about most of it (graphics, soundtrack, storyline), BUT the puzzles were so hard I had to keep a walk thru handy while playing. Toward the end I just completely gave up because the walkthrough wasn’t helpful and couldn’t spend any more time fussing over this game. That said, still worth it to try playing,

…Point and click escape/puzzler out there. World is vast and puzzles are super challenging and inventive. I’ve played them all from the Rusty Lake series, Glitch Games, CottonGame, and this one just might beat all of those. Hoping for more.

I bought this game when it came out, but it has taken me this long to finally beat it. I deleted it for a long while out of frustration, but recently decided to try again. Because it is a beautiful game. Hard? Yes, but well thought out. A very engaging story. With that in mind: The reviewers complaining about the “worthless “ collectibles have missed the heart of the game. Go back and read the header of the letter hiring you for the job.