New screenshots of Dear Esther remake

Dear Esther, the sombre Half Life 2 mod where you steer a tortured man around an abandoned island listening to his internal monologues, diary entries, or whatever that constant talking is, has been quietly polished up by Robert Briscoe.

Dear Esther, the sombre Half Life 2 mod where you steer a tortured man around an abandoned island listening to his internal monologues, diary entries, or whatever that constant talking is, has been quietly polished up by Robert Briscoe. He's released a ton of screens and a little walk-about trailer, showcasing his rendition subterranean world where you spend a significant portion in the middle of the game. It's gorgeous.

You might not know Robert Briscoe, but you've marvelled at his work: he was an environmental artist on Mirror's Edge - you know, that game where everything was tolerable but the environments were amazing. He's been shining up Dear Estherfor the best part of a year, and he's ready to show his progress, via the medium of shedloads of screens. I hope you like caves!

I enjoyed Dear Esther, but I didn't finish it - I just got stuck and couldn't progress, somewhere near the end of the cave section (at least, that was my desperate hope at the time). Hopefully an industry-hardened 3D artist will have more luck designing navigable levels than Dan Pinchbeck did when he cobbled the original together out of Half Life 2 assets. Anyone else played it? What did you think?

[via Reddit]