finally played firewatch after it was made free a couple weeks ago
and honestly, not sure how I feel about it still
it left a horrible first impression on me and I'm kinda over games that immediately declare that you are (white boy name)
like maybe in some of these cases it truly is that everything had to be how it is because that's the best way to get across your artistic vision of a story but have you considered that the only stories we've been hearing for years are white boy stories
maybe find a different story to tell
sure, maybe I'm being too harsh, but it's how I feel and ultimately you can't make me play your games. I definitely wouldn't have played this one if it weren't free
firewatch spoilers I guess
like my biggest issues with the game are that it really feels like it cannot decide what it wants the vibe to be, in a way that feels really noncommittal
like, it's just a chill normal hike in the woods. maybe some weird stuff happens, like you fall when trying to climb somewhere, but whatever.
actually no, you're being spied on and it's very serious. there's an entire science camp of people spying on you trying to see what your life is like and can tell you and your boss are being flirty.
actually no, it's just some guy whose son died when hiking when he wasn't supposed to be allowed anywhere nearby, and decided to take it the wrong way and hide in the woods for years.
aw, guess the game is over now. guess that ultimately none of it mattered.
like, on one hand you could argue that Henry being a specific character mattered a lot for the story, but on the other, they vary the dialogue options so much he is literally just Nice Guy. and so it's hard to tell whether they want me to literally be him, aspire to be him, escape into him, or just listen to his story. you can't do all this at once
it just feels like the game is mostly a nothing burger with some nice scenery and some dialogue options which explicitly don't affect the plot and idk, it feels like I should be asking myself why I'm playing
re: firewatch spoilers I guess
@clarfonthey right? ppl hyped it up so much and it didn't land at all for me
