Just finished playing Dear Esther

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Yeah I know we have a lot of Dear Esther threads, but anyway I was curious to see what all the buzz was about so I bought it. I had heard it only took like 3 hours to finish so $9.99 seemed like a fairly high price point. To my dismay it only took me about an hour, roughly half of that spent walking s l o w l y. I fail to see how it warrants such a high price. I would have maybe spent 2.99 on it. Anyway I found the game to be very beautiful to look at and the narrator turned in a pretty solid performance. But the story is almost non-existant and the gameplay certainly is. Auto-crouching, auto-flashlight and no jumping or running? Seriously? Fuck you. It's the fucking Source engine! It takes more effort to remove the functionality than just leave it in. This game has nothing already, but without controls (apart from WASD and zoom) this isn't a game at all (and I really wasn't expecting a game). The story is intriguing but nothing is done with it and in the end it's actually quite boring. I don't like pretentious poetry and almost none of the narrations make any sense but I did enjoy the flow of sounds and the narrator's vocal timbre.

To be honest I felt insulted (like any time I use a Mac) and severely disappointed in the end. It had a great atmosphere and the soundtrack was cool but the game is too shallow. Very mixed feelings about it for sure, what did you guys think?