▁Rock ▁P aper ▁Sh ot gun ▁said ▁the ▁puzz les ▁started ▁off ▁ful fill ing ▁and ▁ground ed , ▁but ▁became ▁more ▁obt use ▁and ▁d ull ▁as ▁the ▁game ▁continued . ▁The ▁game ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁violence ▁( in ▁comparison ▁to ▁other ▁games ▁of ▁the ▁era ) ▁was ▁pra ised ▁by ▁Steven ▁Hans en ▁of ▁Dest ruct oid , ▁who ▁stated ▁that ▁" There ' s ▁been ▁blow back ▁against ▁first - person ▁games ▁that ▁don ' t ▁feature ▁a ▁gun ▁or ▁at ▁least ▁a ▁sh ar pen ed ▁to oth ▁br ush . ▁An yth ing ▁to ▁harm ▁someone ▁with . ▁While ▁expl or atory ▁and ▁fire arm ▁free , ▁E ther ▁One ▁isn ' t ▁exactly ▁in ▁line ▁with ▁The ▁Stanley ▁Par able ▁or ▁G one ▁Home . ▁Not ▁entirely , ▁anyway ." ▁Game C rate ' s ▁Robert ▁Work man ▁critic ised ▁the ▁slow ▁pace ▁of ▁certain ▁puzz les , ▁saying ▁that ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁present ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁vast ness , ▁some ▁puzz les ▁have ▁been ▁pac ed ▁out ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁fr ustration . ▁He ▁also ▁der ided ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁hint ▁system . ▁ ▁Several ▁review ers ▁fav ou rab ly ▁compared ▁the ▁game ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁puzz le ▁game ▁Myst . ▁PC ▁G amer ' s ▁Mor r ison ▁said ▁that ▁E ther ▁One ' s ▁challeng es ▁were ▁less ▁challeng ing ▁than ▁Myst ' s , ▁saying ▁that ▁"[ ...] ▁when ▁E ther ▁One ▁has ▁you ▁st