Jugando a esta versión tras la edición original sirve, fundamentalmente, para apreciar un poco mejor lo que años de progreso técnico pueden haber hecho más difícil de percibir, o para acabar con la ofuscación tirando de los comentarios del equipo original. Una parte mía lamenta la pérdida de esa ofuscación y no puede evitar tener sentimientos negativos hacia esta obra, a pesar de que, a todos los efectos, se trata de la misma. Pero otra se alegra de haber podido conocer de cerca los pensamientos y formas que hubieron antes, aunque sea a coste de esa pérdida.
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Playing this version after the original one fundamentally serves to appreciate a little better what years of technical progress have made more difficult to perceive, or to dissipate ambiguity by pulling the original team's commentary. Part of me regrets the loss of that obfuscation and can't help to harbor negative feelings at this edition for that despite being basically the same game. But another is glad to have been able to get a closer look at the thoughts and ideas that went before the final text, even if it meant losing that ambiguity.
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Playing this version after the original one fundamentally serves to appreciate a little better what years of technical progress have made more difficult to perceive, or to dissipate ambiguity by pulling the original team's commentary. Part of me regrets the loss of that obfuscation and can't help to harbor negative feelings at this edition for that despite being basically the same game. But another is glad to have been able to get a closer look at the thoughts and ideas that went before the final text, even if it meant losing that ambiguity.
This review contains spoilers
The main character's alcoholism being foreshadowed by the chemical composition of ethanol written on the walls kind of tells you everything about Dear Esther. Wonderful visuals and soundtrack/sound work, but not much else. The unambiguous story doesn't really merit the disjointed narrative treatment, it only takes away from the game's emotional connection with the player.