Dear Esther is 5 bucks on steam.

I don't know how long that will be going on for, but if anyone here has been on the fence about whether or not to check it out, check it out. Granted, there's not much there, it's just an interactive story with awesome scenery. But it's worth 5 bucks.

I don't know how long that will be going on for, but if anyone here has been on the fence about whether or not to check it out, check it out. Granted, there's not much there, it's just an interactive story with awesome scenery. But it's worth 5 bucks.

the_bi99man

[QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

I don't know how long that will be going on for, but if anyone here has been on the fence about whether or not to check it out, check it out. Granted, there's not much there, it's just an interactive story with awesome scenery. But it's worth 5 bucks.

Raxzor

Seconded, if I lived near a coastline I would be ecstatic, if I had Dear Esther I wouldn't care much. Either way, Dear Esther is garbage...

The narrative and visuals of the game are amazing, ill give it that but the game lasts less then one hour so for 5 bucks it had better blow my freakin mind with amazingness in that tiny little hour. In short the game may be worth like 4-5 dollars at most so dont buy it. im sure you can just watch a video of it somewhere and it would be the exact same experience for nothing.

I am not going to play Dear Esther even if you give me 5 bucks!!!:D

[QUOTE="Raxzor"][QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

I don't know how long that will be going on for, but if anyone here has been on the fence about whether or not to check it out, check it out. Granted, there's not much there, it's just an interactive story with awesome scenery. But it's worth 5 bucks.

SystemsGO

Seconded, if I lived near a coastline I would be ecstatic, if I had Dear Esther I wouldn't care much. Either way, Dear Esther is garbage...

I picked up a copy. Playing Alan Wake right now and plan to play Rage after that but Esther is probably up after that.

Dear Esther SHOULD be selling for $5 no matter what.

Basically a walk on the beach with a narrative.

It seriously plays like a tech demo.

Watch someone's playthrough on Youtube. $5 saved.

I disagree it's not worth anything, it's just pretentious crap. Just go for a walk around your local coast line and that's pretty much it, and I am sure you will enjoy the walk more.Raxzor

It seriously plays like a tech demo.

danjammer69

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[QUOTE="Raxzor"] I disagree it's not worth anything, it's just pretentious crap. Just go for a walk around your local coast line and that's pretty much it, and I am sure you will enjoy the walk more.WizardGlass

Seconded, if I lived near a coastline I would be ecstatic, if I had Dear Esther I wouldn't care much. Either way, Dear Esther is garbage...

It's made to be a mystery, that's the point really. In the writing, the visuals and the delivery.

The abstract from the exegesis for the mod - which was a development led research project:

This paper reflects on the design and production of an multimodal, environmental storytelling experiment constructed in the first-person game engine Source. Rather than being based around the resolution of conflicts and acheiving goals, Dear Esther presents a sparse environment with no embedded agents, relying purely on the player's engagement with and interpretation of a narrative delivered through semi-randomised audio fragments. Dear Esther was released for free download via a number of modding sites in June and this paper reflects on the experience of building and the response by gamers.

Wooo academia.

Garbage is that Revelations 2012 game.

Actual interesting stuff which is actually trying to do something with games as we know it - love it or hate it - has a ton more value for gamesthan the next manshootmoney sink, like lets say Homefront, quite frankly; even if that's a ton more of agame.

I guess I'm in the minority of people who really liked Dear Esther

Probably my favorite thing about it was the music. And my favorite thing about that? All the music and narratives are stored in simple wav format in an easily accessed folder in the game folder. I copied the music out of there and just put it on while I'm hanging out, or sleeping. It's quite soothing.

I guess I'm in the minority of people who really liked Dear Esther

BPoole96

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I guess I'm in the minority of people who really liked Dear Esther

AdamPA1006

[QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

I don't know how long that will be going on for, but if anyone here has been on the fence about whether or not to check it out, check it out. Granted, there's not much there, it's just an interactive story with awesome scenery. But it's worth 5 bucks.

Raxzor

Interesting I've been meaning to check this out, I'm very much a story person first, even at the expense of gameplay. I heard it's one of those ones that you can play again and find many layers to the narrative.PIGNIN

It's not much of a game, more like an interactive narrative/story. I thought it was great for the couple hours of enjoyment that it brought me, I considered it well worth the $10 which is the price of your average movie ticket around where I live.shakmaster13

It does sound interesting, I've been reading up about it, and apparently the more you play it, the more the pieces can come together, maybe David Lynch secretly worked on it lolPIGNIN

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[QUOTE="Raxzor"] I disagree it's not worth anything, it's just pretentious crap. Just go for a walk around your local coast line and that's pretty much it, and I am sure you will enjoy the walk more.WizardGlass

Seconded, if I lived near a coastline I would be ecstatic, if I had Dear Esther I wouldn't care much. Either way, Dear Esther is garbage...

[QUOTE="WizardGlass"][QUOTE="SystemsGO"]

Seconded, if I lived near a coastline I would be ecstatic, if I had Dear Esther I wouldn't care much. Either way, Dear Esther is garbage...

gameguy6700

I'd been waiting for a price drop and really enjoyed my playthrough of the game - I don't know if I'll do another one any time soon but it was a strangely engaging experience. Man is the movement speed slow, though, and every time I chose a direction on a fork in the path I cursed myself for picking the one that didn't continue to the next area as it meant several minutes of plodding back again with only one little dialogue clip to tide me over.DJ_Lae

Haha. Yeah, a run button would have been real nice. Also, I don't know how many other people noticed this, but you can expand the fov in the menu, and because there's nothing but scenery to look at, it doesn't get noticeably distorted at huge fovs. Makes it feel like you're moving even slower, but you can get some incredible views. I took dozens of screenshots throughout, and use a lot of them as desktop backgrounds.