![]() Originally released on PC and Mac in 2012, Dear Esther was brought to PlayStation 4 & Xbox One with the Landmark Edition in 2016, which featured a directors' commentary, remastered audio, added accessibility features and trophies / achievements. Dear Esther features a stunning, specially commissioned soundtrack from composer Jessica Curry. Fragments of story are randomly uncovered when exploring the various locations of the island, making every each journey a unique experience. 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. It’s a ghost story, told using first-person gaming technologies. Includes a free Bandcamp code for the full soundtrackĭear Esther is the award-winning first-person exploration game that paved the way for The Chinese Room's collaboration with Frictional Games on Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and the BAFTA-winning Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. ![]() Artwork by Alex Grahame w/ liner notes by Jessica Curry.Remastered for vinyl by Christian Bethge.Third pressing on 180g crystal clear double vinyl. ![]() It also comes with a Bandcamp code for the full digital soundtrack. The soundtrack comes on 180g double vinyl, cut at 45RPM for best sound quality, featuring original artwork by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit 2016 Alex Grahame and liner notes by The Chinese Room co-founder and composer Jessica Curry. 16.Just in time for the 8th anniversary of The Chinese Room's indie hit and genre defining video game Dear Esther, we will finally repress Jessica Curry's beautiful soundtrack on limited edition crystal clear vinyl this spring. Little Orpheus hits PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Steam, Epic Games Store, and Nintendo Switch on March 1, 2022.ĭear Esther: Landmark Edition is available for free until 7:00 a.m. The game shows just how far the studio has come in terms of its visual style, but will remain true to the love of storytelling that turned Dear Esther into an award-winning title. The 10th anniversary of Dear Esther comes just two weeks before the release of their newest game, Little Orpheus, a side-scrolling narrative adventure to the center of the Earth, inspired by old movies like Sinbad and The Land that Time Forgot. The game was revolutionary back when it was released in 2012, and changed the landscape of how the games industry thought about storytelling, becoming a modern classic. Through an exploration and story-driven experience, players then must uncover the details of a woman named Esther’s mysterious death. In honor of the special occasion, Dear Esther is free on Steam from February 14–15, 2022.ĭear Esther places players on a remote island somewhere in the Outer Hebrides, a chain of islands off the west coast of mainland Scotland. Its influence on narrative games is still seen to this day, and now, on Dear Esther‘s 10th anniversary, developer The Chinese Room is ready to celebrate! Without this title, we likely wouldn’t have titles like Firewatch or What Remains of Edith Finch - or at least, not in the same capacity. Although games that put story first had been around for a good while, Dear Esther was one of the first games to bring the walking simulator genre to the forefront of the games industry. For a long time, it seemed like it was impossible to divorce games from combat, but as the medium continued to mature, developers began experimenting with the form in ways we hadn’t seen before. ![]() Video games have changed a lot since their inception in the 1970s.
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