I can't remember the last time I played a game that didn't have any padding - a bunch of extra story and gameplay added to make the $60 crowd feel it was worthwhile (see BioShock Infinite, which I really enjoyed, but which didn't need about one-third of its events). There's just nothing extraneous in there. 'Firewatch gives a certain splendour to even the most mundane of tasks. You realise later that every single moment, bar little throwaway jokes, is meaningful or additive it contributes to the overall story, the relationship between Henry and Delilah (which can't be separated from the story, regardless of which direction it goes in) and the evolving atmosphere. It's too short - or rather, it's so well edited. It's going to be crazy difficult to talk about without spoilers.

Sherif: I've been writing some notes but they all end with me having to spoil things, which I would rather I didn't.īrenna: I sat up all night with it. Here's their correspondence, censored for spoilers of story elements beyond the first few minutes.

There're some environmental puzzles and in-world story telling, but the real takeaway is the experience as a whole.īrenna and Sherif both played Firewatch and couldn't agree on who should write the review - or what they could possibly say without spoiling a very special game. Your main character (Henry) talks with the game's other character (Delilah) almost all the time. The only battle now is how not to ruin it for everyone else.įirewatch is a game about exploring a beautiful canyon, getting to know interesting characters, and chasing an escalating mystery. Firewatch was supposed to polarise Team VG247, but the verdict came back unanimous on this indie gem.

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