The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Absolutely beautiful visually, sad story and beautiful in it's way too. Well written, short, but haunting game.

(Ben redux sürümünü oynadım ve bitirmek 2,9 saatimi aldı. Tüm inceleme ona göre yazıldı. Burdaki oynama saati ise kart düşsün diye.) Güzel bir yürüme similasyonu [h1] Hikaye [/h1] Adı üstünde kaybolan Ethanı bulmak için uğraşıyoruz ve hikaye beklemediğiniz ama güzel bir yönde ilerliyor. [h1] Oynanış [/h1] Yani yok gibi, yürüyorsun arada tıklıyorsun o kadar ama bazı bulmacalar cidden adamı çıldırtıyor, internetten bakmadan oyunu bitirmek ciddi vakit alır. Ve vaktinizin çoğunu yürümek alıyor. Atmosfer ise çok iyi, oldukça gerici bir çevresi var. Hiçbir şey çıkmıyor olsa bile diken üstünde oynuyorsunuz. [h1] Grafikler [/h1] Motorun tüm nimetlerinden yararlanmışlar oldukça güzel grafikleri var

I play this every year in October, just too good of a tale not to share with friends!

Game looks great and puzzles not bad.

Before I proceed to give my opinion on this game, please note that if you happen to have any tendency of getting dizzy consider shifting the camera angles in the game and the speeds. It can get slightly nauseating at times. Now onto the review: This is such a great game. The visuals of the game are stunning. It's almost life-like. The story itself is incredible. I didn't expect the ending. It's well voiced as well. I give this a 9/10 out of games. It's up there with my other fave games.

Beautiful scenery, but it is hard! Not always obvious where to go or what to do.... Google is your friend lol. Ending was emotional. Would still recommend just for the experience.

TL;DR: Stunning visuals and atmosphere. Thin, trivial story, very easy puzzles, laughable ending. Stunning visuals and a great atmosphere created by the developers , and… that’s pretty much it. The fact that the game doesn’t “hold your hand” is intriguing at first, but you soon realize it doesn’t mean much. The puzzles are very easy (with maybe one or two exceptions). Gameplay mostly revolves around visiting locations, solving clues by putting them in chronological order (very very low complexity level), and finding items usually placed somewhat randomly around the environment. As for the story, I’d call it a very trivial, American-style narrative. The main character’s thoughts at the beginning briefly touch on potentially interesting themes, but nothing is explored in any depth(any!). The story remains extremely thin, and the ending is laughable ( perhaps acceptable for middle-school teenagers). Music: I eventually had to turn it off and found the game a bit more immersive without it. If you’re looking for similar titles with a much deeper and better-integrated narrative, I’d recommend SOMA, Painscreek Killing, Routine or Dear Esther instead.

A 4/5 hour long narrative murder mystery experience for two quid. Why not? Is what I thought when buying this game and I sure am glad that I did. My expectations for the game were on the floor and avoiding hyperbolic statements like “This is my most favouritist bestest game ever!” I would encourage anyone on the fence to give it a go. Immerse yourself in a good story set in a visual and audio masterclass. There is no mechanical skill ceiling for you to get to grips with in this game. If you come into it armed with the ability to press wasd whilst using your mouse to look around and potentially also click (Warning – You may have to do all these things simultaneously!) then you can manage. I can happily report that I only experienced one bug and zero crashes during my completion of the game. The bug issue arose because I was failing a puzzle so badly the game couldn’t comprehend my gormlessness and tried to help me. The plot was interesting throughout and made me want to get to the end by any means necessary (more on this later). The few minutes after finishing the game I was a little confused, even a little unsatisfied if I’m honest. But once I had processed and understood the ending I was contented and even empathetic towards the characters I’d spent the last two afternoons with. The story has twists of narrative and jolts of the bizarre but it’ll all make sense in the end. The visuals are fab! I was always stopping to take in the view, racking up 57 screenshots in just 5 hours of playtime. For all you maths nerds that is a screenshot every 5 and a half minutes… I think. It was a pleasure to spend time in the eerie wooded mountains, with their patchwork of lakes, cloisters of civilisation and the ever present amber duskball in the sky. The soundscape was the most impactful part of the game for me. The music builds suspense and prolongs tension. I often had goosebumps when I was close to the next plot point. The ambient noise as well is perfect and the game did manage to pull me into it’s world. If you don’t like puzzles, don’t play this game. Duh. There are two types, firstly the murders which felt like the main plot beats during the game. They’re stimulating yet horrifying, giving a window in to the very people you will have to watch die. Very fun to solve the murders and things are easily missed so stay vigilant! The other type of puzzles are the “stories”. The stories are odd, I had no clue why they were in the game until the very end. So stick with the outlandishness and wait for it to make sense later. The stories range in their oddity, some made me marvel, some made me scared and one of them was frustrating as hell. You’ll see what I mean. Lastly, I have to credit steam user Mike who made this fantastic comprehensive steam guide https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=373569878 on how to complete all the puzzles in the game. I couldn’t have finished the game without his help. Go as far as you can on your own and then use Mike’s bountiful wisdom to tie it all together. Good luck finding Ethan.