The opening 30 minutes of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter unfolds with an expert sense of pace, storytelling, and horror mystery. The first game from The Astronauts, a Polish team comprised of many former-People Can Fly folks who worked on Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment, Ethan Carter is a visually-stunning first-person adventure game. With its stripped down, but effective mechanics, impeccable atmosphere, and great writing, its opening sets the stage for what could be video games’ next great murder mystery.
Ethan Carter places you in the shoes of Paul Prospero, and private investigator with an ability to manipulate reality and see into the past. After receiving a letter from the titular boy who then promptly goes missing, Prospero travels to rural Wisconsin for what he somehow knows will be his last case. The writing here is in strong form, with bits of Prospero’s internal monologue containing the same sort of wizened nihilism found in True Detective. His thoughts about nature, innocence, and an impending doom that seems to be surrounding him are a joy to read, as well as listen to thanks to a lead voice action with an understanding of the subtleties of noir.
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