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As a book, it probably
would've been pretty decent.
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Dear Esther
Genre - Adventure, Indie, Casual
Metascore - 77%
Developer - thechineseroom, Robert Briscoe
Other Games by Developer - N/A
Tom's Playtime - 1.3 hours
I'm
receptive to the idea of games as art, however Dear Esther
seems to forget about the idea of games as games. The modus operandi
here is simply on-foot navigation around an island while the
protagonist narrates to you. Very little happens in Dear
Esther and it was tedious to
reach completion, but along the way I found merits in the eloquent
writing style and a few environments which would give Skyrim
competition. These merits do not detract from the non-existent
“gameplay” that Dear Esther
attempts to provide and, while better than Dinner Date,
it too is ultimately forgettable.
Tom's Score - 3/10
this review is a lot kinder to this "game" than another I have seen. I wont be buying this in a hurry - or ever. I wouldnt play it if it was free TBH.
ReplyDeleteYeah, having played Dinner Date made me marginally more appreciative towards this. Still isn't any good though.
ReplyDeleteGood review, said exactly what I was thinking. There's a lot of debate about whether it's even considered a game!
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