Dear Esther

should this be even considered to be a game?

User Rating: 7 | Dear Esther PC

By jackliu239 | Review Date: February 23, 2012

What can I say, I am not sure what I just played, or watched, should this be even considered to be a game? There is no interaction with environment whatsoever, all you do is walk, you can't sprint, you can't have inventory no experience etc...

All you do is walk slowly from one side of the map to another, and when you reach a certain point a voice come up and says something.

The environment is really great looking, you start to play in the morning and when you finish the game it is night, every single piece of environment and objects in game looks amazing. The caves, the grass, the sounds are all really good, make you feel like you are on the island in person.

However this game literally took me 1.5 hour to finish.

Is this game fun to play when you are playing it? Probably yes

Is this game worth the money? Probably not, until this is 1.99 or .99 for sale on steam.

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