Ether One cover

Ether One

Critic score1 critic
First release
Mar 25, 2014
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Puzzle · Science fiction

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace. There is also a deeper, more adventurous path in which you can complete complex puzzles to restore life changing events of the patients history in order to help the validation of their life. The choice is left to you. Welcome to Pinwheel. The aim of the parallel paths was to make Ether One accessible to a range of skilled players. The hope was that people would be able to enjoy playing the game and solving puzzles with parents or friends, as well as immersed in the game on your own with the lights off. From a young age we enjoyed the first person puzzle games that required you to write cryptic notes on spare pieces of paper to unravel mysteries. Ether One aims to bring back pen and paper puzzle solving, whilst still being accessible and optional for people not wanting to get stuck and frustrated on the harder puzzles.

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 25, 2014
PlayStation 4
May 05, 2015
Age ratings
ESRB E
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Virtual Reality, First person
Keywords
guitar playing, doctor, steam, bird, steam trading cards
… All 34, snow, camera, easter egg, steam greenlight, darkness, steam achievements, digital distribution, single-player only, playing cards, voice acting, polygonal 3d, bow and arrow, wasd movement, descendants of other characters, tape recorder, auto-saving, environmental puzzles, secret area, quicksaving, bread, no hud, british accent, been here before, evolving title screen, chessboard, plot twist, single item inventory, crane puzzle, male protagonist

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Critic Score
82

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