Firewatch is a mystery set in the woods of Wyoming, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio. You play as a man named Henry who has retreated from his messy life to work as a fire lookout in the wilderness. Perched high atop a mountain, it’s your job to look for smoke and keep the wilderness safe. An especially hot and 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, 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.
Firewatch is a video game about adults having adult conversations about adult things. If you plan on playing with a younger gamer, that might be good to know going in.
Firewatch Key Features:
1, A stunningly beautiful wilderness environment that expands as you explore.
2, A tailor-made story: the choices you make shape the narrative and build relationships.
3, An edge-of-your-seat mystery.
4, Secrets and discoveries to be made over every hill.
5, Living, breathing characters brought to life by Cissy Jones (
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8, A spectacular wilderness environment by Olly Moss (
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11, A thrilling story and script by Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin (
12, A stirring original soundtrack by Chris Remo (
13, Fluid first-person animation by James Benson (
14, Gameplay scripting and design work by Patrick Ewing (
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In Firewatch you play as a man named Henry who has retreated from his messy life to work as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness. Perched high atop a mountain, it’s your job to look for 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, 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.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-2115C 2.0GHz / AMD Athlon II X3 460 | Intel Core i3-550 3.2GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 620 |
| VRAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| OS | Win 7 64 | Win 7 64 |
| Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce GTS 450 v4 / AMD Radeon HD 6770 | nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 6950 |
| Direct X | DX 11 | DX 11 |
| SOUND CARD | DirectX Compatible | DirectX Compatible |
| HDD Space | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Game Analysis | While Firewatch graphics look good, Firewatch uses the Unity graphics engine with fairly simple textures. This makes it much more likely to run on low end PCs. An Nvidia GTS 450 graphics card is the minimum Firewatch requirement, whereas it will likely need a fair amount of system memory to run smoothly, 6GB has been quoted as minimum RAM requirement. Firewatch is a mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio. It’s your job to look for smoke and keep the wilderness safe. An especially hot, dry summer has everyone on edge. | |
| High FPS | 200+ FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Optimization Score | 7.3 | |
| Minimum System Requirements | ||
| CPU | 2011 or newer Intel Core i5 | |
| RAM | 6 GB RAM | |
| OS | Mac OS X 10.8+ | |
| Graphics Card | Nvidia or ATi GPU with 1GB Memory | |
| HDD Space | 4 GB available space |
| Minimum System Requirements | ||
| CPU | Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent | |
| RAM | 6 GB RAM | |
| OS | 64-bit OS | |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA GeForce 450 or higher with 1GB Memory | |
| HDD Space | 4 GB available space |
Absolutely beautiful, amazing at 4K. Voice actors superb
Short, Ending a bit wonky
Upon buying this game, i had NO idea about it except for the ‘cool’ art style, and to be honest…..
I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
First off, Pros:
+Amazing voice overs
+Cool soundtrack and sound design
+ Cartoony art style
+ atmospheric with their story
Cons:
– Anti-Climatic Ending
– FPS Drops (I cant really talk about that [Laptop Skrub] but other people were having little issues)
It was originally a 8.5-9 / 10 UNTIL I found these VERY useful in finding what happened
Beautiful atmosphere
A bit short
Amazing looking game, with a compelling storyline! Hard to put away once you started.
+++ strong voice acting
+ decent visuals and atmosphere
- linear and forgettable story
-- lots of dialogue choices with little to no impact on story development
-- very short
Firewatch is a regular story beautifully put in scene. Unfortunately it is quite simple and shallow and lacks some consistency and fulfillment.You don’t ponder on the experience you had but rather wonder what would you have done to make it better. While it is a enjoyable experience it is also forgettable, I wouldn’t particularly recommend it.
-Bringing attention to the beauty of U.S. National Parks.
-Writing and acting
-Pleasant feeling that comes with just taking a nice walk through nature on a nice day.
-Some lag and long loading times on console. Made me wish to play on a high-end PC to really take in the natural beauty on display.
-Lack of wildlife
In the movie ‘Dog Day Afternoon,’ John Cazale’s character is asked by Al Pacino where he would like to go in the world and that they could go anywhere that they want. After a long pause, Cazale responds with a bashful, “Wyoming.”
While meant as a humorous beat in the movie, I can now see the appeal. Firewatch captures a very grounded and personal drama in the wilds and beauty of a Wyoming national park. It gets categorized as another “walking simulator”, but the story is engaging enough and the environment even moreso. The game designers do a lot with a sparse cast and a wide open environment to build intriguing mysteries that took me back to the best aspects of the TV show ‘Lost’. Although, some might be disappointed in the game’s twists and reveals, if you can even call them that. Still, apart from the reality and mystery the game sets up, there’s a lot to enjoy in the game’s writing as the conversation between characters feels very natural in its humor and awkwardness at times.
Firewatch accomplishes with an even hand a pleasant and down to Earth experience that inspires one to take a moment for introspection and come to grips with the reality of life while appreciating the splendor in the world.
What a story, I enjoyed every minute I played this game. Truly fascinating