The Vanishing of Ethan Carter review | GamersInBeta.com

<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 10pt&semi;"><em>The above video does contain spoilers for the first two puzzles in the game&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Vanishing of Ethan Carter was released on September 25&comma; 2014 and was developed by The Astronauts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A review code was provided for review purposes&period; Review originally posted on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gamersinbeta&period;com&sol;vanishing-ethan-carter-pc-review&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">GamersInBeta&period;com<&sol;a><&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gamersinbeta&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;TVoEC&lowbar;ScreenShot&lowbar;02&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9152" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gamersinbeta&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;TVoEC&lowbar;ScreenShot&lowbar;02-300x168&period;jpg" alt&equals;"TVoEC&lowbar;ScreenShot&lowbar;02" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a>Upon booting up The Vanishing of Ethan Carter by The Astronauts&comma; I knew I was in for a treat&comma; of sorts&period; The very first thing you&&num;8217&semi;ll be greeted with is a nice&comma; matter of fact&comma; message which essentially says this is a open-exploration&comma; story driven game and therefore there will be no hand holding&period; Gulp&period; Well that is certainly one way to catch your attention&period; The Astronauts are made up of developers who used to work at People Can Fly&comma; whom you&&num;8217&semi;ll remember from delivering the under-appreciated Bulletstorm and mediocre Gears of War&colon; Judgement&period; Although to be fair&comma; Adrian and company left the studio before Judgement was completed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a beautifully crafted story where the player takes on the role of Paul Prospero&comma; a psychic detective&period; He shows up in Red Creek Valley&comma; a sleepy mining town in Wisconsin to figure out what events happened which caused Ethan to disappear&period; Upon entering this world&comma; a few things will jump out at you immediately&period; First&comma; the level of detail the developers have put into the landscapes are unreal&period; There are so many places to wander off to and explore that at times it can feel daunting to stay focused and locate clues&period; Secondly&comma; the ambiance of the world is so thick and palpable there is a constant sense of tension as to what awaits you next&period; It should be noted that there are no physical encounters in this game and in fact&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll be alone for a good majority of the game&period; Lurking around looking for clues while being the alone in this world is intense&period; Your senses are heightened and you&&num;8217&semi;re on edge waiting for an inevitable encounter&comma; which never comes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To continue reading this review&comma; head on over to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gamersinbeta&period;com&sol;vanishing-ethan-carter-pc-review&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">GamersInBeta&period;com<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;