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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Firewatch | First Person Narrative Exploration Wyoming Simulator | Feb 9
 
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AndrewP
Apr 21, 2010

 Loved Gone Home. Loved this one. Loved the short length of both.

I appreciated how both hinted at something big and dark, but kept everything pretty small. I think I really just love short, focused, narrative-driven games like this and am really excited that more games are being made like it.

And the intro was perfectly executed and devastating, Christ.

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AndrewP
Apr 21, 2010

 Rich Somner! I knew I recognized that voice. Though I was thinking it was Ted Mosby the whole time.

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AndrewP
Apr 21, 2010

Jippa posted:


The far cry 2 style map/compass/locator thingy works really well. Some one mentioned earlier that there was a radio interaction with delilah where you hear her talking to some one else possibly about you. I missed a reply to this because I was still trying to put my map away and get down this cliff.

I'm not sure if that was intentional but it really planted an early seed of doubt about her and it was the first thing I was going to ask when I came in back to the thread (it was answered earlier).


I sorta wish this hadn't happened because it made me very suspicious of her for like half the game. I suppose this was intentional, but it cast doubt on every conversation with her even when that wasn't the tone of the exchange.

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AndrewP
Apr 21, 2010

CottonWolf posted:

the devs didn't trust the audience to be willing to play a game without a psuedo-science fiction plot, so they shoehorned one in where it didn't need to be.

Well, they probably shouldn't, considering the way Gone Home was received.

I honestly liked that arc, though - raised the tension a bit and drove the story along.

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AndrewP
Apr 21, 2010

 Don't suppose Rich Sommer would wanna reprise his role?

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