![]() Sean Vanaman, the writer of Firewatch, apparently told Cabel that they should “do this again.”įor anyone looking out for game patches to keep the game running smoothly, Cabel says there’s plenty of that on the horizon. Cabel ends the blog post in an emotional light, portraying how the team had a few drinks together with everyone feeling the elation of “ … actually having done it … ” It also seems we might be lucky enough to see more from the team. As you’d expect, the team seems to have been celebrating the success in a suitable fashion. Great games developed by creative individuals on a rather tight budget are rare, but they’re certain to inspire future developers. Even though it came to other platforms over two years ago, Firewatch is a game that has always been on my radar, and after playing through it, I regret that I waited this long to do so. Regardless, seeing these small game developers making the big bucks is not only a good thing for them, but also for the whole industry. Platform: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One Released: FebruDeveloper: Campo Santo Publisher: Campo Santo, Panic Genre: Adventure ESRB: M For Mature 17+ due to Suggestive Themes, Nudity, Drug. For a game sold at $20, that number is a huge achievement, though perhaps not as impressive as The Witness, which did very well at double that price. ![]() Not shipments, like we hear with boxed game copies, but actual game sales. Created by Campo Santo and published by Panic, Firewatch is a first-person game about a fire lookout in Wyoming’s Shoshone National Forest. To those who scoff at independent game developers, know that with no prior reputation, Firewatch sold half a million digital copies. Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio. Not one of those sniveling, cartoonish cowards you frequently see portrayed as villains in various entertainments, but an average one. ![]() Last month, we saw the sparkling success of Jonathan Blow’s The Witness. In one week it reached the same sales figures that the creator’s first game hit in an entire year. Firewatch Review PS4 by Alex Navarro on FebruCampo Santos debut adventure offers up a taut mystery built around two tremendously engaging characters. ![]()
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