The Eyes of Ara
"The Eyes of Ara is a game about exploration, puzzle solving, and discovery. Will you pay heed to the unsettling tales and legends surrounding the castle, or will you set fear aside and venture in with an open…
The Eyes of Ara is an adventure developed by 100 Stones Interactive, released 19 July 2016 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Mac.
What The Eyes of Ara is
The Eyes of Ara is an adventure game developed by 100 Stones Interactive and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Alone on a remote island stands an ancient weathered castle, steeped in legend, shrouded in mystery. For years it has remained quiet and undisturbed, and yet still the townspeople recall old stories of restless dreams, violent storms, and the eerie glow of ghostly lights dancing in the mist. Recently a mysterious radio signal has begun broadcasting from somewhere within the ancient walls. Something inside the castle has awoken, and someone needs to venture inside to uncover the truth…"
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 28 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Eyes of Ara holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.40GHz Processor, 4 GB RAM and Video card with Shader model 3.0 support and at least 256MB of Memory. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Eyes of Ara launched on 19 July 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Inside, Abzu and Overcooked!. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, Inside, Abzu, Overcooked!.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Eyes of Ara yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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