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[oatmeal]

Did you read the posts above you that showed you how to adjust the walking speed?



The mod has much less visual detail, and a couple of spots are different. But the overall narrative, island, structure, ending, etc. are all the same.

It's like a fully-functional prototype version of the game.

Very cool!

I like stuff like this a lot.

I need to play Amnesia now, I have put in about 20 minutes but wasn't the right mood for it. I know it's not that similar...but still.

 

[Ledsen]

Just finished this... game? movie? I don't really care. Whatever it was, it was intensely beautiful. I found myself taking "photos" (screens) of the environments constantly, trying to frame it just so. The music was haunting and kicked in at just the right moments. Sadly the writing was shitty as fuck, flounderingly dissipating its ruinous ruminations in ponderously labyrinthian metaphors, like an ecstacy-fuelled mouse in my vision of the light at the end of the two-story brick tunnel with tufts of grass blowing menacingly in the dark and foreboding movement of air. That was pretty awkward. Suddenly I'm extremely interested in A Machine For Pigs even though I promised myself not to play it.

 

[Sajjaja]

I don't get it..... there are so many theories behind the story, I don't know what to believe....

 

[Dog Problems]

I don't get it..... there are so many theories behind the story, I don't know what to believe....

It's best to play it numerous times and form your own theory. Then compare it to what others think and go from there. I still don't understand it fully myself.

 

[DigitalRicket]

It's best to play it numerous times and form your own theory. Then compare it to what others think and go from there. I still don't understand it fully myself.

I barely just heard about this game from listening to Radio Free Nintendo's latest podcast and hearing how it was more of an experience than a game, per se. That said, I really think your take on how your playthroughs have to be discussed with other players is what the entire experience is all about. Detective work at its finest and yet there really are no solid answers... or is there?

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In my theory, I want to say that the narrator is actually the drunk driver in the tale, or in this case Paul. Somewhere he mentions that his only problem was alcohol and combustion engines, ergo drinking and driving.

 

[Sagitario]

Just finished this... I think (1:54 hours, according to Steam).

While I really enjoyed the "exploration", the island setting and the music, I am not sure I got the story/narration. But I blame it on my language skills (English isn't my first language, and I am not used to this kind of style prose/rhythmic structure).

 

[The_Player]

Stumbled upon interview with Dan Pinchbeck. He's talkin about success with Dear Esther, their new games, development process, gaming industry and all that good stuff. Really interesting read.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

 

[Saty]

Will post it here since the thread was bumped. During Steam's summer sale the game has reached 250,000 copies sold!

http://twitter.com/danpinchbeck/status/225661081778016256

During the 48 hours the game was in a Flash Deal (75% off) it sold 118,000 copies.
http://dear-esther.com/?p=1383

 

[kurtrussell]

Can anyone ITT explain to me (seriously) how this is garnering so much praise?

I sat and played through the whole thing based on review scores expecting it to get better, and it was one of the most mind-numbingly boring "gaming" experiences I've ever encountered. You know something is wrong with a game when you spend 20 minutes jumping into a sinkhole to try and kill yourself.

Anyhow, although I feel the concept was interesting, the execution was poor. It felt like I was wondering around a sixth former's tortured poetry book. In addition, I felt the dialog was deliberately obtuse, which is always a sign that they had nothing really interesting to say in the first place.

I'm sorry, Dear Esther. I tried and wanted to love you, but you're just a pretentious mess of ideas that ultimately delivers nothing.

 

[Martian]

Can anyone ITT explain to me (seriously) how this is garnering so much praise?

I sat and played through the whole thing based on review scores expecting it to get better, and it was one of the most mind-numbingly boring "gaming" experiences I've ever encountered. You know something is wrong with a game when you spend 20 minutes jumping into a sinkhole to try and kill yourself.

Anyhow, although I feel the concept was interesting, the execution was poor. It felt like I was wondering around a sixth former's tortured poetry book. In addition, I felt the dialog was deliberately obtuse, which is always a sign that they had nothing really interesting to say in the first place.

I'm sorry, Dear Esther. I tried and wanted to love you, but you're just a pretentious mess of ideas that ultimately delivers nothing.

It's not a game, that's the thing: It wasn't made as a playable game, but more as a more interactive movie.

 

[Reese-015]

Only recently started playing this... What an experience. It's absolutely one of the most beautiful things I've experienced in gaming, just incredible. Will be replaying this quite a bit.

 

[ismaboof]

Just played through this game for the first time. You definitely need to be in the mood for it. I loved it. Now to read through this entire thread and learn about the story.

Spoiler

Who was watching you on the clifftop ahhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[WorldStar]

This works. Or you can just input

bind q "de_playerwalkspeed 150"

into the console and press q whenever the game resets the speed.

Whenever I hit q, it says:

Unknown Command: de_playerwalkspeed

am I doing something wrong?

 

[Lucael]

Did you guys find any

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ghost

during you first playthrough?

 

[Cydonian__Knight]

Did you guys find any

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ghost

during you first playthrough?

Yes, you can see several throughout the island in the distance.