Firewatch

A simulator of spending hours flirting over the radio with your alcoholic boss while developing an absolutely insane conspiracy paranoia in the middle of nowhere, only for the game to remind you that your real adult life problems are still waiting for you back in the city. 10/10.

I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this game, there is just one thing. Absolutely no way that 40 year olds in the 80s talked like corny millenials

Маленька медитативна незалежна гра від першої особи де автори пропонують відчути себе у ролі лісничого. Протагоніст й сам новенький в цій справі тому ми разом з ним дізнаємося основи професії. Призвичаїтися допомагає напарниця яка спілкується з нами по рації, вона досвідчений рейнджер що доглядає за своєю ділянкою лісу. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3766401150 Ігролад нагадав мені старі квести – наводиш мишкою на річ, а головний герой коментує чи взаємодіє з нею, тільки тут відбувається діалог по радіозв’язку. Таким чином нам оповідають невеличку особисту трагічну історію, яка з часом перетворюється у детектив. Відзначу неймовірно чарівно відтворену природу, живі діалоги, хвилюючи музичні мотиви, влучну ідею з фотокамерою, тому робіть знімки та не пропускайте титри ;). https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3766401232 Також є фанатська локалізація, частково не дороблена, але десь 85% гри перекладено та озвучено. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3124995715 [h3] Рекомендую гру для відпочинку та релаксації. Проходження займає 6-7 годин. [/h3]

Short and bittersweet. Great game.

I enjoyed this game far more than I thought I would. Full disclosure, my main motivation for playing it was because I liked the backgrounds in the points shop. But I ended up liking it so much that I binged it in one sitting. I finished in about 5 hours, but I think it could be finished sooner. (My extended time is likely due to a mixture of being nosy and wanting to explore everything, and also having a terrible sense of direction and needing to check the map every 1.3 seconds.) It's definitely a shorter experience and not action heavy, but it's well paced and does a good job of building suspense in the time it has. Starting right from the intro, the game deals in some heavier topics, but one of my favorite things was the way it balanced the darker themes with a lot of humor. Henry and Delilah are pretty funny together. It's also visually stunning with great music, which really adds to the experience as well. I also liked that there was so much grey area in the events that you encounter. Henry uses the fire lookout job as escapism from the problems with his wife, and the player can definitely debate whether he's handling things the right way, but he's not a bad guy. Delilah makes some really questionable decisions as well and often feels guilty, but it can definitely be debated how much she's really at fault in some cases. And at the end when the bigger mystery comes unraveled, it's still not 100% clear what really happened and who should be blamed, if anyone. Definitely worth picking up. I don't think I'd want to pay full price, but definitely worth it for the $3.99 I paid on sale.

gracias Campo Santo por robar mi capacidad de ser feliz, lloré cascadas. buen juego

[h1]七月燃起的六月之火是个美好的梦，但我们终归无法逆流而上，该怎么说呢....这就是生活。[/h1] 10年前我就了解并游玩的这一款游戏，当时的我还不懂这些特殊的感情，主角们的对话有着什么样的含义，只是觉得很奇怪。 这是一个关于“逃避”与“面对”的故事。看起来是一款探索荒野的“步行模拟器”，但本质上，它是一场关于内心困境的深刻对话。 [hr][/hr] 游戏的主角亨利，正经历着人生的至暗时刻。他的妻子朱莉娅因早发性阿兹海默症而逐渐忘记他，那份看着挚爱之人日渐陌生的无力感，是难以言说的折磨。为了逃避这令人窒息的生活，他选择来到怀俄明州的荒野，成为一名火警瞭望员。 在这片广袤而孤寂的森林里，亨利唯一的联系，是对讲机另一端的上司——戴丽拉。她同样是个带着过往伤痛躲进深山的“逃兵”。两个孤独的灵魂，通过电波在这片与世隔绝的森林里互相取暖，他们的对话成为了游戏中最重要的纽带 游戏巧妙地利用悬疑元素推动剧情。森林中出现的陌生装备、被监听的对讲机、神秘的研究站，都让人以为背后隐藏着什么惊天阴谋。玩家会像亨利一样，脑补出各种阴谋论，以为找到了一个可以转移生活痛苦的外部“敌人”。 然而，游戏最后揭示的真相却无比“反高潮”。所有诡异事件的源头，是另一位同样选择逃避的前任看火人内德。他因过失害死了自己的儿子布赖恩，因无法面对而藏匿于山林。这个真相残酷地说明，没有阴谋，没有替罪羊，有的只是另一个被痛苦压垮、选择逃避的人。 [h3]三个人在逃 [/h3] 他们的痛苦来源于他们自己做过的事、没做过的事、以及眼睁睁看着命运发生而无力阻止的事。 没有外部敌人可以恨，只能恨自己。而恨自己是最难活下去的。 亨利就是这样一个不敢"见面"的人。他爱朱莉娅，但朱莉娅已经记不住他了；他在意戴丽拉，但他不知道自己有没有资格"面对面"承接另一个人的重量。他把自己关在瞭望塔里，隔着对讲机说话，本质上和那些在社交软件上倾诉心事的现代人毫无区别：越孤独，越不敢靠近；越靠近，越害怕被看穿。 亨利和戴丽拉的故事像极了网恋——开始于意外，升温于孤独，炽热于想象，终结于现实。它所有美好的部分都建立在"不见面"的基础上，一旦面对真实的生活，那些泡沫就会碎裂。戴丽拉的选择是清醒的，也是残忍的。她用"放手"教会了亨利最重要的一件事： [b]你不是来森林里重新开始的。你是来森林里确认自己还有勇气回去的。[/b] 而那个夏天过后，亨利有了这个勇气。不是因为他不痛了，而是因为他终于承认了——有些伤口不会愈合，但你依然可以站起来走路。 戴丽拉给他的，从来不是爱。是一段在深渊边缘的陪伴。一个让他知道自己还能被理解、被在乎的证明。然后她把他推回了他自己的人生里，干净利落，不留痕迹。 这才是最诛心的部分：有些关系，你一辈子不会再见那个人，但她会在你余生的每一个雨天里，以背景音的方式存在着。 她的声音，她喝酒时冰块碰撞杯壁的声响，她笑完之后那句短暂的"嗯"——这些细节会成为你永远抹不掉的痕迹。 [hr][/hr] 我关掉游戏之后，坐在椅子上想了很久。 让我意识到一件事：治愈是个谎话。 很多游戏告诉你，只要你够勇敢、够坚强、够努力，你就能"走出来"。但真正的创伤从来不会走出来，它只是变成了你的一部分。你余生的每一刻都在和它共处，就像亨利和朱莉娅的病共处，就像内德和布赖恩的死共处。 《Firwatch》给我的东西，其实也不是什么高深的哲理，只是一个很简单的确认：你一个人在这条路上走着，不是因为你做错了什么。只是因为有些路，只能一个人走。 而那些只能一个人走的路，你依然可以走下去。不必带着希望，只需要带着你自己。

Firewatch is one of the best examples of a "walking simulator" done well. Instead of focusing on combat or complex mechanics, it tells a deeply personal story about loneliness, guilt, and human connection.

Firewatch isn't just a "short walking simulator slop", it's more than you really think it is! It does resemble how reality is sometimes, that you must distract yourself to forget the previous problems you had or currently have. As we continue our journey with Firewatch, we are trying to prevent fires happening but also unravel the mysteries of the forest and solving problematic encounters on our hiking journey. Firewatch has suprised me a lot with it's story, as I didn't know anything about the game. It is a very well written story in such a short period of game time, where a hiking journey becomes more than just that. You will definitely be infested and in love with this game, both visually, sound wise and story wise. Developers have managed to create a game that could in some way resemble somebody's reality and question the player throughout the entire game. You should definitely grab Firewatch if you want to immerse yourself into this short hiking adventure and to discover what the forest has for us!

Firewatch is a really specific tilte, which reminds me of What Remains of Edith Finch, however in comparison narration is lackluster. It's really simple, short linear game with eye-pleasing graphics. There is a point in game which may creep you out a little bit, however it's not scary. If I had to describe this game, it feels like a book of somebody's summer while trying to runaway from your problems. I do feel a little bit disppointed - it's practically a diary of Henry's instead of a game. The only choie you get is the relationship you mantain towards your boss and wife (and even that is really limited, when the game tries to let you know he'd rather cheat on his sick wife by flirting with boss). Every other thing is linear. If you focus on nature and story of what's happening during your firewatch work, it's quite enjoyable. I feel like you can grab it on big discount to give it a try. I know it tries to be a game about life, however it feels a little bit incomplete due to lack of decision making, I feel like narration could be better - I mean personal life of main character. Nothing changed, there is no consequences, no decision's from Henry, no character develompent, his boss tries to force him to get back to his wife???, he just kinda feels like a bad husband? Even from before his wife got sick. I really wish I liked this game more, but it's just fine. As someone wrote "nice to walk in digital forest". Maybe inetersting conspiracy/mystery plotpoint, however it achieves nothing if your character is in a limbo and refuses to act, think or grow up. Definitely grab it on discount, if you want to play it. I'm not even sure if I'd recommend it, it's really overhyped. If steam gave me an option I'd give it "maybe on sale".