Worth Every Damn Penny!

[Stry]

Played through 85% of the game with my jaw dropped. Gorgeous. Dark. Sad. Beautiful. Thought provoking. By far THE best use of the Source Engine to date.

[C'estCookz]

I'd say without doubt it's the most beautiful use of the Source engine, but as a diehard FPS gamer, I couldn't say it's the best ;)

[Stry]

In terms of all the things fitting together, and visual wow factor, what other games do you think fit in?

I love crysis. And ever since tweaking the ini and stuff, the game is just, wow on Ultra at 1080p with 16X AA. I suppose that one is obvious, and others though in your opinion?

[notdeadyet01]

While its not the best of the source engine (graphics are the best though) it is in my top 10 of games.

[C'estCookz]

In terms of all the things fitting together, and visual wow factor, what other games do you think fit in?

I love crysis. And ever since tweaking the ini and stuff, the game is just, wow on Ultra at 1080p with 16X AA. I suppose that one is obvious, and others though in your opinion?

In terms of a visuals, games like Battlefield 3 and Metro 2033 are hard to beat, but their interactivity still lacks the immersion and depth this game has.

Batman: Arkham City and Mafia II are the two main games that personally come to mind regarding the first things you mentioned.

I'd still have to put Dear Esther in my top 10 games I've enjoyed most.

[Dethstar]

There are quite a few better looking games but the graphics style suits the story well and personally I certainly do not begrudge paying so little. It was an interesting experiment and perhaps if enough people are supporting this will get people thinking in a new direction.

[EDG]

I agree that it was well worth the money spent. I had no idea what I was getting into when I saw the trailer for it on steam, I just knew I had to see what it was about! I would love to see more "experiments" like this!

[HitDeity]

I've not tried Esther yet...How does it compare to Amnesia: The Dark Descent? I was thinking it might be similar: dark brooding atmosphere, loneliness, story, tension..etc.

Just curious. Hard to say no to a $10 game if it's really good. :D

[Inazuma]

You guys are crazy :p

[SOCOM_HERO]

I've paid more for DLC....and that was no where near as cool or interesting as this game. Cost as much as a good burger and fries. People need to get over how much this game costs. I got metro 2033 for $5 and *almost* felt bad for how much of a deal it was. This is $10 and well deserved at that price. Probably won't replay immediately, but in 6 months to a year, it will be something I can come back to and say, "hey that game was cool, and I can experience the whole story in the time it takes to watch a movie"

Not every game needs to be 10-30 hours long to deserve full price, and this is a case and point example.

[Irongiant666]

Played through 85% of the game with my jaw dropped. Gorgeous. Dark. Sad. Beautiful. Thought provoking. By far THE best use of the Source Engine to date.

Only 85% ? where was your jaw the other 15%? ;)

[soulsweeper87]

I've not tried Esther yet...How does it compare to Amnesia: The Dark Descent? I was thinking it might be similar: dark brooding atmosphere, loneliness, story, tension..etc.

Just curious. Hard to say no to a $10 game if it's really good. :D

I can see lots of people who loved Amnesia praising Dear Esther as well (I'm one of them), but I don't think they're really that similar. Atmosphere of loneliness and feeling of loss are certainly there, but it's not scary, I don't think it was meant to be. "Melancholic" would be a better word.

In term's of gameplay it differs considerably, since all you really do is walk around for about 2 hours, observe the environment around you, listen to narrator and the (beautiful) music and try to put all the pieces of the story together. If you don't mind that, give it a try. I loved it, but people who expected something different were often disappointed, so it's important to know what you're signing up to.

Personally, I think it was $10 well spent.

[DrOnline]

Glorious game, no doubt. I recommend it to a lot of people. Not to the Xbox CoD crowd though ;)

[Right -4 Alive]

Glorious game, no doubt. I recommend it to a lot of people. Not to the Xbox CoD crowd though ;)

Indeed, Dear Esther is far too sophisticated for the feeble minds you mention in your post. Only intelligent and brilliant individuals such as you and I can fully grasp the great complexity and genius of Dear Esther. Someone who plays CoD is simply incapable of enjoying this masterpiece and I assume is intellectually overwhelmed by all of the critical thinking skills required. Stop me if I go too far here, but I proclaim Dear Esther to be the finest interactive artistic mountainous first-person piece ever created.

[freibooter]

It's a comparably short audio book, visually supported by pretty environments rendered with the Source engine. Environments you can't explorer or interact with.

It's pretty hard for me to say that a "game" (by most common definitions this isn't one) is worth every penny when a video play through of it would essentially give you almost the exact same experience.

I'm the first to say that storytelling is incredibly important for any game, but reducing the experience to only storytelling and eliminating all kinds of interactivity kills it for me ...

[Mgp]

Could not agree more freibooter, and while I enjoyed it, I just cannot class it as a game when there is NO GAMEPLAY.

Haha Right4Alive. well said. repped.