The Crow's Eye

Oynamak için geç kaldığım bu yapımı keşke daha önce kurup oyna saymışım. Türkçe dil dosyası oyunla birlikte geliyormuş. Bir kaç saat denedim ve beğendim. Çeviren Sayın DOĞUKAN beye çok teşekkürler. Önce Linux sürümünü kurmuştum. Burada Türkçe dil dosyası kurulumda gelmiyor idi. Bu yüzden sonrasında windowsa kurdum. Orada Türkçe dil dosyası kurulumla birlikte geldi. Bundan önce aldanıp desteğin olmadığını sandım birkaç gün. Hatta çeviriye başlamıştım. %25ini çevirmiştim. Windows kurulumundan sonra şaşkınlığım ile yüzleştiğimde hem sevindim hem de buruk bir duygu yaşamış oldum. Şimdi keyifle bu sanat eserinin tadını çıkaracağım. Teşekkürler. Sizden ricam lütfen linux sürümüne de bu dil dosyasının eklenmesini sağlamanız. Oyun bilimkurgu gerilim-korku ve eski yıllarda geçiyor. Oh bayılırım. Atmosferi harika oynamayan oyunculara şans vermelerini öneririm. Satın alırken ki anımı hatırlıyorum. Bu oyunun cazibesi mağaza sayfasından bile anlaşılıyordu. Onun atmosferini fark etmiştim bir kere. 8,5/10 puan.

I tried to give it a shot but I gave up after the tremendous amounts of texts and bugs that would made me fall off the map and lose all my progress.

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 in the roughly 7-8hrs it took me to finish the game and that I don't remember getting an explanation for, you're good to sprint, throw objects at walls and play the piano as your heart content without any risk of a titular crow coming to peck you. You'll quickly realize though that the game is turning fast into a weird combination of heavy duty story exposition and puzzle plateformer. And it's having a lot of trouble doing either part of the job. Between the constantly interrupting vilain, who's voice actor seems to have the time of his life playing him, the dozens of pretty well acted audiologs you find laying on the ground and tables in every room, and a sum of written documents that would be more suited for a 40hrs immersive sim than a less than 10hrs puzzle game, the story is RICH. As in "burger with 300gr of beef, bacon and triply fried french fries with mayo, and could you add a sundae and a liter of soda? No sugar please, I'm trying to reduce my sugar intake, please" rich. There is A LOT. Every single document is a full page 5 paragraphs worth of reading, and after a while, I just stopped caring. Reading dev comments on other reviews, I understand there were supposed to be even more documents, but they had to cut it...being brutally honest, I must say "good riddance". To be clear, the issue here is not really the quality of the writing per se; it is not great, but each document and audiolog is serviceable in its own right to either intrigue or carry information while maintaining the tone. The issue is the pacing and the abondance of it all, that gives the impression that the writers couldn't prioritize. That combines with a level design that, although okay-ish to push you to move forward, is painfully inept at telling anything; every visual theme is exhausted by the moment you leave it behind. The layout of the extended University ground is nonsensical. And because it combines with the bagillion pieces of paper that needed to be put somewhere, you end up traversing places that really don't feel like places, and finding documents in the weirdest locations. I couldn't tell you if at some point I ended up in some character's actual office for example; might be the case, but if it were, it's all very poorly telegraphed. Gameplay wise, the game then devolves into two things: exploring to find keys/batteries to help you progress, or to find crafting items for the inexplicably there crafting system (why is it there? Why does it exist? Except to had one more step to finding the map or a lockpick); or the actual crux of the game, solving jumping puzzles. The puzzles are nothing to write home about. They often use the fleemziest metal cubes in gaming history, and rely on an okay jumping physics that rarely completely misses the mark but can occasionally falter when the level design is not serious enough (the push mechanic in particular is always weird to use). Here is the deal. If the game had half the documents, half the length, ditched the nightmare/dreamy sequences (admittedly short in general) and was just the weird dude being mean over the phone while you were jumping around...it wouldn't be a great game, but it'd be tighter and probably a better experience imho. As is, it's the second worst first person horror plateforming game I've played, thankfully far far behind the asinine third sequel to Penumbra, Requiem. I am basically saying they did a better job at this than Frictional; it just so happen that it's agains their worst game, so take that as you wish. TL;DR It's hard to really say it's not "worth" the low price of admission. But it's equally hard to recommend as it falls short of being anything more than mediocre at its best. It is inexplicably filled with ton of work and baffling design choices, an okay horror premise delivered by a weird discount Joker, which gives it some fascinating quality...not much of sale's pitch though.

7/10 Uno de los pocos juegos donde el bueno no siempre gana...

Entendi foi nada dessa história, só joguei por ser de puzzle.

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.

Muy, muy buen juego. Ambientado en una universidad de medicina, tu trabajo será investigar el paradero de ciertos desaparecidos. A medida que transcurre el tiempo descubrirás hechos muy interesantes que te harán volar la cabeza. La ambientación es perfecta, los sonidos del silencio, el crujir de la madera... todo te puede poner los pelos de punta. Es un thriller en toda regla, tiene mucha intriga, puzzles, una pizca de horror pero nada de sustos fáciles ni monstruos grotescos que te persiguen; es un juego para ir un poco de chill mientras te devanas los sesos. Tiene una buena historia, muchos artículos que recoger y leer o escuchar, y la delicada forma de presentación es muy agradable, además, la forma en que se escuchan las grabaciones recuerda a Bioshock, ese guiño está genial. La forma de guardar también es muy original y taaaaambién recuerdo a Bioshock, me encantó. La banda sonora es muy buena, muy adecuada para el lugar donde estamos; hay piezas tristes y piezas horribles, en el sentido de que pueden llegar a asustarte un poco, mayoritariamente usan el violín y el piano (instrumentos favoritos) así que es un placer escuchar la música. Gran banda sonora que recomiendo adquirir también. Hay logros de Steam, cosa que me alegra mucho, no así cromos (o yo no los he visto), sería genial que también hubiera una insignia de este juego. Los personajes muy logrados, los actores y actrices de doblaje hicieron un muy buen trabajo, y los niveles de dificultad, oh, a veces te pueden quebrar la cabeza, pero nada que no se pueda solucionar al fin y al cabo. Tiene muy buena traducción al castellano (diría que parte del equipo es de habla hispana por lo que ví en los créditos, ¡¡genial!!), además de un buen apartado para configuración y al parecer también tiene algunos retos a desbloquear adyacente a la historia (tengo que ver eso). El tiempo de juego han sido 13 horas, aunque depende de si observas, te p ierdes, te quiebras la cabeza, etc. Es rejugable según creo yo, y más cuando quieres sacarte todos los logros. Lo mejor La historia La ambientación Los puzzles La banda sonora La traducción El doblaje Lo peor No le encuentro nada de momento xD O tal vez, ¡¡que no hay insignia de Steam!! ¡¡Y molarían unos extra!! *********************************************************************** Molt, molt bon joc. Ambientat en una universitat de medicina, la teva feina serà investigar el parador de certs desapareguts. A mesura que transcorre el temps descobriràs fets molt interessants que us faran volar el cap. L'ambientació és perfecta, els sons del silenci, el cruixir de la fusta... tot us pot posar els pèls de punta. És un thriller en tota regla, té molta intriga, puzles, un pessic d'horror però res d'ensurts fàcils ni monstres grotescs que et persegueixen; és un joc per anar una mica de chill mentre et debanes els cervells. Té una bona història, molts articles que recollir i llegir o escoltar, i la delicada forma de presentació és molt agradable, a més, la manera com s'escolten els enregistraments recorda a Bioshock, aquesta picada d'ullet està genial. La forma de guardar també és molt original i taaaaambé record a Bioshock, em va encantar. La banda sonora és molt bona, molt adequada per al lloc on som; hi ha peces tristes i peces horribles, en el sentit que poden arribar a espantar-te una mica, majoritàriament fan servir el violí i el piano (instruments favorits) així que és un plaer escoltar la música. Gran banda sonora que recomano adquirir també. Hi ha èxits de Steam, cosa que m'al·legra molt, no així cromos (o jo no els he vist), seria genial que també hi hagués una insígnia d'aquest joc. Els personatges molt aconseguits, els actors i actrius de doblatge van fer una molt bona feina, i els nivells de dificultat, oh, de vegades et poden trencar el cap, però res que no es pugui solucionar al capdavall. Té molt bona traducció al castellà (diria que part de l'equip és de parla hispana pel que vaig veure als crèdits, ¡genial!!), a més d'un bon apartat per a configuració i pel que sembla també té alguns reptes a desbloquejar adjacent a la història (he de veure això). El temps de joc han estat 13 hores, encara que depèn de si observes, et perds, et trenques el cap, etc. És rejugable segons crec jo, i més quan vols treure't tots els èxits. El millor La història L'ambientació Els puzles La banda sonora La traducció El doblatge El pitjor No trobo res de moment xD O potser, que no hi ha insígnia de Steam!! I molarien uns extra!! *********************************************************************** Very, very good game. Set in a medical university, your job will be to investigate the whereabouts of certain missing persons. As time passes you will discover very interesting facts that will blow your mind. The setting is perfect, the sounds of silence, the creak of wood... everything can make your hair stand on end. It is a full-fledged thriller, it has a lot of intrigue, puzzles, a hint of horror but no easy scares or grotesque monsters that chase you; is a game to go a little chill while you rack your brains. It has a good story, many articles to pick up and read or listen to, and the delicate way of presentation is very nice, also, the way the recordings are heard is reminiscent of Bioshock, that wink is great. The way of saving is also very original and I also remember Bioshock, I loved it. The soundtrack is very good, very suitable for the place where we are; there are sad pieces and horrible pieces, in the sense that they can scare you a bit, they mostly use violin and piano (favorite instruments) so it's a pleasure to listen to the music. Great soundtrack that I recommend purchasing as well. There are Steam achievements, which I'm very happy about, not trading cards (or I haven't seen them), it would be great if there was also a badge for this game. The characters are very accomplished, the voice actors and actresses did a very good job, and the difficulty levels, oh, they can break your head sometimes, but nothing that can't be solved after all. It has a very good translation into Spanish (I would say that part of the team is Spanish speaking from what I saw in the credits, great!!), as well as a good section for configuration and apparently it also has some challenges to unlock adjacent to the history (I have to see that). The game time has been 13 hours, although it depends on whether you observe, you get lost, you break your head, etc. It is replayable as I think, and more when you want to get all the achievements. The best The history The ambientation the puzzles the soundtrack The translation dubbing Worst I can't find anything at the moment xD Or maybe there is no Steam badge!! And a few extra would be cool!!

Fue una experiencia que no esperaba, me sorprendió en algunos momentos ya que es un título potente aunque de apenas 8 horas de duración. Hay bastantes defectos que te sacan del ambiente y la interfaz me recuerda a BioShock (IDK). Está bien para pasar un rato spooky