Rogue_Ledr
Banned
Can anyone give me some performance results on weaker systems? I have a 570 SLI system.
I want to know if I can run this well or not.
I want to know if I can run this well or not.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter |OT| A first person murder mystery (PC)
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the_firewithin
Member
Believe it's coming to ps4
Oh man that photorealistic tech that they have use is amazing! Definitively the best textures I have ever seen in a game.
Those textures together with the great lightning and world design make this game really one of the best looking ones.
This kind of texture tech is what I would have expected to see in an engine like Source 2, this an incredible hit for a studio of with 8 people!
What is even better is that the performance is so good. I cannot wait for the next years to come having these and even better textures, lighting and IQ in general but with 4K. And it will reach the creepy point when you can have this photorealism in Oculus (at some points during the game stopped for some seconds just to have a look to some stones, building or tree, imagining how amazing it would be to see it in the Oculus keeping the quality of the screen).
Those textures together with the great lightning and world design make this game really one of the best looking ones.
This kind of texture tech is what I would have expected to see in an engine like Source 2, this an incredible hit for a studio of with 8 people!
What is even better is that the performance is so good. I cannot wait for the next years to come having these and even better textures, lighting and IQ in general but with 4K. And it will reach the creepy point when you can have this photorealism in Oculus (at some points during the game stopped for some seconds just to have a look to some stones, building or tree, imagining how amazing it would be to see it in the Oculus keeping the quality of the screen).
exmachina64
Banned
It's Unreal Engine 3.
AsfaeksBR
Member
Just finished. Amazing game, really worth for that price!
I know this is running on Unreal Engine 3, but the texture work in it is amazing. Really looks like a new engine.
But after seeing CheesecakeRecipe's picture, have it crossed anyone's mind that Ethan Carter was just a "fancy tech demo"? Like, they did this amazing game just to test the "new" engine to see if it would work properly for their next game?
And since this is ex-People Can Fly devs, I bet it would be a FPS/TPS....
I know this is running on Unreal Engine 3, but the texture work in it is amazing. Really looks like a new engine.
But after seeing CheesecakeRecipe's picture, have it crossed anyone's mind that Ethan Carter was just a "fancy tech demo"? Like, they did this amazing game just to test the "new" engine to see if it would work properly for their next game?
And since this is ex-People Can Fly devs, I bet it would be a FPS/TPS....
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Yup I was definitely getting creeped out in those areas.
The voiceover in the carter house talking about "the sleeper" and its release was giving me some chills for sure, also the sequence with the witch.
Nah, I think there's enough craft put into this, especially with the story and music that I don't feel it's just an initial launchpad for the tech. If anything I hope they continue to do more games like this but longer, we have plenty of shooters as it is. I say that as a huge fan of Painkiller and Bulletstorm too.
I got creeped out when I just plain entered a darker area in the forest, where there were more ferns and such. I thought they did a good job with not only the dynamic music and sounds, but also the dynamic color grading, or whatever the proper term is. The mood of the scene would change from a relatively "safe" forest to a dark and scary forest, at least to me.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Yup I felt the same way too. There was an eerie sense of isolation in certain parts of the forest, especially
Gave me similar feelings games like Silent Hill have. At least the visibility was better XD
where you encounter the traffic light/astronaut.
the_firewithin
Member
Think most is around 3-4 hrs. Nothing like Alan wake so far to me
So where does one access the extra stuff, the soundtrack and all that? I bought it through Steam, there's nothing there about DLC or extra content or anything.
Still haven't quite finished it yet, still missing one puzzle, but I think I'm right near the very end.
Still haven't quite finished it yet, still missing one puzzle, but I think I'm right near the very end.
I found "the room", and it said I needed to go back and deal with the zombies. I'm no good with horror games with this level of graphical realism, it's kinda too immersive.. lol
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Go to the game's install directory, there will be a series of folders that contain the soundtrack, behind the scenes/making of, wallpapers, etc.
skullmuffins
Banned
I played through with an HD 5770 at 1080p with the default High settings (everything at max except AA/AF (2xMSAA and 4x, respectively)) and the game ran at 25-35 fps in the outdoor areas. For the kind of game it is, that's perfectly playable unless you're the type of person who thinks anything less than 60 is garbage. There was one part of the game where the framerate was trash (the section with the
bubbling water in the cave
adampa1006
Banned
Performance seems to be pretty solid across all types of systems
yea it runs great for me, system is about 4 years old (radeon 5800)
that wwas weird as hell, i had solved all the stories/puzzles and just finally managed to stumble on the area with the map which led to the conclusion? Kind of nice how it ended up, also played through with the Polish dialogue and English subtitles which seemed to add to the overall feel of things.
that wwas weird as hell, i had solved all the stories/puzzles and just finally managed to stumble on the area with the map which led to the conclusion? Kind of nice how it ended up, also played through with the Polish dialogue and English subtitles which seemed to add to the overall feel of things.
luca_29_bg
Member
there's a way to increase font size from pages and journals around the games ?
the_firewithin
Member
Space enlarges it unless you mean make that bigger?
luca_29_bg
Member
yeah i mean make them bigger!
luca_29_bg
Member
msi afterburner doesn't properly work with this game, the only game that have problem for me with msi afterburner! 
Other than the zoom button (right click maybe?), I think the only thing you can really do is press the text button to just read the text version instead of the text on the pages.
If the text version is too small as well, I don't know any way to fix that, sorry.
exmachina64
Banned
If the "Making Of" pdf is anything to go by, there appear to be six people working at People Can Fly. They actually work out of an apartment in Poland.
Since they were using off-the-shelf DSLRs and commercial software, I imagine the amount of time it takes to scan objects and environments and make them work in the engine is a primary constraint that prevents larger developers from using it.
Something odd about the way it interfaces with the cards, I guess.. I can't get EVGA Precision to come up at all.msi afterburner doesn't properly work with this game, the only game that have problem for me with msi afterburner!
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Deleted member 30609
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any word on a Mac version?
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
This is why we need a Google Street View scale project, send out tons of folk with dlsrs across the world to gather a massive database of images of real world objects, architecture, and terrain. Those images will be in a high res format already for future proofing when we can use them for textures at insane resolutions once hardware catches up. You could treat it like unity's asset store too and offer lots of these to the indie dev community. Obviously it's pie in the sky but it would be pretty awesome to have access to such a big library of object photos/data.
Conscience Falls
Member
If I thought Alan Wake was one of the best titles I have ever played, would I enjoy this game? I'm still a little conflicted and I do see the name being mentioned in the OP and throughout the thread.
What did you like about Alan Wake -- walking through the environments, piecing together a story? Or, shooting shadow people? Or, both?
Ethan Carter is solely the former and none of the latter.
Robert7lee
Neo Member
I skimmed through the pc gamer review of this game and there was no mention of any frame rate drops or stuttering of any kind. Seems to run "remarkably smooth" on max settings with i7 2.8ghz gtx 660ti.
Maybe it's not as widespread of an issue as I thought.
Do thee unreal 3 engine issues normally get fixed?
Maybe it's not as widespread of an issue as I thought.
Do thee unreal 3 engine issues normally get fixed?
exmachina64
Banned
Not as far as I know.
Assuming you don't mean the stuttering from loading a new section, here you go.
As always, YMMV.
If you want you can try Photoscan software for free
http://www.agisoft.ru/products/photoscan/standard/demo
http://www.agisoft.ru/products/photoscan/standard/demo
This is a narrative story, there is nothing similar to alan wake, trust me. Tbh this seems more like e 4 hour tech demo, but an impressive one at that, the texture quality blew me away, waa running 900p with max settings (vsync off, aa4x) with i72.6k and gtx 570. Wish other pc releases had this eye candy with these requirements. But noooooooo, shitty ports all day. Anyway, the way i see it, if you liked "Gone Home" then you are going to enjoy this, at least the game's narration part. Could not stop until i beat the game, so it has my seal of approval. Btw i said that was nothing like Alan Wake because there is lack of action but i can see why people mention Alan Wake
It was announced for PS4. Don't know if it's a timed console exclusive, though.
I had a lot of fun with this. It looks pretty amazing in 3D so if you've got the setup for it you should definitely check it out. The Devs said they hope to patch in full support but right now it's practically perfect with the Helix Mod fix. It seems like a lot of the People Can Fly devs were really into 3D. Bulletstorm had great 3D support. Flying Wild Hogs' Hard Reset too.
Actually the broken clock at the rail-car station in the beginning is stopped at 7:04. When Ethan first lays down that clock is at 7:00 but by the time it's over it's at 7:04 too. That would seem to confirm your theory that he's creating the story as he's dying.
I think that Ethan is the Sleeper he's just taken a few liberties with the story as usual. His mother and maybe a few of the others say something along the lines of, "The Sleeper must not sleep," and then at the end it seemed to me like they were waking him up. His brother says something like, "You're down here again?" and they've been saying it's his fault, he shouldn't have gone into that room throughout the game. He keeps going down to that room, writing stories all day, and falling asleep there. The Sleeper must not sleep.
I think that Ethan is the Sleeper he's just taken a few liberties with the story as usual. His mother and maybe a few of the others say something along the lines of, "The Sleeper must not sleep," and then at the end it seemed to me like they were waking him up. His brother says something like, "You're down here again?" and they've been saying it's his fault, he shouldn't have gone into that room throughout the game. He keeps going down to that room, writing stories all day, and falling asleep there. The Sleeper must not sleep.
Cave Johnson
Member
I'm surprised by the lack of reviews considering how short the game is.
luca_29_bg
Member
Other than the zoom button (right click maybe?), I think the only thing you can really do is press the text button to just read the text version instead of the text on the pages.
If the text version is too small as well, I don't know any way to fix that, sorry.
Don't worry, i know that you can change something in the configuration files to get bigger text font.
Brerlappin
Member
I just finished the section in the Mines and loved it. I love how the game messes with your perception of it, like the weird moments when the
, or
, all these overtly game-y moments crop up and made me think "ah for gods sake, this is where the game jumps the shark, gone form spooky murder mystery into ridiculous overblown videogame tropes", only for me to realize
spaceship arrives
the big puzzle door in the mines, the giant cthulu monster bit
after they were finished that theyre just scenes from a kids imagination, his stories come to life.
AHA-Lambda
Member
EDIT: I'm confused,
I got to the room with ethan and I see the map with 3 things crossed off the deer head, the gate and the traffic lights what are the other 2 supposed to be? A bear trap and a door? What/where are these?
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Not that much though you might have to do some backtracking. Game will tell you though, just move forward.
Conscience Falls
Member
I loved the atmosphere, story, characters and music/score.
Ah, I see. I did love Gone Home and the way in which the house itself became a character. I had to ask because I see a lot of atmospheric resemblance between the two.
CambriaRising
Member
I'll have one up by Tuesday probably. I want to play it over again to form my thoughts a bit more.
Btw I really liked it.
SPOILER:
Bear trap: Go where the bear trap is on the map and run around. the very early part after exiting the tunnel when the game started
Door: When you exit the dam there are two houses. One of them has a letter that after reading it the doors turn into portals. It's a simple puzzle but I won't spoil it to you just yet
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I just finished the game and my impression is that the ending
is a let down of such a massive scale that I don't think I'd recommend the game to anyone for even close the price they are asking for it. Perhaps $5 at the most. About half-way through the game I was super into it and loved the atmosphere and where the story was heading but that ending ruined everything.
Hm. I guess this is more Alan Wake's environment (never played it) with Gone Home's gameplay & story.
NumberThree
Member
Bought and finished this today. I enjoyed the game a lot, great visuals and very atmospheric.
The spaceship story was really weird. I was staring at my screen as it went on, not having a clue what the game was up to. Of course it all made sense in the end.
CambriaRising
Member
Alan wake is more like twin peaks. This game is more Poe/lovecraft in nature.
Can anyone help me and give me some ideas of how i could run it better on a old pc? Turning some effects and anti alising?
Im a total noob on pcs, its the first game i bought in many years for pc but my one is a total mess
I5core 2,75 ghz
4gb ram
A radeon graphic with 1,68 gb ram
Thank you
Im a total noob on pcs, its the first game i bought in many years for pc but my one is a total mess
I5core 2,75 ghz
4gb ram
A radeon graphic with 1,68 gb ram
Thank you
Fallout-NL
Member
Holy shit this game looks good.