![]() ![]() It was a novel concept that came from the humblest of beginnings. I admire Dear Esther for what it did, when it did it. It was just an experience that felt all the more hollow. This made me feel better about my comprehension skills but didn’t make the experience that I had gone through any more enjoyable. Unfortunately, those moments led to disappointment, because nothing of consequence ever came from them and they provided no context to the story – they’re just strange things.Īfter going through the game on commentary mode (a cool feature), I was relieved to find out that one of the creators admitted to creating something that wasn’t supposed to make any sense. Every now and then something strange would happen that caught my interest. Strange diagrams and writings are all over the island, and weird sounds come and go. Did I miss something? Was I not paying enough attention? Worse yet, I knew the definitions of 99% of the words he was using but could comprehend very little of it. The narrator begins to reference names and places like I was supposed to know who and what these things are. Just a few minutes in, I realized I had no idea what was going on and panicked. He says in so many words that he is stranded and that there was a shipwreck, which is later seen. Walking along the designated path will trigger voiceover of a British man who appears to be reading excerpts of letters written to Esther, most likely his wife. So the game isn’t just walking but it’s pretty close. Then, you get to the tower and the game ends. It appears to be the objective, so you slowly walk in that direction. The only thing of any prominence on the barren island is a radio tower that sits high on a mountain. You start at a pier on an island, just off the coast of Scotland. It has now finally landed on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The Mod came out in 2008 and its first full release occurred in 2012, on the PC. It was widely praised for its uniqueness but was also mockingly called a first-person walking simulator. ![]() It’s likely coming around again because it received quite the buzz the past two times it was released. Dear Ester: Landmark Edition is a remake of a remake of a mod. ![]()
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