When I started playing Firewatch I expected a short, cozy exploration game with a heavy focus on Story, which is sort of what I got:
(++) The absolute best thing about this game was hands down the voice acting. Without it the game would've not even had half the charm it has now, it was a delight listening to the conversations of the two protagonists. +1 for the numerous dialog options you can take.
(+) The atmosphere created is absolutely fantastic. The color filter(s) used together with the assets create a great atmosphere and the developers proved that they know how to set a mood.
(+) The sound design and music was really beautiful and really involved me into the entire world.
(+ -) The story: the story was overall really interesting and I loved the vibe between the characters. The mystery aspects was sort of really cool and I did not expect that. However, I was a bit disappointed with the ending, or at least part of it.
( - ) At first, walking around the map was really nice, to explore some new and nice scenery, but the more the game sent me around the map, the more it felt like a chore. Especially towards the end where I had to revisit certain areas over and over again.
( - ) Maybe that is just me but it was, especially at the beginning, super easy for me to miss dialog because i missed the interface pop-up or clicked on something / walked somewhere that brought me to the next dialog already. Controls were a bit of ''getting - used'' to but then was fine!
SPOILERS (smol ones):
( - - ) The game started off as a cozy, quiet game seemingly going towards a sad and emotional story. Somewhere in the middle it changed it's direction towards mystery / crime solving, which I enjoyed a lot at first. However, at some point, the first jumpscare (being hit in the head from behind) scared the absolute shit out of me. There were about 1-2 more jumpscares in the game and most of the vibe of the game from this point on was spooky and scary. I felt extremely nervous and anxious, afraid of another jumpscare. I am quite prone to jumpscares so I really got spooked at about 2 of them. I personally did not like the game including that when supposedly being a cozy exploration / story game. From that point on, I felt like i just wanted to get through the story and I was afraid of exploring further on my own. I felt like something was creeping up behind me all the time and I just felt overall nervous and scared the entire time. That did ruin the experience for me personally, but I absolutely understand people that give this game a high rating! Other's certainly are less easily to be spooked than me, so they will certainly enjoy this game, but for me it was hard to play after that!
(++) The absolute best thing about this game was hands down the voice acting. Without it the game would've not even had half the charm it has now, it was a delight listening to the conversations of the two protagonists. +1 for the numerous dialog options you can take.
(+) The atmosphere created is absolutely fantastic. The color filter(s) used together with the assets create a great atmosphere and the developers proved that they know how to set a mood.
(+) The sound design and music was really beautiful and really involved me into the entire world.
(+ -) The story: the story was overall really interesting and I loved the vibe between the characters. The mystery aspects was sort of really cool and I did not expect that. However, I was a bit disappointed with the ending, or at least part of it.
( - ) At first, walking around the map was really nice, to explore some new and nice scenery, but the more the game sent me around the map, the more it felt like a chore. Especially towards the end where I had to revisit certain areas over and over again.
( - ) Maybe that is just me but it was, especially at the beginning, super easy for me to miss dialog because i missed the interface pop-up or clicked on something / walked somewhere that brought me to the next dialog already. Controls were a bit of ''getting - used'' to but then was fine!
SPOILERS (smol ones):
( - - ) The game started off as a cozy, quiet game seemingly going towards a sad and emotional story. Somewhere in the middle it changed it's direction towards mystery / crime solving, which I enjoyed a lot at first. However, at some point, the first jumpscare (being hit in the head from behind) scared the absolute shit out of me. There were about 1-2 more jumpscares in the game and most of the vibe of the game from this point on was spooky and scary. I felt extremely nervous and anxious, afraid of another jumpscare. I am quite prone to jumpscares so I really got spooked at about 2 of them. I personally did not like the game including that when supposedly being a cozy exploration / story game. From that point on, I felt like i just wanted to get through the story and I was afraid of exploring further on my own. I felt like something was creeping up behind me all the time and I just felt overall nervous and scared the entire time. That did ruin the experience for me personally, but I absolutely understand people that give this game a high rating! Other's certainly are less easily to be spooked than me, so they will certainly enjoy this game, but for me it was hard to play after that!