The caves in the definitive edition are unreasonably pretty running in 4K. Unfortunately, while I am an advocate for games with no fail-state and minimal mechanics, I found Dear Esther to have far less to sink my teeth in than more recent entries in the Walking Sim genre such as Firewatch and Tacoma. While I'm sure if I pieced together the narrative it would be compelling, nothing in my playthrough instilled a desire to do so, which isn't exactly a great mark of praise for a game with little going on besides an appropriately dreary sense of atmosphere.

Completed on May, 5th 2020