Dear Esther: Landmark Edition could be one of those hidden gems.

[hunter_alien]

LivingMetal said:

hunter_alien said:
Don't listen to all the harsh comments.

DE is one of the finest examples of what you can achieve with games when you re move the classic tropes that were inherited by the 80's and 90's, when audiovisual production was at an "under frogs ass" level.

There are no puzzles in the game and it is as linear as it gets, but if you like the genre, DE is a must. The soundtrack and puzzle-like story opens up in front of you a tragic tale of an everyday life that reached the brink of its own existence, and all the small (and on a universal scale insignificant memories) that it takes with it .

A true masterpiece, and a real indie benchmark.

I do understand some of the comments since I just came across the game.  But at a glance, it looks surreal and a work of art.  So it seem up my alley thus far.

The comments would be OK if The Chinese Room would have promised us a complex 3D puzzle game with tens of hours of gameplay. People forged their own expectations based on screenshots and got disappointed. Thats the same like watching a Lars von Trier movie and complaining that it didnt have enough explosions. You are right. DE is a piece of art, and if you can see trough that, get ready for a blast