Look Into the Light

Also known as:  N/A

Developer: EyeSix Games

Look into the Light was a game that seemed to have promise, and I wanted to like it…but it’s another game on the Ouya that fell victim to poor controls. The game itself is simple – make your way to the light source. If the light goes out of your view for too long, you die. Sounds interesting enough, right? Unfortunately, thanks to the awful controls, keeping the light in your sights becomes way more of a chore than it otherwise would be. For example, let’s say that you jumped to a platform and quickly move to face the light before attempting your next jump. After your fingers lift off of the controls, you’ll notice that the screen will continue to drift for a few seconds with you not touching anything. Then you’ll try to correct the movement because you can’t let the light out of your sight and it instantly registers, but goes back to drifting once you let go again. Considering that even if everything worked right, I get the sense that the game would become boring pretty quickly, adding the messy controls doesn’t help things much. Instead of looking into the light, I think I’d rather turn this game off and take a nap.

Review added: 07/04/2021