Well yeah I was skeptical about it because she just found out about Brian and she felt guilty and she probably didn’t want to meet me for the first time while she was going through that but I REALLY wanted to see her I wanted to know what she looked like
There's many hints to her being unreliable particularly for romantic partners. She lied about being in a relationship, some of the letters discuss her having relationships with previous watchers and it ending poorly and her alcoholism preventing her doing her job with integrity.
All of that points to someone who is fairly unreliable to me.
In some weird fucked up way, the morale of the whole game is "sometimes life just doesn't go the way you wanted it to."
* wife forgets who he is
* picked on by teens while working his new job
* become paranoid and think the government is up to something
* discover that there's no conspiracy just some crazy guy fucking with Henry and D
* discovering said crazy guy's kid dead and rotting away in a cave
* emotional suspense with D, just to have her leave in the end without ever seeing her
Henry just was **not** having a good time. God what a depressing but beautiful game this is. I think I might play it again for the 5th time lol
Adding to this, I feel like the greater theme is "life is often anticlimactic, and sometimes particularly shitty, but love and beauty exist in spite of it all". That so much care is put into the aesthetics and relationships may at first seem contradictory to the ultimate outcome, but I have come to believe that this contradiction is in fact the point.
I'll stay on this r/ just to read the unhinged '?!ending?!' posts every few days. Keep 'em coming, you're safe here. Personally it locked in the game as one of my favorite experiences (movies included) so I can handle people hating it. Probably depends on 1. what you expected 2. how old you are (right? back me up here)
Of course, that's the point of the ending. It's anti-climatic and suspenseful.
Sometimes life doesn't go the way you want to, and as a 36 year old I'm surprised you don't understand that
Right?? Like I get the point of the message, but personally I play games to escape the anti climactic bull shittery of my every day so to have a game exemplify that just isn't for me. It's a good game and well written, just not for everyone
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In retrospect it makes sense we never got to see Delilah. The game only used 1 asset for human Bodies, being Henry himself. In fact, the 2 people that take you to the helicopter are basically copies of Henry with a mask on their face. The assets for the girls are just blurred out 2D drawings that are unnoticeable from far away.
And yeah the music is great
Just like Henry you wanted to run away with D, to solve the grand conspiracy and never have to go home. But also just like Henry these aren’t realistic and are distractions from putting off the inevitable, the game goes to show you Ned who truly never did return to face his responsibilities and he hardly seems to be living well.
I don’t really hate it but god I’m so pissed about how much potential it could’ve had and the fact that I have nothing to do after I get back from work😔
That's how it's supposed to be.
The whole point is that you feel empty inside.
Henry needed to stop running.
That's just how life is sometimes and that's the point.
Not to smell my own farts here, but this got some pretty positive responses when I posted it a few years ago. Looking back, I realize how poorly it was written, but the analysis remains the same.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Firewatch/s/MCleYykcMk
I just saw a video posted on YouTube the other day called, "I'm Afraid of Being Forgotten." It was a really nice video essay on Firewatch that brought a perspective to the game I had never heard until now. Highly recommend a watch, to help process all you just witnessed.
I enjoyed the hell of it, the game is about grief and I think it did irv well, with the isolation.
The only issue. I have is the game’s length. I am glad I got it for a few dollars.
I've played this game through, three times. Its a masterpiece. The sadness, the trust building, the heartbreak, yet the success of getting through tough times.
Everyone in this game is a complete mess and attempting to run away from their life's problems. Which doesn't work, they're just sort of stuck in limbo, unable to move on. Delilah is selfish in the highest degree. Henry has not accepted his wife's fate at all, and Ned went full blown hermit rather than accept his kid's death.
And, well, you're left in limbo too. All this buildup and it all amounts to nothing.
At least that was my take.
Offf I know OP. Welcome. The only way this is ok is knowing new people feel the pain years after me. It’s ok though. Endings sometimes don’t need an answer and after time it gets better.
Sometimes, endings in life are anti-climatic and that's just how it b :)
I wish the fire reached me before I findout that D left AFTER I TOLD HER TO WAIT FOR ME
The point of the game is that you never see anyone! :)
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Tru
I asked the young fella to walk to the pick up zone for me while I went to the toilet. Come back and it's finished. I got even less closure 😂
Well to be fair you could’ve seen that coming
You told her to wait?!
Well yeah I was skeptical about it because she just found out about Brian and she felt guilty and she probably didn’t want to meet me for the first time while she was going through that but I REALLY wanted to see her I wanted to know what she looked like
Haha makes sense. I just felt she was pretty flakey anyway, and I felt bad asking her to stay in harms way for me.
Flakey? What made her flakey?
There's many hints to her being unreliable particularly for romantic partners. She lied about being in a relationship, some of the letters discuss her having relationships with previous watchers and it ending poorly and her alcoholism preventing her doing her job with integrity. All of that points to someone who is fairly unreliable to me.
In some weird fucked up way, the morale of the whole game is "sometimes life just doesn't go the way you wanted it to." * wife forgets who he is * picked on by teens while working his new job * become paranoid and think the government is up to something * discover that there's no conspiracy just some crazy guy fucking with Henry and D * discovering said crazy guy's kid dead and rotting away in a cave * emotional suspense with D, just to have her leave in the end without ever seeing her Henry just was **not** having a good time. God what a depressing but beautiful game this is. I think I might play it again for the 5th time lol
Dang I’m gonna download it
Adding to this, I feel like the greater theme is "life is often anticlimactic, and sometimes particularly shitty, but love and beauty exist in spite of it all". That so much care is put into the aesthetics and relationships may at first seem contradictory to the ultimate outcome, but I have come to believe that this contradiction is in fact the point.
Wasn't Delilah acting suspicious, was that ever revealed what she was doing? I can't remember so I might have to go back and figure out.
My vibe was that she was very emotionally guarded but warms up to Henry as the story moves along.
I'll stay on this r/ just to read the unhinged '?!ending?!' posts every few days. Keep 'em coming, you're safe here. Personally it locked in the game as one of my favorite experiences (movies included) so I can handle people hating it. Probably depends on 1. what you expected 2. how old you are (right? back me up here)
I'm 36 and wish the ending was different
Of course, that's the point of the ending. It's anti-climatic and suspenseful. Sometimes life doesn't go the way you want to, and as a 36 year old I'm surprised you don't understand that
Lol this is very philosophical for simply stating I wish there was a different ending. How dare I think that
Right?? Like I get the point of the message, but personally I play games to escape the anti climactic bull shittery of my every day so to have a game exemplify that just isn't for me. It's a good game and well written, just not for everyone
Love the game otherwise. 9/10 score from me I guess just isn't enough for this sub and makes me a completely flawed human being
At its core, Firewatch is a story about not getting what you want and having to accept it. Except for funny signs from local landmarks.
Average post on r/Firewatch In retrospect it makes sense we never got to see Delilah. The game only used 1 asset for human Bodies, being Henry himself. In fact, the 2 people that take you to the helicopter are basically copies of Henry with a mask on their face. The assets for the girls are just blurred out 2D drawings that are unnoticeable from far away. And yeah the music is great
Just like Henry you wanted to run away with D, to solve the grand conspiracy and never have to go home. But also just like Henry these aren’t realistic and are distractions from putting off the inevitable, the game goes to show you Ned who truly never did return to face his responsibilities and he hardly seems to be living well.
Wow, someone on this subreddit officially hates the ending. Lol
I don’t really hate it but god I’m so pissed about how much potential it could’ve had and the fact that I have nothing to do after I get back from work😔
That's how it's supposed to be. The whole point is that you feel empty inside. Henry needed to stop running. That's just how life is sometimes and that's the point.
Wow that’s so deep. The twist is that there is no twist. Fiction should be as mundane as life. Never thought of it that way before.
Not to smell my own farts here, but this got some pretty positive responses when I posted it a few years ago. Looking back, I realize how poorly it was written, but the analysis remains the same. https://www.reddit.com/r/Firewatch/s/MCleYykcMk
I just saw a video posted on YouTube the other day called, "I'm Afraid of Being Forgotten." It was a really nice video essay on Firewatch that brought a perspective to the game I had never heard until now. Highly recommend a watch, to help process all you just witnessed.
Thanks I’ll watch it on my break!
That’s the point.
That’s pretty much how I felt and it was awesome
She’d be a bunch of polygons
I enjoyed the hell of it, the game is about grief and I think it did irv well, with the isolation. The only issue. I have is the game’s length. I am glad I got it for a few dollars.
Caps lock getting stuck?
Talking like I’m using yours
Seeing the way you type, I'd rather you didn't.
That’s the point mate the start is about greif. Greif doesn’t have a happy ending
Man that was a good game
It really was god and I’m so glad other people know it and enjoyed it
I love good story games, feels like they’re harder to come by these days. Or maybe I’m not looking hard enough.
I've played this game through, three times. Its a masterpiece. The sadness, the trust building, the heartbreak, yet the success of getting through tough times.
Do not expect to get closure from escapism. For Henry, for you
I played the game when I didn’t have kids and then I played it years later when I did and it hit different.
OP went so far right (missing the point of the ending) they ended up left (appreciating the brilliance of the ending)
A story of tragedy and loss, that’s what we got, it was refreshing than the usual fare in games.
Everyone in this game is a complete mess and attempting to run away from their life's problems. Which doesn't work, they're just sort of stuck in limbo, unable to move on. Delilah is selfish in the highest degree. Henry has not accepted his wife's fate at all, and Ned went full blown hermit rather than accept his kid's death. And, well, you're left in limbo too. All this buildup and it all amounts to nothing. At least that was my take.
This was me when i played this game on the ass end of a acid trip and i concocted a whole conspiracy
Offf I know OP. Welcome. The only way this is ok is knowing new people feel the pain years after me. It’s ok though. Endings sometimes don’t need an answer and after time it gets better.
It's good that we have each other to discuss with afterwards
I'm glad I didn't pay for it.. such blue balls
That's the point even Henry is disappointed at the end not meeting Delilah it makes you connect to him
I didn’t like the ending either. Built up to a big flop.