Dear Esther media update - Sooo much ejaculate

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Originally Posted by Botolf

Indeed. I was a little moist in the eyes at the end the first time I played.

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Same here. That last pullback shot is amazing- I can only imagine how it will look in the new version.

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Originally Posted by rossmum

That's a terrible reason to include it.

If people are genuinely so accustomed to sprinting everywhere that they're more concerned about moving from A to B as rapidly as possible than they are about taking in the sights and sounds of the environment (particularly in Dear Esther, which people used to break by doing that - narration parts would play over each other), they're playing the wrong mod.

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Not everyone has the time or the desire to just walk through it. If you don't stop to appreciate the cinematic value of it then its your loss. If you ask me the sprint should be more of a " jog", not full on sprint like in COD or something.

Would it be possible to just disable sprint during the voice overs? Like as soon as you enter the trigger volume it is disabled for X amount of time?

The thing is, for newer players, the old version is pretty meh looking; there wasn't much that you could sit back and appreciate, making the voiceovers the only thing to really push to.

Judging by the screens, that won't be a problem this time around.

Would it be worthwhile playing the first one before getting into this one?

Yes. I found the original quite enjoyable, odd glitches and basic terrain aside. If anything, playing the original, then playing the new one would give you a better appreciation for all the work that Briscoe has done. Go download, and play now. You can finish it in 40 minutes minimum, an hour if you take the time to explore.

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Originally Posted by Siliconmaster

Yes. I found the original quite enjoyable, odd glitches and basic terrain aside. If anything, playing the original, then playing the new one would give you a better appreciation for all the work that Briscoe has done. Go download, and play now. You can finish it in 40 minutes minimum, an hour if you take the time to explore.

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I would agree with this. The island isn't that much of an eyesore, and you may end up loving the narrative (like me :>).

HEY BUMP. Anyway, Didn't know if anyone had been checking up on this. But he seems to still be hard at work. And it's still looking just as amazing.

http://www.littlelostpoly.co.uk/devblog/

That's in the same engine as HL2?!

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Originally Posted by MrBig

That's in the same engine as HL2?!

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More specifically the Orange Box Engine, but in essence, yes.

Been following it as well. Can't wait.

Also, bad news Ross, Raindrop moved to another engine (from Source to OGRE) because they intend to sell it. Sad day.