Comments on: Review: Dear Esther http://lusipurr.com/2012/03/14/reviews-dear-esther/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2012/03/14/reviews-dear-esther/#comment-21287 Lusipurr Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:04:00 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=8222#comment-21287 @Mel: Thanks! I hope the rest of our readers notice and approve! @Mel: Thanks! I hope the rest of our readers notice and approve!

]]> By: Mel http://lusipurr.com/2012/03/14/reviews-dear-esther/#comment-21284 Mel Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:22:00 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=8222#comment-21284 I like this new comments setup, btw. I like this new comments setup, btw.

]]> By: Lusipurr http://lusipurr.com/2012/03/14/reviews-dear-esther/#comment-21276 Lusipurr Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:14:37 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=8222#comment-21276 To be honest, I am very impressed with the delivery of the story mechanic. It is essentially an adventure game, pared down so that only the exploration and the story remain. It may not be wholly just to call it a 'game', but it is certainly an engaging experience. I am perfectly fine with exploratory efforts made to push the video game medium forward, even if I am not going to play them myself. There is always the chance that we will get something amazing derived from those efforts. Also: a very fine review, I think. To be honest, I am very impressed with the delivery of the story mechanic. It is essentially an adventure game, pared down so that only the exploration and the story remain. It may not be wholly just to call it a ‘game’, but it is certainly an engaging experience.

I am perfectly fine with exploratory efforts made to push the video game medium forward, even if I am not going to play them myself. There is always the chance that we will get something amazing derived from those efforts.

Also: a very fine review, I think.

]]> By: Mel http://lusipurr.com/2012/03/14/reviews-dear-esther/#comment-21275 Mel Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:11:49 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=8222#comment-21275 I like what this game is trying to do, but I think it goes too much away from the interactivity that this medium is made for. Maybe they should have made this a short film instead? I'm wondering what part of this story takes advantage of it being told through a game. I don't need action in my games to satisfy me, necessarily, but I think this one needs more than walking and ducking to justify a purchase. Watching someone play through this on the LP Archive would be an awful lot like pirating the game. And the same cannot be said for games similar to this, like Journey. I like what this game is trying to do, but I think it goes too much away from the interactivity that this medium is made for. Maybe they should have made this a short film instead? I’m wondering what part of this story takes advantage of it being told through a game. I don’t need action in my games to satisfy me, necessarily, but I think this one needs more than walking and ducking to justify a purchase.

Watching someone play through this on the LP Archive would be an awful lot like pirating the game. And the same cannot be said for games similar to this, like Journey.

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