Leaving Lyndow Reviews

Leaving Lyndow is ranked in the 17th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
7 / 10
Feb 7, 2017

A short, calm exploration of a beautiful island, where the conversations are like talking to real people. As an introduction to the larger world of Eastshade it's great, but Leaving Lyndow doesn't quite manage to stand on its own feet as a separate game.

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82 / 100
Feb 11, 2017

The whole thing was breathtaking.

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4 / 10
Jul 31, 2017

Leaving Lyndow has some promising aspects, but overall it's a frustrating experience. The puzzle sections are poorly thought out and mostly implemented to impede the player's progress and extend the running time for a little while longer, while the technical hiccups shatter your story immersion.

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6 / 10.0
Jul 28, 2017

Overall, Eastshade Studio has a good setting primed ready for their main game, Eastshade. The environments are beautiful and the interactions are cleverly done, let's just hope that they sort out the mouth masks, the stuttering, blurring, and the framerate before Eastshade arrives.

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7 / 10.0
Feb 16, 2017

Leaving Lyndow is a beautiful experience in a fascinating world, but may be more of a 45-minute-long commercial for the upcoming Eastshade than an actual game.

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4 / 10.0
Aug 1, 2017

Less a game and more of a teaser, Leaving Lyndow ends up making a terrible impression

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5 / 10.0
Aug 8, 2017

To me it really does seem like a paid demo and I think you can find better things to play for 30 minutes of your time than this.

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7 / 10
Oct 13, 2017

If you're a fan of walking simulators, then Leaving Lyndow is a short game in which you'll experience a bittersweet moment in Clara's life. It can be completed in less than two hours at most, so do keep that in mind if you're considering getting it.

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70%
Aug 29, 2017

Leaving Lyndow is a good first effort from the team at Eastshade Studios. I had fun with this short adventure, and I look forward to seeing what they do with their next project thanks to everything they've learned with the development of Leaving Lyndow. If you're a fan of walking simulators and are looking for a short but solid one to play, this one should be good to scratch that it itch.

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8 / 10
Feb 27, 2017

In short, Leaving Lyndow is a magnificent example of interactive storytelling that keeps you enthralled in the storyline until it's rapid conclusion.

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3.5 / 10.0
Jul 29, 2017

Even at its budget price, Leaving Lyndow doesn't offer enough content to make it worth buying.

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6 / 10.0
Feb 10, 2017

Leaving Lyndow initially sets a worrying proposal. An exploration game (read: walking simulator), and a run time of less than an hour. But there’s more to Leaving Lyndow than you may initially think, and ultimately it does what it does pretty well.

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8 / 10.0
Mar 1, 2017

Just a taste of what Eastshade will offer and man am I ready to explore the full world!

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7 / 10.0
Mar 21, 2017

Leaving Lyndow surmounts the limits of its length to address the emotional unrest that comes with leaving home for the first time, but its puzzles and character models leave much to be desired.

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