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    Firewatch

    Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Feb 09, 2016

    A first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness developed by Campo Santo, where the protagonist's only lifeline, emotionally and physically speaking, is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

    omgrich's Firewatch (PlayStation 4) review

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    Gone Fire Watchin'

    A beautiful, well written "walking simulator" that skews a little too close too the rhythm and outline laid down by Gone Home. The location and pace and style and themes are different from 95% of other games out there, and that's hugely appreciated. But the back half of the story and it's resolution borrows a little too much from a game that most players have probably already played if they have an interest in this one.

    Other reviews for Firewatch (PlayStation 4)

      A beautiful world hides troubled people 0

      What is Firewatch? Beautiful.Firewatch in set in the late 1980s, and the main character Henry has taken a summer job in Wyoming. The job description is simple: watch the forest in near total isolation (save for radio contact with Delilah, a more senior member of the service), and report signs of fire to the park service. It should be the perfect place to escape, and hide, from one's problems, but mysterious events start to occur almost as soon as Henry arrives his lookout tower.From the first mo...

      2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

      Fire Walk With Me 0

      The Walking Simulator, a somewhat derogatory term used to label a new kind of game that has emerged over the past couple years, has given the genre known as "quick time event" a bit of a reprieve. Together, these two genres have polarized fans of the medium, and has made myself question just what these experiences exactly are. And that is precisely what they are: an experience. Same as Contra, Doom, Final Fantasy VII...games that fall under this nebulous category of "minimal gameplay" have earne...

      2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

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