Year: 2016

Publisher: Panic, Inc.

Developer: Campo Santo

Creator: Jake Rodkin

Country: US

Genre: Adventure

Platform: Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PS4

Firewatch is an adventure game (or “walking simulator”) where the player controls a middle-aged man named Henry who takes a job as a park ranger in Wyoming to escape challenges in his personal life. In the game, set in 1989, the player guides Henry as he investigates fires, deals with trespassers, and discovers a possible government conspiracy. There is no combat, and most of the game is spent walking around the Wyoming wilderness, discovering notes and objects while corresponding with another ranger, Delilah, over a radio. The narrative, which is delivered almost exclusively through radio conversations, changes based on the decisions the player makes. The game uniquely explores human relationships through a lens of isolation, as nearly all interactions in the game are over radios.

 

LGBTQ  references in the game:

Dave

 

Citations:

1. Firewatch Game Art. (2016, February 9).Retrieved from Playstation Store game page https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/firewatch/cid=UP0146-CUSA04107_00-FIREWATCH0000000
2. Firewatch (video game). (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewatch
3. Campbell, C. (2016, February 8). Firewatch Review. Polygon. http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10900796/firewatch-review-pc-ps4-playstation-4-campo-santo