I’ve heard about the upcoming game-that-isn’t-a-game-but-is-like-a-game Dear Esther and hadn’t really paid much attention to it - but this trailer has my interest piqued. It looks… very pretty. Coming from a books-and-films background, I don’t mind if a ga- a playable thing is lacking in gameplay (oh dear, this is all starting to sound very recursive), but it still remains to be seen if it has enough substance. It’s out on the 14th of February.
I played an early draft of Dear Esther a couple of years ago and found it extremely compelling, if somewhat lacking in polish. It proved difficult to parse; I was unsure if that was a design flaw or the whole point. Regardless, I will definitely be watching for this (re?)release.
