Hi everyone!
Today I’m taking you for a little tour to a gaming experience that I had recently. Some of you probably have played Firewatch through already, but for the sake of those who are still new to the game, I will avoid spoilers! This will only be a short description and introduction to Firewatch. If you want to know more just click the link in the next paragraph or buy the game and see for yourself!
Firewatch is a story driven adventure game made by Campo Santo, you can buy it for your Playstation4 in the Playstation store, or for your computer on Steam if your user interface is either Windows, MAC or Linux.
The game is based in the Wyoming wilderness in the year 1989. The main character, a middle aged man named Henry, joins the Firewatch team as a fire lookout to have a little time alone with his thoughts after having some hard times with his life. Henry’s only social interraction in the game happens through walkie talkies with his supervisor Delilah and this is the most important building block of the game. I thought the different dialogue options were authentic and the conversations were engaging. The atmosphere is well constructed and the events that come up during the story are many times pretty surprising. There is some well built suspension and even hints of dread. The graphics are minimalistic but beautiful and wandering in the wilderness and watching the scenes is entertaining. The whole game is a sweet well- balanced cluster of beauty and thrill. I give a few negative marks on some illogical restrictions to player’s movement (can’t get through some invisible wall or a bush thats only 1m high). And I myself was a bit unsatisfied with the ending, because i thought it didn’t fit that well to the awesomeness of the rest of the game. The careful and thorough build up of tension during the story kind of fell flat. But that may be because I ‘ve studied too much story structure in my university and I can’t avoid nitpicking. All in all Firewatch was an enjoyable package and if you like beautiful story based adventures you should try it!
Play with passion!
auburn.geek
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