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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Developer / Publisher: The Astronauts
26 September 2014
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293 Ratings / 1 Reviews
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#84 for 2014
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Narrative exploration#40 Mystery#181 Open world#210
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a non-mystery
Another walking simulator, but this one is not as good as they usually are for me. Perhaps my least favourite out of the most polished ones.

Getting out of the way the visuals, which are bloody fantastic, im finding it hard to find good reasons to play this one. The story is mysterious at first but ends in a lackluster ending, and is neither gripping enough to hold me all the way. It offers an extremely forced twist ending, that after its shock has faded leaves the player feeling unsatisfied about the whole experience. Besides walking, the game also offers a few puzzles, which are frustrating as some of the clues are really hidden in the environment. Its also obtuse in ways that it really shouldnt, and it hampers the pacing of the game.

Overal its just a mediocre game, and i am pretty disappointed considering how much praise it got when it came out.
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Ice_spiral The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2024-04-22T11:11:24Z
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DarK_RaideR The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2024-04-17T12:20:59Z
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Alpoea The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2024-04-04T16:05:48Z
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ArpeggiDivision The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2024-03-20T17:37:56Z
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Wolis The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2024-03-03T23:21:34Z
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droppod40 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2024-02-20T20:43:38Z
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bedworms The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2024-02-17T06:12:23Z
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Fujijimo The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2024-02-14T04:51:07Z
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  • lowplacelikehome 2021-07-13 13:29:28.543735+00
    Intriguing storytelling and mystery.
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  • MyMusicMe 2022-01-31 18:57:16.038324+00
    Just did not land for me. Too many degrees of separation. I'm fine with non-literal and unreliable narratorship, but in the end you don't really uncover anything about anyone. An unrewarding twist that undoes any sort of grip the narrative could have had on you rather than enriching multiple playthroughs. Overall, other games have done similar stories better imo (Try Edith Finch).
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  • charredwind 2024-04-21 15:39:51.599449+00
    as other people have said the visuals are by far the best thing about this game. man is this boring at times
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