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Would they respond in his voice if I called out Ghost?Īs with most point-and-click games, The Eyes of Ara depends solely on reading clues, collecting keys, and opening locks. While boilerplate in a lot of ways, Ara’s plot fits nicely with the environment and gives the player an excuse to believe why one house would have so many ridiculous puzzle doors.

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Through a series of journal entries, invoices, and drawings we dive deeper into the personal life of the hermit who lived there, and learn about the intricate workings of his secretive machines (which look to be a straight ripoff of Peter Dinklage in Destiny). We, the player, are sent in to investigate a strange transmission that has all the local townsfolk in a tizzy, and soon discover there is more to the decrepit battlements than meets the eye. Set in a cliffside citadel rife with secret passages and moldering carpets,The Eyes of Ara sets the scene for your traditional haunted castle narrative. So how many ways do I have to rotate this to make it work? The catch here, however, is to make sure the reward measures up to the challenge, and The Eyes of Ara, a new indie adventure game from 100 Stones Interactive, seems to fit the profile.

With seemingly limited gameplay mechanics comes the need for innovation and complexity, so developers often devise the most convoluted schemes to keep blood pressure high and players busy. While Frank Herbet would have you believe that fear is the mind killer, anyone who has spent thirty minutes playing Myst can tell you that frustration is the real nail in the cranial coffin when it comes to figuring out point-and-click puzzle games (regardless of how many psychology experiments use it as a control). “The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.” Review Copy Provided By: 100 Stones Interactive

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