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 Delilah about the things both of you are experiencing. 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.
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Earnest, contemplative, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Campo Santo
- Publisher
- Panic
- Released
- February 9, 2016
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 4 h rushed · 4.5 h main story · 6 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.9/10 from 1220 ratings.
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