Epistolary Novel: The unreliable narration consists of snippets of letters addressed to someone called Esther, voiced out by a male character as the player wanders around the island.Empty Room Psych: If you're expecting traditional game mechanics, the game becomes a series of dozens of these.Driven to Suicide: Seeking freedom from this world of guilt and grief while also hoping for a reunion with his beloved Esther, the protagonist jumps off the beacon at the end.Determinator: The narrator forces himself to continue his journey despite fracturing his leg and having it become infected, using willpower and a lot of painkillers.Creepy Cave: The protagonist descends ever deeper into a series of increasingly dark, creepy caves, all meant to reflect his distraught emotional state.Beautiful Void: The island is haunting in its emptiness, juxtaposed against its Scenery Porn.Earlier, it is also possible to find painted references to the prophesied destruction of Damascus in the Book of Isaiah. As the Good Book Says.: Fragments of the Biblical story of Paul on the Road to Damascus are painted on walls in the final area the player finds.Arc Symbol: Gulls, cans of paint, paper boats, circuits, molecules (particularly ethanol), car parts, sonogram pictures.Acts 22 describes the famous "Road to Damascus" ephiphany of St Paul - an epiphany like the one the narrator craves, to the point of calling the island his own "Damascus". Several references to the Biblical book of Acts, Chapter 22 are painted on walls all over the island.The 22nd letter - the one whose text the player implicitly hears - is the last one written, folded into an aeroplane instead of a boat.The narrator drove the motorway 21 times, meaning the 22nd journey would have been the journey back home (it's unclear whether he took it or whether he just never went home).Related to this, 22 seems to represent closure:.The Hebrew alphanumeric representation of the number 21 has been painted onto several walls all over the island.The number of paper boats that split up into the ocean.The number of minutes the narrator watches the aircraft vapour trails.It took twenty-one attempts to revive Paul.It took twenty-one minutes for rescue vehicles to arrive at the scene.The number of days that passed before Donnelly's body was opened up by medical students.The number of times the narrator drove the M5 motorway, looking for signs of the accident.It is twenty-one miles between the Sandford junction and the turn off for home. ![]()
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