The thing with the narrative experience ...

"The Vanishing of Ethan Carter" is an adventure game which focuses on the narrative development of his protagonist, here in the form of transcendental assessed Paul Prospero, who was approached by Ethan to bring in experience, what happened to Ethan Carter, disappeared after a brutal murder ...

The adventure does not take his players during the development of the plot with the hand and does not lead him from A to B, that were the case, would the game probably over after one or two hours. So our protagonist has to gradually open up the stuff, combine and collect evidence and bring in the right order - much like illogical ensures an "Huh !?" while playing. The only remedy is the protagonist psychic abilities, which should help to bring the combined in the proper procedures. In short, it's unexpectedly demanding what require the programmer of Astronauts here of their players - but it works, and the bottom line is if you put a certain amount of endurance while playing on the day. It is a nice mystery story around Ethan's whereabouts, which would have been a good horror film worthy developed. A successful graphic - based on the Unreal Engine - provides visually a very attractive benefit, even if the environment for my taste would have a little more alive may be. The whole thing is garnished also with a nice score.

But even if the story is quite demanding and I personally needed a few attempts before I came clear with the game play, predominates in the end some disappointment. The game world is unexpectedly fall relatively small, the procedures are almost always develop the story the same and this certain mystery Feeling, adjusts itself under certain conditions. Even the ever-always popular as ghost surprise moments are very rare in the game, here I would have liked more unexpected because already the prologue.

Therefore, "The Vanishing of Ethan Carter" bottom line rather only a mediocre adventure that although visually pretty comes along and comes up with a quite interesting story development, at the end of the game but somehow lacking that certain something to really wow feeling to produce the players - 3 stars.