Not every spooky season journey has to terrify gamers. Starting with well-known tales like mystery-solving cartoons to endearing shows such as Over the Garden Wall, many Halloween-themed favorites provide fun without increasing anxiety. Additionally, a expanding collection of eerie-charming releases featuring autumn atmosphere, yet without the sleep-with-the-lights-on intensity of horror. Gloomy Eyes was released in recent months, and stands as an superb relaxing option to the deeply scary releases of this year.
An Original Collaborative Solo Adventure
Labeled as a solo collaboration brain-teaser, Gloomy Eyes teams up a zombie boy called Gloomy and a living girl known as Nena as they begin an mission to return daylight to their dark, dark environment. Their design resembles Funko Pops mixed with the figures from a stop-motion animation. Their fair-toned and baggy-eyed style borrows heavily from the appearance of Burtonesque cinema, and the narrative is a classic family-friendly tale. The duo forms an enduring connection over the duration of the game’s numerous levels as Nena strives to demonstrate to her clerical relative that, you know, possibly living-impaired beings are actually good.
Original Gameplay Systems
The innovative term stems from the game’s interactive problem-solving. After Gloomy and Nena encounter each other, you’ll swap amidst the newfound friends to complete challenges and progress through the areas. Since he's not alive, Gloomy is unable to traverse through the brightness of a light source, while Nena may be grabbed by wandering undead except if a lamp is shone on them.
They have to work in tandem — in practice, players control them together — to advance through areas. Nena might relocate or briefly disable illumination to open routes for Gloomy, while the thoughtful youth will utilize his supernatural ability to rearrange items in the surroundings, creating ways for Nena.
Immersive World Building
The puzzles remind me a bit of The Gardens Between, in the fashion the levels are floating, model-like constructions that the perspective moves across in coordination with your characters. Gloomy Eyes’ settings are very enjoyable, taking the duo around a amusement park and through a ghostly building, amid other locales. The game includes a “diorama view” button that permits you to view from afar and rotate the stages, simultaneously to enjoy the designs and look for routes that may not have been apparent.
Minor Issues and Overall Adventure
This represents one of the few problems with Gloomy Eyes. Like other games with a static view, sometimes it's unclear where the protagonists may or may not travel. Players might have to randomly encounter a several various objects to figure out which ones are interactive, as clues aren't consistently provided.
Nevertheless, those small obstacles don't hinder of a ghostly-charming enjoyable experience. Gloomy Eyes runs on the short side, with approximately three to five hours worth of puzzles. Subsequent stages blend together minor hidden movement and dynamic sequences with the challenge completion, as Gloomy Eyes advances to a satisfying — and slightly surprising — conclusion.
Availability and Summary
Gamers avoiding the frights of terrifying games won’t want to miss Gloomy Eyes. The game is out on Switch console, Sony system, PC, and Microsoft console, and is currently on sale for a quarter off on online stores.
This charming title is out now on several consoles and delivers a enjoyable choice for gamers looking for spooky entertainment without the terrifying moments.
