Not all Halloween horror experience has to frighten you. From iconic favorites such as mystery-solving cartoons to endearing shows like Over the Garden Wall, many spooky-season titles are enjoyable without causing fear. Moreover, a expanding collection of ghostly-adorable titles with spooky themes, though lacking the keep-you-awake degree of fear. Gloomy Eyes arrived in recent months, and acts as an excellent cozy option to the deeply scary titles of the current season.
An Original Collaborative Solo Quest
Known as a “self-coop” puzzle game, Gloomy Eyes teams up a zombie boy called Gloomy and a mortal child called Nena as they embark on an mission to bring the sun back to their shadowy realm. Their appearance evokes collectible figures combined with the figures from a animated feature. The pale-skinned and baggy-eyed style is influenced by the appearance of Tim Burton’s films, and the plot is a archetypal suitable for everyone adventure. The duo forms an enduring friendship over the span of the game’s multiple stages as Nena strives to show to her clerical relative that, look, possibly the undead can be friendly.
Original Gameplay Systems
The innovative label stems from the game’s world-based challenges. After Gloomy and Nena cross paths, gamers switch among the budding companions to complete challenges and advance through the areas. Since he's not alive, Gloomy can’t walk through the light of a lamppost, while Nena may be grabbed by loitering creatures without a light is shone on them.
They must work in tandem — in practice, players control them in tandem — to finish levels. Nena could adjust or momentarily deactivate lights to open routes for Gloomy, while the thoughtful youth will use his zombie strength to shift around objects in the environment, creating routes for Nena.
Engaging World Building
The puzzles bring to mind a touch of The Gardens Between, in the way the levels are floating, diorama-like structures that the perspective pans around in coordination with your heroes. Gloomy Eyes’ worlds are quite fun, leading the friends around a amusement park and through a ghostly building, including other locales. Players can use a “diorama view” feature that permits you to zoom out and spin the stages, both for enjoy the designs and search for ways that may not have been apparent.
Minor Hiccups and General Experience
Here lies one of the sole problems with Gloomy Eyes. Comparable to other releases with a fixed perspective, it’s not always clear where the characters can and cannot go. Gamers could require to simply collide with a few random elements to figure out which ones are interactive, as the game doesn't always indicate.
However, those small challenges don’t get in the way of a eerie-adorable fun adventure. Gloomy Eyes runs on the short side, with about three to five hours worth of brain-teasers. Later levels blend together minor stealth and exciting moments with the problem-solving, as Gloomy Eyes advances to a satisfying — and somewhat surprising — finale.
Availability and Summary
Players steering clear of the scares of intense horror games ought to experience Gloomy Eyes. It’s available on Nintendo platform, PS5, Windows PC, and Microsoft console, and is presently discounted for a discount on digital platforms.
Gloomy Eyes is out now on multiple platforms and delivers a delightful option for gamers in search of Halloween fun without intense scares.
