The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR is an adventure developed by The Astronauts, released 28 March 2016 on Oculus Rift and SteamVR.
What The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR is
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR is an adventure game developed by The Astronauts and released in 2016. It is available on Oculus Rift and SteamVR.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1973, paranormal investigator Paul Prospero receives a fan letter from 12-year-old Ethan Carter, inspiring him to journey to Ethan's hometown of Red Creek Valley, Wisconsin. Upon arrival, he learns Ethan has gone missing and begins encountering unsettling paranormal phenomena, as well as evidence of recent violence in the tiny mining village.
How it plays
It is played from a virtual reality perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 14 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 4590 or greater, 8 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it.
What it launched against
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR launched on 28 March 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Hitman and Ratchet & Clank. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Hitman, Ratchet & Clank.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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