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Firewatch

2016 79 / 100 Adventure Indie

Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start to question some of the things that are happening to you. Your only human connection is over a handheld radio, which you’ll use to speak with your supervisor De Show full summary

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Shared DNA

✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Story-focused Game feel ✓ Exploration Game feel ✓ Choices Game feel

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Open World instead of Linear

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Everything about Firewatch: story and gameplay

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Story & context

The year is 1989. You are a man named Henry who has retreated from your messy life to work as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness. Perched atop a mountain, it's your job to find smoke and keep the wilderness safe. An especially hot, dry summer has everyone on edge. Your supervisor, a woman named Delilah, is available to you at all times over a small, handheld radio—and is your only contact with the world you've left behind. But when something strange draws you out of your lookout tower and into the world below, you'll explore a wild and unknown environment, facing questions and making interpersonal choices that can build or destroy the only meaningful relationship you have.

ExperienceStory-focused GameplayExploration ExperienceChoices GenreAdventure GenreIndie ThemeDrama ThemeMystery ThemeOpen world

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