Firewatch
Campo Santo
· Panic
Adventure, Indie
Release Date: February 9, 2016
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.
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Critic Reviews
5 reviews
COGconnected
85/100
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Firewatch continues to be a prime example of why the walking simulator needs to exist. Narratively interesting, and beautiful to explore.
Giant Bomb
★★★★
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Campo Santo's debut adventure offers up a taut mystery built around two tremendously engaging characters.
IGN
9.3/10
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Firewatch is among the best of the so-called “walking simulators” thanks to impeccable writing, gorgeous art direction, and stellar voice acting.
GamesRadar
★★★★
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90
You simply have to play this PS4/PC adventure from Campo Santo. Check out our spoiler-free review and we'll tell you why.
Destructoid
8/10
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The drunk, nude teens bathing in the lake at sunset summed up Firewatch neatly: “you’re just some sad man out in the woods.” Kids always know just where to cut. If you could translate the insult quadrant of their brains you’d have the most precise web algorithms in the world and only ever see cute animal gifs and Missy Elliot songs.