The Crow's Eye

I just finished The Crow’s Eye today. I streamed the whole thing to my buddy, M, and we were both completely hooked on the story. It’s intriguing as hell; there’s something about the mystery and the way the narrative unfolds that is eerie but weirdly yummy. That said… it’s pretty slow-paced. Like, really slow. Like, test my patience-slow. Now, full disclosure: I do not like horror or jump scares. So when the game decided to randomly shove a worm (or whatever the F that thing was) on my face… let’s just say... I did not appreciate it! Also, if you have in mind that this game is actually from 2017, I think it holds up way better than expected. I enjoyed playing it - but wont revisit the worm-thingies.

Dark halls hide the truth Old secrets stir beneath the school Lost clues reveal past

*sigh* I wish I could give this a neutral review. The first hour of this game is realy great! Good voice acting and music /sound effects. I was actualy tense. Everything was a bit laggey and the jump and maximazing the map buttton only seemed to work when they were feeling like it but who cares? It is a realistic horror game it is just in the interst of the game that we feel even more depowered and weak. Than we get the crouch mechanic.... Over one hour in? Okayyyyy, let's just keep going. Than we get an "adrinalin" machanic and sprint and jumping challences (I died several times doing the tutorial because the buttons did not work) Ehhh no I will now see myself out.

honestly, respect the puzzles. i need to come back to this game; i am not very good at puzzle games.

5-25-26 Pretty good game. a large variety of game mechanics from different games. Atmospheric and tension well done. Game mechanics interesting with new and old ideas. A lot to see and do here. Good game. Fun.

Although the price of admission is far from unrealistic (at ten bucks it's ultimately decent "value"), and I do want to salute the obvious efforts that went into making this, I don't feel like I can recommend it: not for what it appears to be on the face of it (a horror walking sim) nor for what it actually ends up being (an exposition heavy puzzle platformer). Whether you are searching for the former, and you won't find it here, or are okay for the ladtter and would be better off playing another game, The Crow's Eye kind of falls short of achieving anything, while strangely doing a lot. At first you might be willing to regard the game as an Amnesia or a Layers Of Fear like experience: dark abandonned hallways, notes everywhere, and a voice over ominously spewing exposition as menacingly as a comic book jester. The music is filling the quietness with some eerie vibes (very decent OST at times!), and the dated yet charming graphics are doing a decent job maintaining a sense that something awful is going to end up chasing you through these hallways. (not even a) Spoiler alert: that ain't happening. After being grabbed once by a weird worm, a thing that happened to me twice total i…