It might be pitched as a "cozy self-co-op" horror game, but Gloomy Eyes is darker than you think. Playing through a series of head-scratching environmental puzzles is just the start, using my left Xbox joystick and the A and B buttons to solve them, but what lies beneath is a sobering tale of friendship, humanity, and how magic can be found in the dreariest of places.
Gloomy is a little zombie boy. Nena is a human girl. In a world where humans hunt zombies, forcing them to live in shadows and slink beneath the radar, the pair must navigate their way carefully on their hunt to find the sun. Between the zombie hunters on the prowl for Gloomy and Nena's fearmongering "Priest" uncle keeping a watchful eye on her, the pair have quite a journey ahead. It's just as well, then, that Gloomy Eyes is a heartwarming delight in the most bonechilling way.
