
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: By purchasing the game, you actually get two games now: 1) The original The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, 2) The Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux. Please see The Astronauts website for details.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery game that focuses entirely on exploration and discovery. It contains no combat or explosions of any kind. If our game leaves any scars, we hope you won’t be able to see them.
You play the game as Paul Prospero, an occult-minded detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter. Realizing the boy is in grave danger, Paul arrives at Ethan’s home of Red Creek Valley, where things turn out to be even worse than he imagined. Ethan has vanished in the wake of a brutal murder, which Paul quickly discerns might not be the only local murder worth looking into.
Inspired by the weird fiction (and other tales of the macabre) from the early twentieth century, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter aims to significantly evolve immersive storytelling in games. While it features a private detective and quite a few mental challenges, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is not an especially puzzle-ridden game. Our focus is on atmosphere, mood, and the essential humanity of our characters.
Still, the discoveries won’t happen on their own, or without your help. Using both Paul’s supernatural skill of being able to communicate with the dead, and your own powers of observation, you will discover the mystery behind a trail of corpses, the roots of a dark ancient force lurking in Red Creek Valley, and the fate of a missing boy.
Explore and interact with the beautiful yet ominous world of Red Creek Valley, which was created with the use of revolutionary photogrammetry technology that allows for nearly photorealistic environments.
Communicate with the dead and see how they died in order to gather clues that help you piece together the truth behind Ethan’s disappearance -- and the fate of his family.
Experience, in non-linear fashion, a story that combines the pleasures of pulp, private eye, and horror fiction, all of it inspired by writers such as Raymond Chandler, Algernon Blackwood, Stefan Grabinski, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Conduct the investigation on your own terms and at your own pace. Although there are a few scary bits in the game, players will have no need for sedatives. Our game is less about terror and more about clammy unease.
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $19.99 | 9Kreviews | 88% | — | $3.2M |
| $19.99 | 8.4Kratings | 88% | — | not modelled | |
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter sacrifices a lot for its atmosphere and visuals. The puzzles are passable and the narrative does provide a fairly unique twist, but nothing in the game comes close to matching its presentation. If you love a beautiful or haunting experience, you'll find enjoyment here. If you are only interested in puzzles or story, look elsewhere. Style over substance. 6/10
screenshot simulator, 1 pro and it's the visuals, everything else other than that is an absolute con, I played the first 2 hours by myself with no guidance which was pretty much impossible, had to play alongside a youtube playthrough which took out the joy of experiencing the game first hand which really sucks.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish*, Czech*languages with full audio support
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Ghosts - memories without homes... <3
I really liked it. The atmosphere especially carried the experience (I recommend playing in the evening around sunset, btw). And the ending was quite interesting too. I kind of expected it to go that way, but it didn’t make it any less enjoyable :)
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在解謎的過程中有著很不錯的體驗,也有著值得稱讚的劇情, 雖然大多都是在步行,但是能一直看著山明水秀、無限好的風景, 就已經讓我的內心感受到了滿滿的治癒感。 玩法像是偵探一樣的尋找著很重要的線索,依排序的方式進一步了解故事的真相, 另外一提的是礦坑內有一隻會跳臉的怪物, 害我當下以為是在玩恐怖遊戲 ╯●ω●╯ 網路上有中文補丁,請大家一起把遊戲中的風景截圖截起來吧 ~
Abventure Зникнення Ітана Картера – дуже якісний та різносторонній проєкт. Ви в ролі найкращого детектива будете по частинкам розслідувати події, що відбулися на острові. Головна частина – це ігровий процес за який винагородою стає цікавий фрагмент історії. Частково схожий він на огляд місця злочину з [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198095876839/recommended/233290/] [b]Murdered: Soul Suspect[/b][/url], тобто на певній території доведеться знайти елементи/докази, розставити їх по місцях та визначити послідовність з’ясованих моментів; основні для сюжету події мають цю повторювану схему. Майже половина «розслідувань» поширюють та додатково поглиблюють загальну картину й потребують унікальних дій кожен раз, тому вони перемежають і не дадуть відчути можливої нудьги від однотипності, цьому буде допомагати й жанрове різноманіття, хоча й у тривожному тоні. Після виходу, цю гру називали однією з найкрасивіших, що використовує рушій Unreal Engine 3 останньої версії. Не маю протилежних аргументів, адже ті прекрасні пейзажі рослинності та мальовничі краєвиди виконано зі знанням справи, тому ціль зробити дуже якісне та соковите зображення була досягнута. Інтерфейс на екрані з’являється тільки біля об’єктів з якими можна взаємодіяти, тому фанати фоторежиму будуть у захваті – він, можна сказати, постійний за замовчуванням. Все це не задарма, тому максимальні налаштування будуть потребувати доволі потужного комп’ютера з 2014 року, але воно того варте. Під час переміщення по острову, на тлі будуть грати гарні мелодії, що будуть слугувати супроводженням і не відтягувати увагу. Те саме можна сказати й про «зони завдань», під які обрано влучні композиції, що підкреслюють момент чи посилюють. Так само буде чутно природу, з її вітрами, дамбою, порожніми будинками чи печерами. Можу запевнити, що час у розмірі 3–4 годин, які ви проведете з історією сім’ї Ітана та подальшими подіями, що відбувалися з ними, не буде відчуватися змарнованим. Очі будуть отримувати задоволення від побаченого, а загадки будуть тримати в тонусі та підготують до гарного фіналу, під який деякий час буде про що подумати.
So. This is my first ever review. First of all, congrats on the developing team for creating this piece of art. I really loved the aesthetics and with high graphics it´s just beautiful like a painting. The Narrative is one of the best i´ve ever played through. Only one problem with the game and it is its gameplay. I know the idea of the game is to be an open world type of game but in some parts i feel truly lost and the inmersion goes off. After all, i loved playing this, so 9/10.
После этой истории уже подготовили одно место в дет.доме для одного Итана
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