![]() Subtle shifts in the music reflect your passage across the landscape, with phrases reminiscent of a music box from a horror film building the tension and making the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. ![]() The soundtrack creates a spell-binding environment, too, with a beautiful, yet sinister score. Developer, The Astronauts, has created an exquisite environment that works across a wide range of machine specifications. I had to turn the graphics levels down to avoid toasting my computer, but the view remained breathtaking and the detail – on leaves, rocks and even the peeling paintwork of an old train – still looked crisp. Detailed landscapes stretch as far as the eye can see, with forests on rocky cliffs dropping away to open water, covered in a blanket of mist and bathed in an eerie perpetual sunset. The environment is gorgeous, redolent of an American mountain state. ![]() The game world is enormously and beautifully open. With that, you are left in a forest to begin your journey. You enter the game’s world with a journey along train tracks through a tunnel, where the protagonist Paul Prospero – a detective with supernatural abilities – talks about a letter he has received from Ethan, who has apparently seen things no child should. ![]() The Vanishing of Ethan Carter begins with a title card saying, “This game is a narrative experience that will not hold your hand”. Nordic Games PC (version tested)/PS4 £15 Pegi rating: 16+ ![]()
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