The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

A collection of illogical "happenings" that require you to wonder endlessly around a fairly large space just waiting to come across something that happens. Then when it does, you have no idea what the connection is, or what to do next. A pretentious, pointless waste of time. Coupled with auto-save only which appear to be fairly widely spaced so you loose any progress, and frequent glitches and stalls.

[b] The Vanishing of Ethan Carter [/b] is a short but very enjoyable detective game. For its age, it still looks really good, especially when it comes to the beautiful landscapes and scenery. Exploring the world and looking for clues is probably the best part of the game. The puzzles are simple, but I still found them interesting enough to keep me engaged. The game also has a nice atmosphere that fits the mysterious story very well. It's not a long or complicated game, but it doesn't need to be. For me, it's a simple and enjoyable detective adventure that is still worth playing today.

[h1] ★★★★★ [/h1] [h2] ✦ 𝟓/𝟓 ✦ [/h2] [h3] A quiet little mystery that stays with you. [/h3] ༺━━━━━━━━━━✦━━━━━━━━━━༻ ✦ [b]Sometimes, less is more[/b] ✦ ◆ [b]The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is technically just a walking simulator, but somehow it completely got me.[/b] I can absolutely see why this type of game won't be for everyone, but I genuinely loved my time with it. ◆ Red Creek Valley is the real star of the game. On the surface, it's just a beautiful, peaceful place surrounded by nature, but there's always this feeling that something is wrong. Something is hiding beneath that peaceful surface. Something that Paul Prospero calls [i]"the sleeping evil."[/i] The atmosphere does a fantastic job of making you want to keep exploring just to find out what happened. ༺━━━━━━━━━━✦━━━━━━━━━━༻ ✦ [b]Simple, short, and strangely charming[/b] ✦ ◆ The game itself is quite simple, short and linear, and there's not a huge amount of gameplay to speak of. But honestly, [b]I don't think it needed much more.[/b] It has a certain charm that's difficult to explain. The combination of exploration, mystery, atmosphere and that almost dreamlike setting just clicked with me, and I had a genuinely g…

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So impressed!!! Next step to read Ambrose Bierce "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Went in expecting a puzzle game, came out having had more of a quiet, unsettling experience than I expected. You play Paul Prospero, a detective with a knack for communicating with the dead, called out to the eerie Red Creek Valley after receiving a troubling letter from a boy named Ethan. From there, it's less about solving traditional puzzles and more about wandering, observing, and slowly reconstructing what happened through fragments scattered across this gorgeous, decaying valley. And it really is gorgeous — one of those games where I kept just stopping to take in the scenery. That beauty makes the dread hit even harder, because something about this place feels wrong from the very first few minutes, even before you know why. It's short, a handful of hours at most, and light on traditional combat or challenge. But it's not really about that. It's about atmosphere, mood, and piecing together a story that trusts you to fill in some of the gaps yourself. Left me thinking about it well after the credits rolled. If you're into atmospheric, narrative-driven mystery games, this one's absolutely worth your time.