On one hand I was relieved, which is a testament too Campo Santo on the other hand, I wanted to see how far Camp Santo was going to take moments like that, and I think they could have taken situations further. One time I pissed off Delilah and she walked away from her radio, but nothing happened to me during that time. You also make decisions that have immediate negative effect but many of them end up having little consequence. One of the paragraphs from Campo SantoвЂ™s website describing Firewatch says вЂњвЂ¦youвЂ™ll explore a wild and unknown environment, facing questions and making interpersonal choices that can build or destroy the only meaningful relationship you have.вЂќ But you never know if your choices actually have an impact on the outcome of the game. I think itвЂ™s an innovation on dialogue choices, but itвЂ™s a double-edged sword. Just like life, what you said is what you said and itвЂ™s not until hindsight where you realize that a choice from a few hours back may have led to the situation you are in. Choices arenвЂ™t colored differently and thereвЂ™s no screen saying which choices will go into the next day. ThatвЂ™s the biggest difference between The Walking Dead and this game. I also wasnвЂ™t sure if my dialogue choices were affecting my future. And that sense is heightened by the very good sound design. ItвЂ™s the same feeling you would have if you were walking through a forest and you didnвЂ™t know what activities were happening or if someone was following you.

ThereвЂ™s so many instances where I felt a jump scare would come or something would pop out of the bushes. Walking around the forest made my heart beat hard sometimes. ItвЂ™s over time where the suspense picks up and you donвЂ™t know who you can trust, which is the suspenseful part because youвЂ™re only talking to one person the entire game. Instead you must tell your boss and call it in to the authorities. But youвЂ™re not catapulted into вЂњfind evildoer mode.вЂќ Nope. Things do start to go off the rails, eventually. For example, two girls go missing, but you donвЂ™t go to the ends of the earth to save them because this is a realistic game. The gameвЂ™s timeline is marked by days and from day one thereвЂ™s activity, which youвЂ™ll find is creepier than expected in a quiet national forest. Your job as a fire lookout is to watch for fires and report suspicious activity. Otherwise, there was a choice that resonated with me and my perspectives, but you could also be the insensitive version of you or the goofy version of you. I could count on one hand how many choices felt contrived. Campo Santo made it so easy to invest yourself in the game because the dialogue and choices are so relatable. SheвЂ™s in another watch tower, so you communicate with her through a radio comm. Once youвЂ™re employed at the Shoshone National Forest, your only contact with humanity is the voice of your foul-mouthed but friendly boss, Delilah. What would you do with her? Do you fight for your marriage? Do you leave? The foundation of the game is your personal investment and just like financial investments, the greater your investment, the greater your return. The familiar dialogue style makes a return and as soon as the game starts, youвЂ™re making decisions as Henry. In response, he gets a job at a Wyoming National Forest as a fire lookout.Д«ut Henry is you. So sick that it breaks the fabric of his marriage. ThereвЂ™s no zombie apocalypse and the world isnвЂ™t collapsing under the weight of politics and war. You play as Henry, a regular guy who deals with real-life circumstances.

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