Dear Esther... Stunning!
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I don't think you can class this as a "game" it has no game elements in it. It's basically just a walk with someone spouting a story to you, which by the way i really didn't get.
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Some mixed opinions... are you glad you bought it?
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Have added this to my wishlist, certainly looks very interesting. Might wait for a sale though 
+1 for me....Looks great and TBH I played with the mrs talking to me. I will play it again tonight to see what I missed because I was confused at the end...Seriously confused.
Visually good though and I can see a lot of time has been put into it.
yeah, there's probably a reason i put "game" in quotation marks. and if you didn't get the story then fair enough. it's not that difficult to piece together at the end really.
It does look very good tho the lighting is a bit dated and sometimes you can see where billboard sprites have been used, etc. but generally I'd rate it better looking than many technically more advanced games due to the attention to detail in the art.
I think for what you get its prolly only about £3.99 worth but its a fair little experience of something a bit different.
I think for what you get its prolly only about £3.99 worth but its a fair little experience of something a bit different.
This game is beautiful. Yes the textures aren't quite up to the latest FPS or whatever, but the design, audio, story telling and atmosphere is incredible. Masterpiece.
Edit: Disclaimer - I'm expecting a lot of people will not "get" this game as there are no guns. If you want to immerse yourself in a story it is brilliant but there is no action or gameplay to speak of. I personally clicked with it and enjoyed every minute, but you may not.
Edit: Disclaimer - I'm expecting a lot of people will not "get" this game as there are no guns. If you want to immerse yourself in a story it is brilliant but there is no action or gameplay to speak of. I personally clicked with it and enjoyed every minute, but you may not.
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How long does it last?
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, it was how the original looked through my rose tinted specs.
Some very nice set pieces and effects.
The foliage is sprite based rather than true 3d and I encountered two visual bugs in the caves, i used the ingame key of F5 for the screengrabs only for them to fail. :/
Will have a mooch about again in a sec and try F12.
[edit]Not happening now, typical![/edit]
Some very nice set pieces and effects.
The foliage is sprite based rather than true 3d and I encountered two visual bugs in the caves, i used the ingame key of F5 for the screengrabs only for them to fail. :/
Will have a mooch about again in a sec and try F12.
[edit]Not happening now, typical![/edit]
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I was running late so bought a curry meal from a service station shop. it was £6.50 and tasted like polystyrene and weak as **** gravy, £7 compared to that 'curry' is nothing really
I clocked up just over 90 minutes soaking in the views.
+1
It does feel strange, that there is nothing to do but wander and listen, esp. when it feels like a Combine is going to pop out of a building at any moment... it might be a world away, but it still feels very 'Half Life'.
I think it looks stunning, if not cutting-edge, but that's fine by me, as artistry win over effects any day. The only thing I find slightly distracting visually, is the way plants rotate to keep facing you; I would rather static, crossed, vegetation textures.
For the work involved £7 is more than reasonable... a project that's well worth supporting.
I rushed it a bit, but got about an hour out of it, you can easily soak in the atmosphere and explorer a little more than I did and I think theres a couple of bits where you can do it differently on another run (more like shuffle) through.
Its an interesting experiment nothing more but the combination of visual and sound design make it worth a visit.
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Spotted a ghost
The closer the ghost is to the edge of the screen the more vivid it is, if you centre the camera on the ghost it disappears, it starts moving from the image above to the final spot looking out over the sea.
has anyone noticed any others?
The closer the ghost is to the edge of the screen the more vivid it is, if you centre the camera on the ghost it disappears, it starts moving from the image above to the final spot looking out over the sea.
has anyone noticed any others?
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Well after all that, slow walking, constantly holding down W, listening to the guy babbling on trying to sound smart by using long words, he just turns into a bird and flies around. Then the screen goes black and you alt+F4 but that doesn't work so you have to go into task manager. Good music though, I'll be ripping that.
I saw a ghost at the start of the game which got my hopes up a little about it being a ghost story. (Like a scary game)
After that I just heard a lot of very well spoken english I did not understand. Atmosphere was great though.
Look up the lighthouse staircase at the start, i had to quick load a few times because it's easy to miss
After that I just heard a lot of very well spoken english I did not understand. Atmosphere was great though.