Posted on: October 11, 2017

mikemihai89

Games: 90 Reviews: 6

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If you have played "The Long Dark", You will love Firewatch. The game textures and art is similar. However Firewatch is more detailed, more organic. Firewatch stirs emotional adventures and excitement. It does so with the narative and great music and art choice. Story wise this game has a very unique and natural story, it is very relatable to the human mind and soul. I would really love to see more from the developer. A longer story. Similar art style. Same great views. I do not care if they use the same map, I just want a longer story with the same game formula. It is addictive and fun and much too short. The endings could carry more impact. A hollywood ending would have not been bad. Thou regardless of sad or happy ending. Choosing one with a deep impact would have made this game more notable. Unfortunately like all good things, they eventually end. And this game ends much too soon. But I loved it.

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Posted on: December 20, 2017

jorgen

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Games: 239 Reviews: 1

Atmospheric and Engaging, Loved It

I found this game to be much more enjoyable than I anticipated. I didn't know much about it going in. I didn't expect the story that I ended up experiencing. Maybe the lack of expectation helped. Dialog choices is the main mechanic of the game, plus some exploration. The dialog was very well written, and the voice acting is excellent. I really connected with the characters. This is more of a game that you experience rather than play in the traditional sense. I would compare it to a game like Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons in that regard. The game itself is not terribly challenging, but the story and atmosphere really pull you in. While there is a little bit of walking simulator in the game, the dialog, characters, and story keep things moving. The visual style is also worth mentioning. It is a simple yet visually pleasing game. I can't help but wonder how great this would be in VR, particularly in the free roaming mode. As for the ending, I felt like it ended on a realistic and satifying note. This game is really about two people isolated from the rest of the world, trying to get away from their lives. The only disappointment that I found was that the game ended before I was ready for it to end. The regular price is a little bit high for the experience, but if you can get this game on sale then it is absolutely worth it. I played through the Linux version without any issues on Arch Everything worked great, no issues whatsoever. I love that these smaller/indie developers release Linux versions of their games.

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Posted on: February 10, 2018

MayaPosch

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Games: 302 Reviews: 2

Awesome experience

Even though this game is fairly short (a few hours), it nevertheless felt like the best gaming experience I have ever had. Even better is that it makes one want to spend a summer doing this firewatch thing. Just hoping that nothing happens, of course :) The game had a weird quirk when I first started it due to multiple input devices, but a simple checkbox in the game's settings to ignore other input devices than the mouse (controllers, etc.) fixed this and I was in business.

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Posted on: October 1, 2018

PsVIPs1x

Games: 171 Reviews: 1

interesting game

interesting game style.

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Posted on: February 21, 2019

didaskalia

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Games: 74 Reviews: 2

Game like a book

Hi Just finished this game. Its a good one, but before you buy it, let me tell you what you shoud expect. This game is a short story. It is not an action game. It tells you the story of a 40 years man who want to escape from his live problems and gets a job as a fire watch. This game is very easy to play, there is no riddle to solve, no cliffs to fall down. Its more like a movie or a book where you just have to go on to move the story. If you look for an adventure game which you can finish in 2 evenings and you do not have a need to bloodthirsty action then this game is for you. Prepare some tea, take a headset and immerse into nice video, greate audio and original story!

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