Ah, good to know, thanks :)
I see that it's not here on GOG, however, so I'm not in (I don't want to use multiple stores, for now).

Not in, just stopping by to say thank you milito3515! +1

Not in but thanks!

I'm in for Mentao, if that is allowed.
Thanks and +1!

Ok then, I'm in.
Many thanks for the info.

Thank you, Milito3515 but I'm not in. I'll help you get your rep rating to normal though, as it's abnormal now.

I'm in! Didn't know about this game before, so I thank you already for bringing it to my attention...

I'm sorry if I'm assuming the worst here, but you're not just giving him something like a dropbox link to the installer are you?

Dear Esther is more of a living story of literary and graphical artwork than a game per se. You're trapped on a presumably deserted island and alone, and as you wander around looking for what to do or where to go an intellectual story is narrated to you as to the thoughts going through your character's mind about events from the past. It has some very well done graphics, especially in the underground caves. It's definitely not a mystery type game other than that you don't know what will happen next (but in that context all games are mysteries). You just walk around and observe the nice graphic artwork on the island and listen to the narrative story until you reach the final destination. There's no interactivity or things to do, no puzzles to solve, just a couple of hours of exploring an island and taking in the audio/visual artistry.

I went through it a couple of months ago as someone recommended it as being like Miasmata. The only thing in common it has with Miasmata though is that they both take place on an island and you're lost, but Miasmata is a survival/exploration game whereas Dear Esther I'd have to say is totally different. It's more like a brand new form of audio-visual entertainment that is built using a 3D game engine. A living novel so to speak.

Anyhow if you're looking for a "game" game, you might be disappointed, but if you're looking for exploring a fairly new form of artistic expression within the framework of a 3D game engine, you might find entertaining. Myself, I thought it was an interesting new form of artistic expression overall but not something that was particularly exciting. The artwork was more appealing than the story narration to me.

In short, it is one of those things that kind of defies categorization somewhat. :)

Yes, I give to the winner a link to download the installer, without any DRM. The file was uploaded by me.

Greetings

For what it matters, *I* am in! Friends of mine have told me they like the game, and I've heard it's similar to a handful of games I've played and greatly enjoyed, so I've been eyeing bundles for it to pop up again. Alas, it hasn't since then, so here's my chance!

I think we just solved the mystery of why your rep is so low.

For the love of God man, that's piracy and illegal, and would you please stop perpetrating it here on the GOG forum?! It's people like you that make publishers/developers wary of going DRM-free!

Let me spell it out for you: DRM-free is not the same as just free! It does not mean you are allowed to share the game with anybody else.

It seems quite experimental, then.
Well, some of those games are good, for example "The Path".
No interaction is crazy, however..
We'll see.

Well, it sounded good at first.



But now....yikes.