Dear Esther Mod remake getting a commercial release : Othor Games

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:10 am

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 Esther is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, experimental first-person game. Built in the Source engine, it abandons traditional gameplay, leaving only a rich world soaked in atmosphere, and an abstract, poetic story to explore. Dear Esther was originally launched in 2008 and is currently being rebuilt by Robert Briscoe.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/dear-esther/news/dear-esther-remake-to-get-commercial-release

The re-make features a completely new environment that pushes the Source engine into uncharted territory; a re-orchestrated soundtrack by composer Jessica Curry, new areas to explore and an expanded story.

Some screenshots:

http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/12/11107/Paul_003.jpg
http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/3713163/img/DE-29-06-2010/001.jpg
http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/3713210/img/DE-29-06-2010/016.jpg
http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/12/11107/comp_01.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3bPjEbenew&hd=1

I don't mind paying for it.

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:43 am

This definitely deserves a commercial release, Briscoe certainly deserves it after all the work he's had to put in to get Source to handle these beautiful graphics.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:14 pm

I still don't use Steam. Up until now, it's mainly been because I've always had terrible internet, and so it didn't seem like it would be worth it. This, however, is finally going to get me to use Steam. It looks gorgeous, sounds incredible and definitely deserves my money. :laugh: