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8Days is a retro-style twin stick shooter that focuses on building a tough experience in a new setting. Pixelated visuals and a retro soundtrack help transport the player back into the nostalgic days of yore. The gameplay is highly enjoyable, even accounting the exponential amount of deaths I experienced in the first mission alone (and I found the second mission to be much more difficult). For $12.99, you may be able to find more content elsewhere, though if you’re glutton for punishment, this is approximately the going price for similar listings. Should you be well versed with a keyboard and mouse or Xbox 360 controller, you should be able to roll through this hell of a game.

Overall, The Crow’s Eye gives players an approximately five-to-seven hour experience that has them dabbling in the mentally unstable shoes its protagonist. Solving puzzles is fun and rewarding, and the atmosphere and setting is legitimately creepy. And as the story unravels itself, the effort put into solving the puzzles should feel rewarding. If you’re a fan of horror and puzzle games (together or separately), then The Crow’s Eye might be something you try out. Even if you’re a stranger to the genre, The Crow’s Eye’s storytelling and atmosphere are worth the while.