The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Platform: PS5
Game version: PS4 digital
Trophies: 100% - 14/14
Rating: (6) fine ⚪🟡⚪⚪

Walking simulators are often a total hit or miss for me. This one's sadly of the latter kind. Visually and otherwise artistically it's quite good and the story is intriguing. However, even if it might almost have the necessary potential, it doesn't reach the brilliance of games such as Edith Finch (although it might've inspired them). The gameplay isn't very fun nor engaging enough. There's a few decent puzzles and some exploration, but for the most part the game feels very empty. It's a short game, but I was starting to lose my interest halfway through the story. The ending isn't bad by any means, nor is it quite that memorable either. I can appreciate the mysterious and dark atmosphere, but there are much better story-driven games out there.

Atmospherical but not much of a game

Very good narrative game with a string scary mood without horror. Perfect if you like investigation game.

Wanted to play it to experience those beautiful views, and was pleasantly surprised to feel uneasy through the entire length of. the game, specially during the Mines

Very well made, impressive graphics and story telling. Incredibly difficult for dumb people. The overall experience was fun and the ending was something else... Man!

Short but semi-entertaining puzzle game. Story was hard to follow + confusing at times and also the plot twist at the end doesn't help but was kind of interesting.