Dear Esther Walkthrough: Level 3 - The Caves [HD5870] (1080p)

Dear Esther walkthrough: Level 3 - The Caves (1080p)
Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEjvpHpVyiw
Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E02A70A6A1A284A

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** Other levels **

Level 1 (The Lighthouse) = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oYFTwPCf6o
Level 2 (The Buoy) = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHGRLAdsEKg
Level 3 (The Caves) = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8_zKPqA3Wc
Level 4 (The Beacon) = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d00nUBId-w


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** Video information **

If there is anything that I will never ever forget in my life, than I would say it's this level... Even for the gamer who absolutely doesn't like this type of gaming, I think at least he would apprectiate the visual content in this level (Even if it was only to take a quick look at it). The caves will especially clarify more aspects of Esther herself. In general, they say that the caves represent the organics of Esther (for example the hearth cave near the beginning, representing her heart). The last thing I'd like to say/advise is that you should not rush this level. Take your time and explore every part of it, it's continually worth it until the end. Have fun!

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IMPORTANT NOTES:

- The game is competely randomised. The story will differ each time you reload a level. This results in many objects changing or eventualyl dissapearing and replaced by another element of the story. In the end it all refers to the utlimate message the game wants to give to the players. Playing it many times again will give you a better insight of the complete story (It is not necessary though).

DIFFERENCES IN LEVEL 3 (Aside from different monologues and random sounds):

- In the big cave with the bridge and the paper boats at the end of the river, on the open sandy spot, you will either find a bird's nest, a brid's nest with an unclear picture, or only a picture with a woman on it (as in the video itself). The last one seems to appear much less than the bird's nest.
- At the moment that you fall into the pit with the waterfall, you will be transported to the car accident location on a highway. From here, you will only be able to see 2 different scenes

1) 2 heavily damaged cars.
2) A hospital bed.

Both of them are obvious references to the car accident.

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** Video specifications **

- All settings on the highest
- MSAA X8
- Vsync enabled (didn't really needed to but it makes the screen more solid)
- Maximum drawing distance
- Filesize: 5.14GB (This is because I don't want to cut the video in parts in order to maintain the best atmosphere between each level, cutting them would really ruin it if you had to stop in the middle of the story)

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My Computer:

- Operating System = MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
- CPU = Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.80GHz
- RAM = 8,00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
- Motherboard = Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P55A-UD3 (Socket 1156)
- Graphics = Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5870
- Monitor(s) = Samsung SyncM B2230 + Philips FTV (Full HD@60Hz)

- Cooling:
* 2x120mm ANTEC fans
* 3xTriCoolLED ANTEC Fans
* 1x120mm Scythe Mugen 2 rev.B SCMG-2100 (CPU Cooler)
* Fan controller Scythe Kaze Q8 KQ02-BK-3.5

- Hard Drives
* 1954GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00MVWB0 ATA Device J: (SATA)
* 977GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ ATA Device F: (SATA)
* 977GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ ATA Device C: (SATA)
* 977GB Lacie HD L: (FAT32 External Drive)

- Optical Drives
* HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 ATA Device
* PSDI 5Q7SXAVG9 SCSI CdRom Device
* UDINC MN4XA3OXMJCT SCSI CdRom Device
* UDINC MN4XA3OXMJCT SCSI CdRom Device (2)
* HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GBC-H20N ATA Device

- Audio = ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Device