Programmers are not good storytellers

Programmers are not good storytellers

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (computer game)

Customer Review

Kudos to the developers. The game is graphically and atmospherically really something forth, pulling a so under its spell. The story, however, is revealed as the game progresses by solving is not always logically comprehensible mystery piece by piece, not always convincing and is also quite short. The spoken texts are available in English or Polish, subtitles in German and other languages. In my case leaves all a bit half-baked idea. It seems to me as if here verkünstelt the developers to try out a great graphics technology (Photogrammetry) and as a hobby screenwriter would have tried on a story and thus had his love toil and hardship. Then the whole thing is only on the Steam platform (love it, hate it or leave it), not for everyone. And the memory "option", because if you ever want to call it that, is simply a joke. One can not get at any time from the story, but must play by them always up to certain key scenes. Then the game automatically saves. So you can also temporarily store any items, again elsewhere boarding, etc. Those who have so devised a nonsense? Au, au, au. Again, the impression that did not have time to program the finish.

Only really great, but I find that finally back is a first-person game with really, really super-super-awesome graphics, music, and atmosphere, which does not follow the weak-minded person shooter banging concept. If that is enough, which is well served with game. I would give it six stars. A star deduction there with me for the lack of storage capability and one for the not very convincing story. Remain four star.

Too bad, really bad. One could make something really great. Then even a price of 40 or 50 Euros would have accepted. But as the game will be able to convince only truly diehard genre fans.

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