Firewatch by Campo Santo - Now available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and PlayStation 4

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  • My God, half of this page is banned.

  • People are dropping like flies these days

    My God, half of this page is banned.

  • CrazedRabbit posted this.

    Pink Rabbit gets banned.

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    CrazedRabbit is a secret mod confirmed.

    There can only be one rabbit... This town ain't big enough for the both of us

  • Extremely interesting, I hope it gets released soon.

    dojo32161 posted: »

    Story Trailer

  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited June 2015

    The reason why it looks like a lot of bans is because it's the same person talking to themselves with alternate accounts.

    My God, half of this page is banned.

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    why

    Jennifer posted: »

    The reason why it looks like a lot of bans is because it's the same person talking to themselves with alternate accounts.

  • This game looks really interesting.

    dojo32161 posted: »

    Story Trailer

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    I'd never probably be a mod thou. Probably huehuehue

    Pipas posted: »

    CrazedRabbit posted this. Pink Rabbit gets banned. CrazedRabbit is a secret mod confirmed.

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator

    One of the developers of Firewatch posted this on twitter.

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    It looks like they are testing on Steam now, there is no pre-order yet but hopefully we don't have to wait too much longer.

  • Awesome! After seeing the demo forever ago I became super interested in the game. Has there been a release date yet? Or is it even coming out this year?

    OzzyUK posted: »

    One of the developers of Firewatch posted this on twitter. https://twitter.com/ollymoss/status/637791395932082176 It looks like they are testing on Steam now, there is no pre-order yet but hopefully we don't have to wait too much longer.

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator

    They posted this on twitter on August 13th

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    We can never escape the word "soon" :P

    Awesome! After seeing the demo forever ago I became super interested in the game. Has there been a release date yet? Or is it even coming out this year?

  • Even ex-Telltale employee's love that word.

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    OzzyUK posted: »

    They posted this on twitter on August 13th https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/631936154338619392 We can never escape the word "soon" :P

  • edited August 2015

    Hm... Sean continues Telltlale-tradition? ;)

    OzzyUK posted: »

    They posted this on twitter on August 13th https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/631936154338619392 We can never escape the word "soon" :P

  • That's exciting to hear!

    OzzyUK posted: »

    They posted this on twitter on August 13th https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/631936154338619392 We can never escape the word "soon" :P

  • So... we have 2-2,5 months ^^

    OzzyUK posted: »

    They posted this on twitter on August 13th https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/631936154338619392 We can never escape the word "soon" :P

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    OzzyUK posted: »

    They posted this on twitter on August 13th https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/631936154338619392 We can never escape the word "soon" :P

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator

    Campo Santo have announced that Firewatch will be released February 9th 2016

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    There is some more information on their Blog

    FIREWATCH ARRIVES ON FEBRUARY 9 ON PC & PS4

    Circle February 9 on your calendar, gather your friends, and put your camping trips on hold: Firewatch is coming to Windows, Mac, Linux, and PlayStation 4. At the same time!

    Right now we’re still polishing, optimizing, writing, and developing the last bits of the game, but we can’t wait to put it out there for you to play. Our goal is a worldwide simultaneous release!

    We’ll have much more to say in the lead-up to February 9, as well as some opportunities for folks to get an early hands-on. Keep an eye on the @camposanto Twitter feed for more, and feel free to toss us questions there or in the comments right on this blog.

  • Cool to finally get some more news! Shame it doesn't come out this year, but it will hopefully be worth the wait.

    OzzyUK posted: »

    Campo Santo have announced that Firewatch will be released February 9th 2016 https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/653609191844655104

  • Awesome news, can't wait for the game, it looks very promising.

    OzzyUK posted: »

    Campo Santo have announced that Firewatch will be released February 9th 2016 https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/653609191844655104

  • Awesome! I can't wait to play this game. It looks really promising. And these are the writers who brought us The Walking Dead season 1. :)

    OzzyUK posted: »

    Campo Santo have announced that Firewatch will be released February 9th 2016 https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/653609191844655104

  • edited December 2015

    OzzyUK posted: »

    Campo Santo have announced that Firewatch will be released February 9th 2016 https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/653609191844655104

  • Hooray! I'm looking forward to what looks like an awesome game.

    OzzyUK posted: »

    Campo Santo have announced that Firewatch will be released February 9th 2016 https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/653609191844655104

  • Aww, too bad it isnt coming out this year, the whole atmosphere from all the trailers really makes me want to get my hands on it ;-;

    OzzyUK posted: »

    Campo Santo have announced that Firewatch will be released February 9th 2016 https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/653609191844655104

  • The atmosphere looks amazing!

    Although oddly scary too. If you get what I mean.

    Poogers555 posted: »

    Aww, too bad it isnt coming out this year, the whole atmosphere from all the trailers really makes me want to get my hands on it ;-;

  • Awesomesauce!

    OzzyUK posted: »

    Campo Santo have announced that Firewatch will be released February 9th 2016 https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/653609191844655104

  • All aboard the Hype Train to Fuckyeahville!

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator

    Firewatch is now on the Steam store page, you can't pre order it yet but you can add it to your wishlist.

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator

    IGN have uploaded some new gameplay footage along with some commentary from Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin if anyone is interested.

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  • edited December 2015

    once they announced the release date i sort of decided to try not to learn any more about it, the very early playthrough plus the creators got me interested enough, i am not hoping for the gaming world to be turned upside down by how revolutionary and spectacular the game is (not going overboard with my expectations) but i genuinely do expect it to be great and well worth buying, i can imagine the game won't be for everyone, but it is definitely for me, and i assume for most, if not all of the people on these forums.

  • I am so looking forward to this game, Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin are great writers.

  • The more gameplay of Firewatch I see the more excited I get

  • http://www.examiner.com/article/exclusive-firewatch-designer-talks-character-choice-emotion-and-more

    Examiner has this neat interview with Sean Vannaman about Firewatch, which you can check out with the link above. It's kinda short, but touches upon things like player exploration and general (vague/spoiler free) things the plot might explore.

  • You necrofied this thread that's a bannable offens-oh wait your a mod and also have relevent news. Carry on.

    http://www.examiner.com/article/exclusive-firewatch-designer-talks-character-choice-emotion-and-more Examiner has this neat interview wit

  • http://www.pcgamer.com/firewatch-will-take-around-six-hours-to-complete-dev-explains/

    Firewatch will take 6 hours to complete, I'm kind of disappointed with these news. :(

  • Bummer...I hoped it would last longer. But who knows, maybe those six hours are amazing?

    Chris_93 posted: »

    http://www.pcgamer.com/firewatch-will-take-around-six-hours-to-complete-dev-explains/ Firewatch will take 6 hours to complete, I'm kind of disappointed with these news.

  • I sure hope so. :P

    Bummer...I hoped it would last longer. But who knows, maybe those six hours are amazing?

  • Quality over quantity. I'd rather have an amazing 6 hour game than a boring 20 hour game. But I will admit, considering how long they've been working on it, I am a bit shocked it's that short.

    Chris_93 posted: »

    http://www.pcgamer.com/firewatch-will-take-around-six-hours-to-complete-dev-explains/ Firewatch will take 6 hours to complete, I'm kind of disappointed with these news.

  • I haven't read the article yet, but maybe it is 6 hours of story content without counting the exploration and gameplay?

    Chris_93 posted: »

    I sure hope so. :P

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator
    edited January 2016

    I know it doesn't seem very long and even though they have been working on it for around 2+ years they are an incredibly small team (10-15 i think) and depending on how the game works there could be lots of variables in dialogue and other things that takes time to programme.

    One of the Camp Santo employees gives a good explanation in their Steam forum about the game length which you might find interesting.

    Sorry that's a bummer for you! We've tried to stress that Firewatch is a single player narrative/exploration game and as such, both the story we wanted the tell and the resources we have as a very small team mean some 100+ hour mega-saga is just not something Firewatch was ever going to be, and I hope we didn't accidentally give that impression.

    I'm sure we can all think of games we otherwise enjoyed, but ended up a bit disappointed in because they had a bunch of unnecessary filler that wasn't really interesting or engaging, but definitely did make the game longer.

    Personally, I much prefer a tight game that does a bunch of interesting things and doesn't overstay its welcome vs. something that has some good ideas but is hamstrung by a really laggardly pace.

    If you happen to only like really long games, well, Firewatch just might not be what you're looking for. But those Witcher 3s, Rusts and Fallout 4s aren't going anywhere ;) And trying out something that's a bit more focused like Firewatch might be an interesting change of pace!

    Also, Jane talked a bit (generally, not in regard to Firewatch specifically) about the whole price/length thing over here, so there's some good discussion there if you're curious:

    http://steamcommunity.com/app/383870/discussions/0/494632768627911959/

    Edit: Since the original OP is no longer using this forum i decided to give the OP a update :)

    Chris_93 posted: »

    http://www.pcgamer.com/firewatch-will-take-around-six-hours-to-complete-dev-explains/ Firewatch will take 6 hours to complete, I'm kind of disappointed with these news.

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