( + + ) Narrative: Beautifully told story + the voice acting was crisp af.
( + ) Visuals: Low - poly and very aesthetic vibe throughout the whole game.
( + ) Blinking mechanic: Never played a game with blinking being a main interaction mechanic, was definitely surprised and loved the idea!
( - - ) While I did love the blinking mechanic, it was the one thing that did hinder me from fully enjoying the game at times. First of all, even though the calibration was well made and worked most of the time, the game still registered blinking even though I didn't, which ended up skipping important cutscenes that I wanted to listen to. Aside from that, one may call it skill issue, but it got pretty exhausting and distracting trying not to blink during important cutscenes: it's something that we do naturally and trying not to do it for as long as possible felt exhausting through a 1.5 hour long game. I ended up missing a lot of dialogue, which is crucial in a game like BYE.
I would have probably preferred if blinking was still the main interaction mechanic, but we can actually decide when we want to blink by looking at the metronome and then blinking, instead of it being on screen the whole time stressing me out!
( + ) Visuals: Low - poly and very aesthetic vibe throughout the whole game.
( + ) Blinking mechanic: Never played a game with blinking being a main interaction mechanic, was definitely surprised and loved the idea!
( - - ) While I did love the blinking mechanic, it was the one thing that did hinder me from fully enjoying the game at times. First of all, even though the calibration was well made and worked most of the time, the game still registered blinking even though I didn't, which ended up skipping important cutscenes that I wanted to listen to. Aside from that, one may call it skill issue, but it got pretty exhausting and distracting trying not to blink during important cutscenes: it's something that we do naturally and trying not to do it for as long as possible felt exhausting through a 1.5 hour long game. I ended up missing a lot of dialogue, which is crucial in a game like BYE.
I would have probably preferred if blinking was still the main interaction mechanic, but we can actually decide when we want to blink by looking at the metronome and then blinking, instead of it being on screen the whole time stressing me out!