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Eastshade (2019)

Eastshade Studios

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

3.68 from 99 ratings

413 members have it in their collection · 21 playing now · 188 backlogged · 100 wish listed

How long? · with extras 15h · 100% 19h (from 6 logged playthroughs)

Eastshade is a first-person, open world exploration game. 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.
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Developers
Eastshade Studios
Publishers
Eastshade Studios
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Themes
Open world
Series
Eastshade
Steam
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Release dates

  • Feb 13, 2019 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Oct 21, 2019 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Rating distribution

5 stars
26
4 stars
32
3 stars
28
2 stars
9
1 star
4
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mrmiffmiff

Status mrmiffmiff Sep 1, 2022

Putting this on hold because there is content you can miss if you choose a more non-gossipy dialogue option

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Please...callmeYork

Status Please...callmeYork Apr 4, 2021

I had a very nice time playing Eastshade. It is a gorgeous, open-world RPG without any combat, but plenty of tea drinking, painting, and wooden bicycle riding. Cresting a hill on my bicycle to find a large open field dotted with windmills left my mouth agape. I thought the size of the world was perfect - small by most standards, …

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I had a very nice time playing Eastshade. It is a gorgeous, open-world RPG without any combat, but plenty of tea drinking, painting, and wooden bicycle riding. Cresting a hill on my bicycle to find a large open field dotted with windmills left my mouth agape. I thought the size of the world was perfect - small by most standards, but it felt dense and lived in - zigzagging across the geography was a constant delight. By the end I felt like I could navigate without even glancing at the map, having become so immersed.

Admittedly, Eastshade has its fair share of issues. It was clearly developed by a small team. It suffers from a lot of texture pop-in, and it felt like the framerate started to drop towards the end. Some of the character designs are a little off-putting (but not nightmare-inducing like those in prequel spinoff 'Leaving Lyndow'). The writing is generally ok, but nothing special, and the voice-acting is charming in an early-2000s kind of way.

Speaking of 'Leaving Lyndow', I would recommend playing it first if Eastshade interest you at all. It is a pretty forgettable walking simulator, but it lets you see several locations during a different time period. Later stumbling upon these locations in 'Eastshade', I was overcome with a sense of both familiarity and the melancholy of passing time. It really added to my appreciation of this unique little gem of a game.

Hey, it is also on Game Pass, so give it a whirl.

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MarioPrime

Status MarioPrime Jan 3, 2020

Been doing my 2019 hidden gems clean up, and I am really enjoying this one. A really simple RPG where you just talk to people and paint. Basically takes the idea of a photo mode and turns it into a gameplay mechanic that's pretty satisfying. Really enjoying my time in it.

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