You guys need to check this out. It's only $10 on Steam and is beautiful. This is interactive storytelling at it's best. Surreal, chilling, haunting. Really awesome.
Dear Esther is a ghost story, told using first-person gaming technologies. Rather than traditional game-play the focus here is on exploration, uncovering the mystery of the island, of who you are and why you are here. Fragments of story are randomly uncovered when exploring the various locations of the island, making every each journey a unique experience. Dear Esther features a stunning, specially commissioned soundtrack from Jessica Curry.
Forget the normal rules of play; if nothing seems real here, it’s because it may just be all a delusion. What is the significance of the aerial – What happened on the motorway – is the island real or imagined – who is Esther and why has she chosen to summon you here? The answers are out there, on the lost beach and the tunnels under the island. Or then again, they may just not be, after all…
I should also mention that the video is an accurate representation of what "playing" this game is like. You don't fight anything and yes, there is a narrator with great music. Headphones are a must.
I'm in. Thanks for sharing. I just hope they add new stories to keep the game alive.
This is awesome! Thank you!
What do you do?
You kind of explore an island at your own pace. The closest I would compare it to is Myst, but really, it's nothing like that.
This should distract me until Diablo 3 comes out.
Bought it. Now I'll never get anything done.
Thanks for posting this.
Like that's it? No building or roleplay or anything? Just look at a island?
Don't make Kirk repeat himself.
Played it a while ago when it first came out.
Its really nice, dream like almost.
Only takes just over an hour to play though, and thats with taking your time and exploring.
It will be interesting to see how it influences future games.
EDit: Ha! just saw this was originally posted 12 weeks ago...yeah, thats when I played it.
I don't know what to think of it.
Don't make Kirk repeat himself.
Oh and thats why I love Avery.
Ah, looks like I rekindled the fire for this discussion. I'm sure this will die down soon. My apologies. I should have just read this in silent.
Dwayne, you explore the island and realize the island is a metaphor for you and your soul. Also there are these two brothers and some bottle, a smoke monster and there is a plane crash. Oh yeah and a hatch in the jungle. It's very confusing.
I got this a few months ago and had a play (getting it down in one go before returning for another shot) and it is really beautiful. One of my favourite things to be released in recent years, the ending in particular is beautiful.
