I just bought this game and played for about 15 minutes. I hate it! I wish I could get my money back.
So far I’ve spent about 15 minutes tromping around what seems to be an island, looking at nothing much, with a guy’s voice randomly talking to me like he’s reading me letters. I tried jumping off a cliff to see if I could, and I could, and I survived. Then I tried jumping off a different cliff and it wouldn’t let me. Okay, so then I got serious about it, and I got motion sick. I threw up a little bit in my mouth. That’s why I hate it. That, and it’s too hard to navigate on iPad. It needs two hands. It would probably be better on PC with the screen far from my face and moving one-handed with the mouse. But I already uninstalled it from my iPad.
Dear Esther
Dear Esther
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LadyKestrel
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Re: Dear Esther
I really liked Dear Esther, but I played it on my iMac. It's not a traditional game at all, but an unfolding story. As you explore, more of the story is narrated until you begin to understand why he is writing to Esther. There are different environments to visit on the island, and sometimes you'll come across something that could be a memory of events and/or an allegory for the narrator's state of mind. You also have a goal, which isn't easy to reach. The story is very well written, and it touched me and made me think.
I’m more confused than a chameleon in a bagful of Skittles.
Re: Dear Esther
I’ve only ever tried one other game that made me wanna 
, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. I tried that one on PC, and I only lasted about 15 minutes on it too. It had the same kind of movement scheme.
It’s odd, because those ones with a fixed central point on the screen never bothered me. I used to see a lot of complaints about seasickness from other people playing games that had that.
, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. I tried that one on PC, and I only lasted about 15 minutes on it too. It had the same kind of movement scheme. It’s odd, because those ones with a fixed central point on the screen never bothered me. I used to see a lot of complaints about seasickness from other people playing games that had that.
Re: Dear Esther
What a shame that you couldn't play Ethan Carter because of motion sickness. That was such an excellent game.
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LadyKestrel
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Re: Dear Esther
It is a shame that you're having trouble with that kind of movement, Jen. I haven't had that problem, even with floating cursors like the one in The Omega Stone, but there are many players who do.
I’m more confused than a chameleon in a bagful of Skittles.
Re: Dear Esther
I think skeeter here does too.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you tomatoes, make Bloody Marys.
Re: Dear Esther
Yes, I definitely do. When I was younger I could struggle on in small bursts. But these days I am much more sensitive and just can't manage it.
"The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues."
— Terry Pratchett
— Terry Pratchett