The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a walking simulator that "doesn't hold your hand." You are given a vast expanse of beautiful scenery and minimal context. Even the mechanisms of play are not explained in any way. It reminds me of bad old point-and-click adventure games, where the game has its own internal logic and you spend a lot of time hunting for pixels. There is some joy in discovery, but mostly this is an inscrutable mess.