![]() ![]() The game's first message to you insists it will not hold your hand and we can assert with stony certainty that this is unflinchingly true. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is, at heart, an immersive mystery… and it's your job to solve it. ![]() Others have described it as a walking simulator, but that moniker – which has somehow become a synonym for "boring", as if games without traditional combat aren't worthy of existing in their own right – is also a tad misleading, as it's so much more than that, too. In press materials it's described as a horror game, and whilst there are certainly horrific elements, there are few jump scares and you'll spend most of the time wandering through a sunny forest and abandoned buildings, crunching through autumnal leaves as you carefully follow in Ethan's footsteps. It's hard to describe precisely what The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is. But if this brief but potent experience has somehow passed you by or you've never really understood its appeal, this might be just the excuse you need to explore it for yourself and find out why The Vanishing of Ethan Carter's remarkable story of melancholy and mystery has stuck with so many players. There's a cynical, cheeky part of us that reckons if you'd wanted to have played it by now, you probably would have done so. But whilst it slowly crept onto other platforms – starting with the PlayStation 4 in 2015, and then Xbox One in early 2018 – it's only now made its Nintendo debut courtesy of a new Switch port that has been released with surprisingly little fanfare. THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER PUMP HOUSE OPEN PCReleased to rapturous critical acclaim in 2014 with its heartfelt tale and stunning presentation, PC indie darling The Vanishing of Ethan Carter isn't new per se. ![]()
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