Eastshade
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You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Discover mysteries and uncover secrets about the land. Surmount natural impasses to reach forgotten places. Experience how your actions impact the world around you.
Steam User 281
you'll love this game if:
- you love walking simulators
- you're into painting/photography
- you love exploring and talking to npcs and hearing their stories
- you just got back from work and want to play a super chill game
- you love mini puzzles
you'll hate this game if:
- you want gore/blood/death and endless fights
- hate walking simulators
- you want some action
- you're depressed and overthinking (it'll make it worse)
- you cannot stand talking to npcs over and over again
- you're impatient
UwU
Steam User 77
If you loved tranquil Oblivion moments, this one is for you
Steam User 57
I don't post a lot of reviews as I feel they generally get lost among all the others but in this case I had to make an exception. This is a thoroughly wonderful, heart-warming experience that should be experienced by anyone looking for something different from the usual games about conflict and killing.
First, I want to address what kind of game it it. I see a lot of people calling this a walking simulator and that is just plain wrong. Walking simulators are largely passive. You generally walk along a mostly linear path reading notes, maybe observing events and there is generally very little interaction. This game is definitely an adventure game. It has more in common with the old point and click adventure games than with games like The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
It is an open world game that you can navigate as you please, baring a few "gates" that require completing quests to open. You play as an artist who has traveled to an island that was a special place to your recently departed mother. Your main goal is to paint four of her favorite locations on the island. In the process you will travel the length and breadth of this wondrous island, having conversations, helping people with their problems, taking in the sites, engaging in some light puzzle solving and even doing some crafting, though not of the "survival" type.
As stated earlier, there is no conflict or combat. You can not die. The worst that happen is if you get caught outside after sundown before you have bought a coat or crafted a tent, you will get sent back to the nearest inn you rented a room at. You gather materials to craft caravans to paint on, brew teas and build items that will allow you to reach new parts of the island or travel faster. As you explore and complete quests you'll earn inspiration which is required to paint paintings.
The dialog is all well written and you'll actually care about the characters you come into contact with and feel invested in their stories. You'll find yourself wanting to help them and do good. The scenery is uniformly beautiful. As is the music.
It all adds up to an extremely relaxing, enjoyable experience. When I realized I had completed all the quests and I would be leaving this place, I felt a genuine touch of sadness, as it had all be so delightful. Yes, I encountered a few bugs regarding graphics or physics but nothing that ruined the experience and certainly nothing game breaking.
As a bonus, the game runs perfectly on the Steam Deck.
I really can't say enough good things about this game. It's highly recommended and I wish there were more like it.
Steam User 46
During a summer more than 10 years past I had rented a small room over a bluff. I did a lot of walking then, and a lot of thinking. When my time there ended I kept thinking about a line from a novel. "Everything in life is just for awhile." Eastshade captures a feeling I have about that time, one that grows stronger the more I replay it in my memory.
You play a visitor to an island. Your recently deceased mother had told you of her visit to this same island when she was young. And your purpose for travelling there -- the main quest of the game, is to fulfil her dying wish; to paint some of the locations there from her memory. Having passed already, she will never see these paintings.
I find the sub text of this game compelling. You are connecting with the spirit of your dead mother by visiting a place she had been before you were born. You visit, you interact with the people, and you move on. The people move on as well. We all do. We are threads crossing at only a point in the tapestry of life. The art is how this is made felt without having to say it. In the things unsaid. In the lacuna.
On a technical level this game is quite beautiful. Perhaps one of the most visually stunning games I have ever played. This is as it should be, since the game is largely about the practice of the visual arts. It is not without its flaws though. And these mainly come in the form of bugs that are never to be fixed. The bugs are sometimes visual, sometimes soft locks, and some times they are crashes. Save often. Unfortunately they happened often enough to leave a sour taste. But overall I have no problem recommending this game.
Steam User 41
Definitely not for everyone. But it is the right one for me!
Imagine if Skyrim had no combat, and no fast travel, and no map, you'd have this game. If you enjoyed simply running around, taking in the scenery, and helping towns folk, this will fit for you. It's a cute little walk through the forest, making friends, solving puzzles, and helping them with their problems.
Steam User 34
Terrific game. Beautiful scenery. I'm old( lol), and I was actually able to figure out the quests. I just loved it!
Steam User 33
I left my heart in Eastshade.