How Firewatch’s UI enhances immersion
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7 min readApr 9, 2017
Firewatch slowly crept up on everyone and blew them away, like the video game version of a forest fire (erm, the good kind). A narrative-driven mystery light on game time and heavy on dialogue didn’t seem like everyone’s idea of a sure-fire hit, but players constantly found themselves engaging with the almost-real world of Shoshone National Forest.