Dear Esther PC Release date

EU Release Date:

Feb-14-2012

US Release Date:

Feb-14-2012

AU Release Date:

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Genre

Sandbox

Theme

Mystery

Dear Esther is available on PC

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Back of the Box

The player progresses through the plot of Dear Esther via a series of voiced-over letter fragments to a woman named Esther. The game does not directly specify who the narrator is, but there are suggestions he is Esther's husband and that she is dead, killed in an automobile accident. These monologue fragments are triggered as the player reaches certain locations in the game, and are randomly selected for each given location. This random selection of voice-over parts causes a lack of coherency, and forces the player to draw his or her own conclusions. As the game progresses, the readings become more vague and start to contradict one another. Later in the game, the readings begin to allude to the story of Paul on the road to Damascus, which is also the subject of some of the graffiti found painted on the cliff walls.

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Dear Esther System Requirements

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Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz

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Dear Esther Minimum System Requirements

OS: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / Vista64

CPU: Pentium 4 3.0GHz

RAM: 1 GB RAM

GPU:128 MB, Shader model 2.0 or higher

DX: dx90c

HDD: 2 GB Hard Disk Space

Audio: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Dear Esther Recommended System Requirements

OS: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / Vista64

CPU: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz or higher

RAM: 1 GB

GPU: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better

Experimental indie game Dear Esther recouped its financial backing from Indie Fund in just five and a half hours, soaring to the top of Steam's sales charts in the process.

thechineseroom and Robert Briscoe's first-person walk-'em-up released yesterday to critical acclaim, picking up glowing reviews from the likes of Edge, IGN, Eurogamer and PC Gamer.

Less than 24 hours after its release, Dear Esther has already sold over 16,000 units on Steam.

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Can i run this game?

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On ultra settings!

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Wow.... Great game.. But its reminds me....
So Nostalgia...

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The CPU requirements is Pentium 4 3.0GHz but mine is Pentium 4 2.8GHz, this difference isn't to mutch, can i play it?

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You can definitely play this game.

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This is an amazing game! I played it a couple of times and the story is really moving, it's a very relaxing game and the graphics are pretty good!

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I really like this game, a good atmospheric couple of hours on a April Sunday afternoon, fit perfectly with the pouring rain outside haha. But no was a bit strange at first playing a game that had no action keys whatsoever but I found I really enjoyed it, and the ghosts creeped me out :s

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Game graphic are realy amazing,but game are short,and this game is not horror maybe only music, some part are creapy.i PLAY this game only 1 hour then game ends.First 30 minutes are so booring:(When i entering in caves then i see this game beuty:)

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First 15 minutes of playing at max got my CPU to 90 degrees... o.O And as for the gameplay during that time - I wasn't really impressed. Will hopefully write a review when finished!

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I don't know why your temp went so high on cpu? Mines only little bit better and didn't exceed 35 degrees.. oh unless we are talking about different measurement units. C or F?

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This is rather late reply, but even though the performance of our CPUs might be similar, there's a big difference - your CPU is a desktop CPU, while I have a laptop. Laptop CPUs tend to run at higher temps due to the lack of free space.

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