[ Каскадный ] · Стандартный · Линейный [NSW] The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Настоящий детектив на UE4

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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — компьютерная игра в жанре квест, разработанная польской студией The Astronauts. Главный герой The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — частный детектив Пол Просперо, который отправляется на поиски исчезнувшего мальчика по имени Итан Картер. Расследование приводит его в тихий город «Долина Красного Ручья», штат Висконсин, где творится что-то странное. В игре открытый мир, по которому можно путешествовать (с некоторыми искусственными ограничениями).

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**The Switch Port**

I think this is the point where I segue into just talking about the Switch port specifically in the rest of the write-up as this is an older title and you can find plenty reviews of the PC title.

The game is known for its visuals and with the upgrade to UE4 , Switch is getting the benefits of years of additional work that has gone into the game, including the new Free Roam mode introduced last year as an Xbox One exclusive when the game released there. (The Free Roam mode lets you explore the whole town with story elements and gameplay triggers removed)

UE4 games has had a range of performance profiles on Switch. This summer we've had the deeply dissapointing Bloodstained, and even the strong titles like Yoshi's Crafted World and the upcoming DragonQuest XIS suffer from 'softness' as resolution is sacrificed for performance.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter stands out from the pack here as it maintains a 30fps locked fps (there is an unlocked fps mode) running at HD resolutions docked (900 ~720p). The amazing texture work of the PC version is retained, and assets appear to be 1080p (unverified) but they all look very crisp.

What is most impressive is the streaming of assets in the game. As I mentioned, this is an open world adventure game. There are no 'fade to black' as you enter houses as the game loads the next segment. You could walk the entire town without any load screens and despite this massive achievement, there's only a 15 second load screen when you start.

Further, people who have played open world games on Switch like Skyrim or Warframe's Plains of Eidolon will be familiar with the blob of foliage from a distance that slowly contort and change to higher detail models as you approach. In Skyrim's case, entire swathe of grass would roll into view, like a carpet unraveling infront of you. There is none of that here.

In the Vanishing of Ethan Carter, the world is dense of foliage, trees everywhere, nearby, in the middle distance and the far distance. Outside of some foliage elements fading into view as part of its LOD system, for the most part, you can fix your eye on a tree that's 500 meters away and walk there and all you will see is the tree getting bigger with increasing detail. There is no ugly green blob here. All of this at 30fps which cannot be stressed enough.

There are however some bugs (unsure if they were present in the PC/console versions). In one case, I was doing one of the puzzles, and because the game is open world, I wandered out of bounds and fell down an elevator shaft achieving a boundary break. The game also crashed 3 times, though this is more of an annoyance than a true issue as the game always autosaves when you start puzzles/enter key story locations so back tracking is minimal.

All in all, this is a great addition to Switch. Along with the Switcher 3, I consider it one of the most technically impressive games on Switch because of what it achieves. 30fps at true HD resolutions with an open world, streamed assets, almost no loading outside of the 15 seconds when you first boot up. And hey it also happens to be a good game.

TL;DR - A beautiful, strong UE4 port of a good walking-sim. Technically one of the most impressive titles on Switch. Worth a look if you like the genre. If the price is too high ($20) put it in your wishlist and wait for sale. Highly recommend.

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