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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Fuck me the raving reviews on Reddit for this piece of shit when it came out... It duped me. Everyone was like "go in blind it so fucking amazing I nearly orgasmed from just the thought of this game". So I dropped my 15 bucks in and walked thru the world... I was so confused at how people were so enthralled with it I started looking shit up about it.... 


Firewatch at least had a compelling story and was interesting... Dear Esther was shit and I am mad to this day about wasting money on it. I learned never to trust the Reddit hype men on that day.

EDIT: I think dear esther is the epitome of "Just press W" in video games. It is like a shit tech demo for a video game engine no one bothered to do anything with. You would be better off downloading some pictures from the internet of what you think dear esther is about and scrolling thru them using windows photo app.
gpt
I enjoyed Firewatch but have similar feelings as you about Dear Esther.

Think I spent about £6 or £7 on it in a winter sale and "played" it at my in-laws one Christmas. Felt like I'd wasted my time, nevermind my money.