Dear Esther: Landmark Edition review

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by Rahul

Review of Dear Esther: Landmark Edition Now, to my Shame, I must confess that Dear Esther Passed me by for years. All right, not really passed by, I've had Knowledge of this Game for Years. But since I didn't buy pure download titles at the time (I still prefer Retail Versions), I just didn't care. Now I have played some Walking Simulators since 2016, then it was slowly time that I included the Game, which founded this Genre almost in my Collection. Recently the somewhat revised Landmark Edition has been released and then I finally struck. Walking Simulators continue to divorce spirits. There seem to be only those who really hate these Games (and don't classify them as Games) and the Players who love such an Experience and soak up almost. I definitely belong to the second Genus. For me to enjoy It, I definitely don't need a Challenge. Games that tell me a great Story or just a worthy Experience, I accept with open Arms. So If you can't do anything with Walking Simulators, You can forget about Esther directly. Even more so than younger Games of this Genus. Because there is virtually no Challenge in these, but still there is something to Click on here and there. That's just not the Case with Dear Esther: You can really only walk, nothing else-not even Sprinting goes. This is likely to disturb some hectic Contemporaries, but it fits perfectly with the Pace of the Game that you just can't run. Oh yes: You can still zoom in-I don't want to suprupt the Function now. ;) http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=875548351 You have to be aware that Dear Esther Is extremely short! After a maximum of two Hours, even the slowest Player is likely to have arrived at the End of the Game-I've also heard from People who make it in an Hour. But you should take a little more Time for the Experience. It took me almost two Hours and then played Esther again with the comments of the Developers. I don't usually do anything like that, but here I can really recommend it. As you might expect, the Game sometimes makes you grope quite in the Dark even after a Pass. Much of the Story emerges in the Mind and there is plenty of Room for Interpretation here. There are many different Allusions in the Game, some of which are different when You continue to play through (e.g. any Objects, pictures exchanged by completely different ones, or other Comments, etc ...). And if you listen to the comments of the Developers, you learn a lot about some Backgrounds and get a lot Of Food for thought from them, which you have not noticed or found yourself. It's really just Little Things that can be different in the World. But these can give the whole Story a completely different Tinge. So Dear Esther Builds on worrying about the Game-and grade that Makes up much of his Fascination. For the Developer Comments, it actually took me almost twice as long as for the normal Game (there are over 50 Comments (Symbols) distributed in the Game world-largely along the Way, but sometimes also a bit off). 10-20% of the Content I didn't feel so exciting now, the Rest was really great! It's also quite interesting to learn all the Motivations why one or the other Was made at this Point. It gives the Impression that the Developers had really planned every little Detail accurately. So They're worth it-as is the whole Game (if you're willing to get into it). Esther is really a very special Pearl of Game and I'm really very happy to have played this Game at last. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=875548580 Atmospheric, it's an absolute Board. The ingenious Use of the in-depth and quiet music, the great (English) Speaker (there are German Subtitles) underscore the graphic Presentation beautifully. Esther looks great, but of course no AAA production is comparable (but neither does an Ethan Carter From the same Genre). Still, it looks great-just moving. In my Opinion, photos absolutely do not do justice to the Game, the Movements in the Wind, here and there a little Fog and Partly the Lighting and Colouring-great! I could not http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=875548484 Technical Problems. But all right, the Game has been on the Market for some Time. There's definitely a thick Thumbs up from me! My Rating: Graphic: 7/10 Sound: 10/10 Circumference: 2/10 Atmosphere: 10/10 gameplay: 88%