A deserted island... a lost man... memories of a fatal crash... a book written by a dying explorer.
Dear Esther is a ghost story told using first-person gaming technologies. Rather than traditional gameplay, the focus here is on exploration, uncovering the mystery of the island, of who you are and why you are here. Fragments of story are randomly triggered by moving around the environments, making every telling unique. Features a stunning, specially commissioned soundtrack. Forget the normal rules of play; if nothing seems real here, it's because it may just be all a delusion.
What is the significance of the aerial - What happened on the motorway - is the island real or imagined - who is Esther and why has she chosen to summon you here?
The answers are out there, on the lost beach and the tunnels under the island. Or then again, they may just not be, after all...
Dear Est...Esteban
It seems Dear Esther has become so famous in the indiescene, it even has its own parody called Dear Esteban. The game was created in Unity, and it's available for Win and Mac too. Heres a few words from...
Nov 19, 2012 News
Original Dear Esther out now on Desura
Dear Esther a fantastic mod for Half-Life 2 is out now on Desura.
Feb 17, 2011 News
Dear Esther remake to get commercial release
The remake of the cult source mod Dear Esther will be released commercially in summer 2011.
Feb 11, 2011 News
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I see so many people talking about a great story and I just think... What great story? You walk around on a dank island following chalk drawings while listening to what can only be assumed is random sentences chosen from 10 pages ripped out at random from some bland book.
This mod sucked when I played it, and I can't expect the new version to be any better, unless in fact they give you more than a bunch of irrelevant sentences about stupid **** you have no idea about.
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*******.Bull.****.
It's a minimalist story game. You examine the details and figure out all the pieces of the story. It's great. Don't be an entitled brat demanding action. This issue is settled.
You're on the mod page, actually. The game isn't rated very highly either, and you don't understand its purpose. Yes there's no gameplay, but I see it as more of a showcase of the developers' storytelling and some creativity in the level design. Amnesia with this level of storytelling can easily be an improvement.
I *might* agree that the game is overrated. However, the design is competent considering the limited resources of the original mod.
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I don't give a **** about the remake because all it is is a graphical face lift that you have to pay for. There is no game just a 15 minute walking simulator.
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The full game isn't 15 minutes at all, try an hour to hour and a half.
it's not ******* Battlefield 3, gunning every thing you see.
This game is an artistic master piece of exploration and well-made music.
It also has some scary moments, there is a bunch of ghosts aroudn the island and a chilling story.
Oh is more than a mere "game".
If I were you, I would look at the new Amnesia trailer. It looks really good. But if not, quite taking your issues out on these fine people.
So shut the ****, up, no one cares that you hate a game made 4 years ago and expect Amnesisa to be a "waling simulator".
You havn't played Machine for Pigs?
Well then shut the **** up and wait till it comes out to judge it.
You took the words right out of my mouth Sgtmuffin, this was a very well put together mod. The music was absolutely superb, and I love the feeling you get while playing. The only issues I ever had was the movement speed (but it rarely got on my nerves), was a bit short, and I am still trying to fully grasp the story, but thet dosent take anything away from the game for me. I really cant stand haters who cant appreciate a work of art like this, if they even know what art is. So cudos to you for making singlemom sit down and shut up. 9.8/10