Firewatch PS4

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Release date February 9, 2016

Synopsis

Firewatch takes place in the Wyoming wilderness in 1989.[1] Players take on the role of Henry (voiced by Rich Sommer), a fire lookout who is assigned to his own tower in Shoshone National Forest.[2] Through exploration of the surrounding area, Henry uncovers clues about mysterious occurrences in the vicinity that are related to the ransacking of his tower while out on a routine patrol.[3] Henry's only form of communication is a walkie-talkie connecting him to his supervisor, Delilah (voiced by Cissy Jones).[4] Players may choose from a number of dialog options to interact with her, or refrain from responding. The player's choices will influence the tone of his relationship with Delilah.

Probably my most anticipated game of Q1 2016 (there is a new gameplay video of the first 20mins but it contains quite a few spoilers and quite a lot of bad language, so left it out)

PS4 Reviews

79 Average - Opencritic

 

[insane200]

Ps4 exclusive i believe, doesn't mention Xbox on their website.

 

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Ps4 exclusive i believe, doesn't mention Xbox on their website.

your right, my bad PS4/PC/OSX

 

[antijoke]

Looking forward to this a lot!

Will probably pick it up on PC now though, especially if it will be cheaper.

 

[thedinks]

This looks interesting

 

[insane200]

your right, my bad PS4/PC/OSX

I'm hoping it will come to Xbox, as it looks pretty good.

 

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Out next week

 

[ps3ud0]

Really really like the art style but not sure what the games about - might buy it just based on the VA which seems great.

ps3ud0

 

[Dano]

Looks great, but I am not allowed to buy it until I finish the Witness

 

[TheVoice]

Been looking forward to this a lot since it was first shown off, looks excellent.

 

[beachBOYken]

This completely slipped my mind, looks good.


Is it digital only?

 

[TheVoice]

Yeah.

 

[antijoke]

Can't wait for it.

 

[Russinating]

This actually looks pretty decent. I haven't looked too much as I don't want to ruin it, but looks like a mix of LA Noire and Alan Wake?

 

[TheVoice]

This actually looks pretty decent. I haven't looked too much as I don't want to ruin it, but looks like a mix of LA Noire and Alan Wake?

Can't say I get a vibe of either of them from it really. It's got more in common with what people dismissively call "walking simulators" from what I've seen, being heavily narrative-driven, but with the inclusion of more interaction with the environment as well as other characters.

 

[Russinating]

Hmmm, like I said I've not watched much. So no real narrative or closure etc? The tower ransacking seemed to elude to some kind of storyline or mystery to be solved.

So it's more like Second Life?

 

[Jacksonn]

Looks really good. And not on x1

 

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Looks really good. And not on x1

personally I'd rather see it on as many platforms as possible.

Firewatch could come to Xbox One, but a sequel unlikely

An Xbox One version of Firewatch is not unlikely, if people want it.
Firewatch developer Camp Santo has said that it’s not against releasing the game on Xbox One, if there’s enough demand for it.

Firewatch is out on PC and PlayStation 4 February 9.

 

[Tummy]

I am ridiculously excited about this game, I'll be getting it on PC though #PCMasterRace.

It's funny because I was at University chatting to a good friend, who happens to write reviews for some excellent on-line sites, and we both said that this is one of the games we are both hyped for.

 

[Jacksonn]

I don't know I feel if they are limiting the release to like A console ect. They will spend more time optimizing it for it. Rather than just making it work kinda thing.