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Can you see the forest for the trees?



<span class="bold">Firewatch</span>, an engrossing first-person mystery about adult relationships under stress, is now available DRM-free on GOG.com for Windows, Mac, and Linux, with GOG Galaxy support for achievements and a 10% launch discount.

Isolation. Suffocating temperatures. The impenetrable Wyoming wilderness. It's one of those risky summer days when Henry's firewatch duty seems refreshingly important but a permeating sense of dread hangs in the atmosphere. Against his better judgement, he will soon find himself out into the wild, aiming to investigate a potential threat to the forest. Strange happenings will soon cause him to start questioning everything, including Delilah, his supervisor that accompanies him through this ordeal via a walkie-talkie.

Not unlike its beautiful setting, Firewatch is better experienced than described. This emotionally-charged mystery turns the untamed 1989 Wyoming setting into the perfect stage for an intense, surreal journey of an isolated man that struggles to stay connected with the outside world. The choices you make and the secrets you uncover will feed into Henry's narrative and ultimately determine how this curious story plays out.



Explore the temperamental human nature as revealed during one man's eventful <span class="bold">Firewatch</span> duty, DRM-free on GOG.com. The 10% launch discount will last until April 15, 1:59 PM UTC.


In the press :
"Gorgeous and clever, Campo Santo's debut is a triumph of craft" - Eurogamer
"Easily one of my favorite and most memorable game experiences of this decade" - IGN
"A rare and beautiful creation, that expands the possibilities for how a narrative game can be presented" - Rock, Paper, Shotgun
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thewitcherpotion: tl:dr dont purchase this non-game, just watch a yt of it. It'll be exactly that. Gog, quit putting more walking sims in your catalog, and get real games, can't hope to beat steam that way.
What if I like Walking sims and want more of them on GOG?
Post edited April 10, 2016 by omega64
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CharlesGrey: I suppose what I meant was: some reviews which aren't extremely biased, one way or another. Basically, a fair review, which talks about the game's positive and negative aspects, perhaps mentions some similar titles for comparison, and generally provides some useful info for people still "on the fence" about the game. Too many "reviewers" primarily use the review section as a platform to shout out their opinions and personal preferences, without making any serious efforts to actually help other customers.
Yeah, I got what you meant, I was just joking around.
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thewitcherpotion: tl:dr dont purchase this non-game, just watch a yt of it. It'll be exactly that. Gog, quit putting more walking sims in your catalog, and get real games, can't hope to beat steam that way.
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omega64: What if I like Walking sims and want more of them on GOG?
Then you'll never beat Steam! *insert dramatic music here*
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omega64: What if I like Walking sims and want more of them on GOG?
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CharlesGrey: Then you'll never beat Steam! *insert dramatic music here*
My gog, we're doomed. :'(
Nice - finally time to get The Witness on GOG ;)
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IFW: Nice - finally time to get The Witness on GOG ;)
Lol, no.
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IFW: Nice - finally time to get The Witness on GOG ;)
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omega64: Lol, no.
You mean wait for the bundle release instead? ;)
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omega64: Lol, no.
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IFW: You mean wait for the bundle release instead? ;)
More that I was stupid enough to buy it on Steam, I haven't finished it due to hating it. >_<
Nice game, but this camera shaking is giving me a headache. Really.
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omega64: What if I like Walking sims and want more of them on GOG?
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IFW: Nice - finally time to get The Witness on GOG ;)
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omega64: Lol, no.
*whistles*
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omega64: Lol, no.
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Fenixp: *whistles*
What? :P
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amrit9037: This is fucking great!!!
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catpower1980: Since it's an American game, I'm really curious what they consider to be "adult"....

Is there a script of the game somewhere? (I don't have time to watch a full let's play)
The main character's wife is suffering from early dementia (this is revealed within the first two minutes so not a spoiler). And there are other people in the game dealing with similar adult problems. If you're hoping for adult as in the Leisure Suit Larry games you'll be heavily disappointed.
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DrearierSpider: Pretty much every review I've read said the ending is complete garbage, and walking simulators are so damn tiresome by now. Pass.
Disappointing, yes. Unexpected, somewhat. Garbage, no.
A lot of people think there are conspiracies everywhere, but in reality it's often just a bunch of unfortunate events that seem to be related but really aren't or at least not in the way everyone thought they were. Throughout the game a lot of clues on what is really going on can be found, but since there is a lot of conversation going on and a lot of stuff to read it's easy to miss those early clues and be distracted with the mystery the game presents you with. There is a mystery that you'll solve in this game but it's a smaller and much more personal mystery that the seemingly big mystery that you are presented with at some point.
I've also read a lot of reviews and it seems to me that some people who read about 'adult conversations' and 'relations' were hoping for something more to happen between the two main characters. Unfortunately for them with adult conversation they mean adults discussing the crap that life sometimes throws at us and the way that we try to deal with that. If you're expecting the other kind of adult (as in x-rated), you'll be sorely disappointed.
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ZwaanME: Disappointing, yes. Unexpected, somewhat. Garbage, no.
I thought it was genius, personally. It worked flawlessly with overall tone of the game. ... I'm sort of bummed that I can't say more than that without spoiling anything, so I'll just shut up.
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CharlesGrey: Hm, heard of this one a few times, nice to see it available here.

Any opinions from people who have already tried it? The only review so far is bullshit, and it's hard to figure out much about the game just by looking at the screenshots and description. ( Doesn't help that the feature list is basically just a list of game development "celebrities". )

Might pick it up eventually, just to see what it's all about, but not at the current price.
It's a walking simulator that focusses on the conversations between the two main characters. One is the character you play as and the other is your 'boss' who you will only hear but never meet. The main character has fled his job and has become a fire watch because he has trouble dealing with the fact that his wife has early dementia and hardly recognises him and he is no longer capable of taking care of her. This is something you'll find out during the first two minutes of playing so I don't consider this a spoiler.
Your boss will send you out exploring every once in a while and you'll have to walk, run and climb in order to get around. So it's a bit more involved than in most walking simulators but don't expect complicated puzzles. It's mostly about enjoying the scenery and listening to the conversations.
At various points throughout the game you can choose to discuss things you see or find with your boss and during conversations with her you'll often get several replies to choose from. You can choose to keep it all in and pretend you're just fine or you can let it all out and tell her exactly how bad you feel. Choices you make will influence future conversations but have no impact on the game. The conversations are well written and very well voice acted. During one of your outings you'll discover a great fence in the woods that shouldn't be there and that's where the game's central mystery starts.
I enjoyed playing the game but the replayability is limited since, despite all the choices you can make, the outcome will always be the same. There is also a twist near the end which will probably not make a lot of sense when you play the game the first time. So replaying it is necessary to really understand what's going on.
It took me about six hours to complete and get all of the Steam achievements (sorry GOG, but if you're going to release game months after Steam does, don't be surprised if a lot of GOG subscribers have already bought it) and I enjoyed both play troughs. But after that there isn't really much more to discover. So you might want to wait until you can get it with a nice discount.