Firewatch

Firewatch is less of a game and more of an interactive story. Outside of "using a map to navigate" there basically isn't any gameplay, besides walking around. Choices appear to have very little meaning and exploration slows the story down while adding more or less nothing to your experience (with possibly a single exception). So, that is to say, exploration is not really rewarded, despite the world feeling inviting. It's an interesting choice to make a big inviting world, but basically waste your time for exploring it. On top of that, it's actually pretty buggy. Navigation with mouse and keyboard is strange (with my speed sometimes being slowed for no reason) and interactable (like padlocks) will sometimes move you away from them when you try to click on them, instead of actually interacting with them. I'm genuinely shocked they haven't patched this game's bugs by now, given its success. All that having been said, if your expectations are in the right place, the story (once it gets going) is really quite good and the main cast deliver their dialogue (of which there is a TON) extremely well. The ultimate resolution of the story is generally strong and satisfying, at least in regards to the mysteries presented, and the characters conclusions are... well... what you make of them. If you are merely interested in an interactive story, Firewatch delivers in spades. If you want a game to play, you will probably be disappointed. It took me a while to reset my expectations, but once I did, I enjoyed the ride.