IGN:This commercial release of a former Source mod justifies the price
The Chinese Room's Dear Esther goes free on Steam to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this foundational title.
Eh.
I mean free is free, but I found this to be a boring slog.
Not to mention this remasters actually made the game look worse in multiple areas.
I did quite like their A Machine for Pigs and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture though.
On Valentine's Day a decade ago, Dear Esther went from a Source Engine mod to a full-fledged indie game, catalyzing the "walking sim" genre. How does it measure up today?
"The China-based indie games publisher Secret Mode and Brighton-based (the UK) indie games developer The Chinese Room, are today very pleased to announce that they will celebrate the tenth anniversary of "Dear Esther" by making the genre-defining 2012 narrative exploration game free to download from February 14th to February 15th via Steam." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
I think it would really help the gaming industry if we all bought this game and showed publishers by this, that innovation is wanted by the consumer.
I hadn't heard of this game before IGN's review, but it sounds very interesting. I enjoyed flower a lot. You couldn't die. You couldn't lose. You just enjoyed it. This game sounds similar in a way and I really want to try it now.