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Dear Esther

by The Chinese Room

Released Feb 14, 2012
Price not listed
2 h to beat
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)

76%positive reviews

4,641 positive1,480 negative

What players say

Pros

Atmospheric, moving story and visuals
Beautiful, haunting soundtrack

Cons

Very little gameplay
Railroaded path with no real choice

Mixed

Some call it a work of art, others call it an experience with no game

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

DLC, expansions and more

Remasters (1)

Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *:Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / Vista64

Processor:Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz or higher

Memory:1GB XP / 2GB Vista

Graphics:DirectX 9 compliant video card with Shader model 3.0 support. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better (Pre-Sandybridge Intel graphics chipsets not yet supported)

DirectX®:9.0c

Hard Drive:2 GB HD space

Sound:DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

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Two years in the making, the highly anticipated Indie remake of the cult mod Dear Esther arrives on PC. Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: "Dear…