If physical QTE were ousted from the formula, timed speech decisions are a big thing in the game, including that of remaining silent in times of calm or panic.

Just as in the memorable first season of The Walking Dead Telltale Games, written byВ oneВ Campo SantoвЂ™sВ founder, the gameplay is based more on the choices and answers duringВ the dialogues withВ tangible interactions, even if they contribute to the development of the plot. If all of thisВ does not sounds complicated, itвЂ™s normal: it never is and it is done voluntary by the developers. All in all, youвЂ™ll be guided byВ Delilah viaВ your walkie-talkie to get to specific areas of the park, with the help of a paper map andВ compass. But this simplicityВ does not mean that youвЂ™llВ feels safe, but do not expect to have to collect wood for fire, eat, gather plants andВ roots or even drink from the water sources to survive in the middle of nowhere. ThereвЂ™s no inventory or resource management system вЂ“ so donвЂ™t expect to merge matches with sticks to build a torch вЂ“ and all itemsВ will automatically be used when the situation demands it. All the things that the playerВ can pick up, inspect or keepВ are clearly marked, while others are there just to make theВ set more believable. Using an excellent voice acting,В and a subtleВ interface, Firewatch is prettyВ clear within theВ few minutes of playing, with aВ majority of simple actions required to interact with thisВ world and story. So welcome to Two Forks watchtower, a landmark refuge where Henry will spend his days, and where the player will beВ immersed for good in the game and its mechanics. And so, like many games focusing a lot on the quality of their writing, Firewatch is a gentle title, extremely vulnerable to spoilers, so IвЂ™ll try my best notВ to spoil anything essential to the plot. Good for us gamers, because plans that run smoothly are rarely the most interesting.

Despite constant radio contact with some Delilah, one responsible for hisВ guidance and training, his stay in the wilds of Wyoming will be more unpredictable than expected. Henry decides to get away from all this, and optsВ for a summer job as firewatch, hoping toВ clear his head,В while helping to fight against fire threat in one of the great national parks of the American West. He became an alcoholic and anxious about lifestyle choices, which got him into prison, and his wife taken away by her family. ItвЂ™s a tough one as well, oneВ of a man whom fell in love, but is risking his marriage, because of a neurodegenerative disease his wife is suffering. Sure heвЂ™s may well be good with his hands and never tired during the hikes, but you discover in theВ mid-textual prologue, his physical appearance through clever choices, but it is above all hisВ backstory and psyche that will be discovered throughout the adventure. Our hero, Henry is the opposite of an athletic video game hero without qualms. The good news is that this spiritual journey is one greatly done, despite annoying technical problems and some small weaknesses in itsВ storytelling.

Rather quickly placed in the category of a вЂњwalking simulator,вЂќ even if hiking is in the heart of this game, with highly stylized natural landscape, walking is one of the main activities of the title, whileВ exploring the psychology and nature of theВ characters as well as your own. ThisВ adventure game inВ the middle of Wyoming national park has been created byВ Campo Santo, a young independent studio founded in California by former employees of Telltale Games, Klei Entertainment, and soon joined by defectors from Double Fine, LucasВ Arts andВ 2K Marin (after the closure). For nearly two years, Firewatch had captured the attentionВ of every indie nerd around the world, the sameВ wayВ so many mothsВ are attracted by light-bulbs, withВ its artistic direction, inspired and supervised by British illustrator Olly Moss.

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