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Why why WHY do people have to put commercial bands' music in their games??? I know this probably doesn't bother anyone else, but it's one of my biggest pet peeves. Seriously, it's just like starting up an FPS and finding that all the graphics and sounds have been ripped from Doom. Well, ok, maybe not EXACTLY like... but similar. Actually, to be honest, ripping graphics from Doom doesn't even annoy me as much as this... sorry, what were we talking about? Oh yeah... Ether. A game about...something...that you guide through...somewhere...because...aww, screw it. Who cares what it's about. It's fun.
So gameplay basically consists of one long 3d tunnel filled with various randomly-generated hazards (such as spinning blades, spikes, and wooden blocks). Your character runs down the tunnel, and you dodge the hazards. Different powerups help to spice things up, but chances are you've played something like Ether before. Still, it does a good job with its solid execution, and you'll find that it can ber quite addictive if you give it a chance. Furthermore, Ether features a splitscreen multiplayer mode, which is very well-done. I doubt anyone is going to bother tearing themselves away from Call of Duty or Halo long enough to give it a try, but if you do I think you and a friend will enjoy yourselves.
As I already mentioned, Ether is a 3d game, so it's already got graphics points for that. And this is definitely no tutorial re-skin. The 3d looks good, and most if not all of the objects (besides your character) are true 3d, not sprites--at least as far as I can tell. The animation and textures look great as well.
Now... the sound (dun dun DUUUUUUN). There is no sound. No sound EFFECTS, that is. Ether DOES have music... and the best part about it is that you can turn it off. Look, I'm not saying anything against whatever band wrote those two songs, or anything like that... I just really REALLY hate when developers use commercial tracks in their games--ESPECIALLY commercial tracks with lyrics. And in this case, the angsty lyrics you hear in Ether don't fit the game's lighthearted, cartoony tone at all.
But apart from that, Ether is a wonderful little game that plays nice and looks nice. I most definitely recommend it to anyone who wants some addictive fun either alone or with a friend. I give Ether a 4/5.
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