Dear Esther might not be your traditional game. In fact, you might not even consider Dear Esther a game. Without any actual gameplay, your goal for this game is …
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IGN Reviews – Dear Esther – Game Review
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ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE GAMES! TOP 10!
If only Richard Burton was still around to do the game's voice over
This game is an experience!
Why the hell does this video need ID Age Proofing to confirm age over 18..
Nothing remotely age related content are shown..
All those G.. D… EU restrictions are getting way out of hand..
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What happened to Edith Finch is the same genre of game and outstanding
Boring
This game made me cry and I'm not sure why.
Same amount of visual presentation can easily be achieved in real games.
It is a video game. Just becuase mario and call of duty are so siddferent doesnt mean one isnt a video game. A video game is just a type of entertainment we choose what to do and make it happen.
I don't know what I did in this game but it was nice
I was looking for a peaceful game like this. Only thing to improve is some more daylight environments and maybe the odd pleasant person to meet.
They leave me feeling light headed and at the same time in a form of peace. Games like call of duty rile you up and make your adrenaline pump every few seconds. But these type of games just draw you in and let you appreciated the natural beauty of gaming worlds and their stories that are often overlooked for dramatic action sequences. Cod w rn looks amazing and overall draws you in. But you don’t actually get to appreciate the beauty of it because your always too busy fighting someone. It’s not a bad thing but honestly I like having games like this to simply make me feel at ease. Especially when I’m going through a hard time and need to relax…
Should get a VR port probably.
This ought to be a VR Game…if immersive is what they were going for then VR would be the way to go
This game is pure gayness at the highest level!
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So this is what Tom Holland was doing before Spider-Man.
So basically Dear Esther is not a "game" at all, but an emmersively visual experience of walking through an excellently written autio book story.
No trophies then?
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sean hates this game
It will be so much fun if it was with vr
There is ghost easter egg
Game looks terrible. No surprise that IGN gives this Peppridge Farm bullshit a high score. Fuckin morons.
I was hoping for a "new" Ethan Carter
Age restricted…..why
The Stanley parable is better lmao
I bought this in a goofy mood, not reading up about it beforehand, wanting something different and i have to say i haven't played anything like it for whatever thats worth. It's hard to recommend this to friends as they tend to be closed minded to gaming experiences that don't mentally challenge you or involve like she mentions gun, puzzles ect.
Esther brought me back to gaming… so inovative and fresh. Thx chinese room.
Is this worth $2?? LoL
The game that started a genre
Still better than Gone Home.
I get some fallout vibes from the music
For people saying this is not a game; the goal of a game doesn't need to be killing enemies or collecting points. Dear Esther is a beautiful riddle/mystery you need to solve and understand and that makes it have a goal on its own.
why are there ghosts
the turning hurts my eyes
I enjoy this game so much, the beauty and art in it are breathtakingly beautiful
I love games like this. I loved Everybody's Gone To The Rapture and Firewatch.
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Except for Silent Hill 2, Dark Souls, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent… all games that convey the same (if not a greater) amount of isolation, loneliness, and suspense without actually being devoid of life… but of course this is "far beyond what traditional games could ever achieve"
like No Man's Sky without the ship or the mineral extractions.(or the melee attacks) if you just want to take a little stroll in a place other than your own neighborhood, try going to the park.or better yet, get a fishing pole, go to the lake. this game has little more than that(and no fishing allowed), except that odd voice in your head of the british guy who is poetic about stuff.
2:02 in the upper left corner there is something black walking on the cliff. is it a shadow?
Hmm I don't feel the lack of interaction ina story driven game where the player has no impact of the continuation of the story would be a "game" not to my liking.
It seems it would be like listening to a audio book where I traverse a pretty environment with no other player use.
Kinda reminds me of S.T.A.L.K.E.R – how I wish that someone would remake the series with similiar engine.
or SOMA
whats the difference reith the landmark edition and base
this is such good game.the only thing is, is that I've seen other plot dinamics in similar games that have made me rethink what games can do. the best part about this one though is the open atmosphere you never fell forced to progress throughout the game and it is simply buetiful.
You know what? In 2016 this is quite a good game for VR