BundleInstant Indie Collection: Vol. 4Jan 17, 2017Multi-item package
Release
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Critic score
64/100
Platform families
5
Editorial overview
Inside Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
What it is
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition has been remade with the Unity engine, featuring a full audio remaster, and the addition of a brand-new Directors' Commentary mode, allowing players to explore the island and learn what inspired the game and how it was crafted by The Chinese Room and Rob Briscoe.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
The premise
'A deserted island... a lost man... memories of a fatal crash... a book written by a dying explorer.'
Abandoning traditional gameplay for a pure story-driven experience, Dear Esther fuses its beautiful environments with a breathtaking soundtrack to tell a powerful story of love, loss, guilt and redemption.
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