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It follows the life of a lookout in a dry forest landscape that is perpetually at the risk of wildfires, but does it do enough with this premise to make it a worthwhile experience?","2025-03-25T14:23:29.072989-04:00","2025-03-25T15:24:33.465786-04:00",{"id":278,"logo":293,"name":294,"slug":295,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":296,"youtube":26,"facebook":26,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":297,"website_url":298,"score_format":32,"average_score":299,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVideo-Chums.jpg","Video Chums","video-chums","VideoChums","Video Chums brings you great video game reviews and fun top 10 lists for new and retro video games.","https:\u002F\u002Fvideochums.com\u002F",76,{"id":301,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":302,"author":303,"original_score":310,"normalized_score":157,"review_url":311,"review_date":312,"summary":313,"created_at":314,"updated_at":314,"author_id":304,"last_edited_at":314,"outlet":315},82871,128,{"id":304,"bio":26,"name":305,"avg_score":306,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":307,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":308,"claim_token":26,"article_count":309,"claimed_by_user_id":26},6636,"Jason Kwasnicki",80.76923076923077,"2025-02-25T12:10:17.093719-05:00","2025-02-26T08:29:12.724265-05:00",13,"4.5\u002F5","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002F2016\u002F02\u002Freview-firewatch\u002F","2016-02-11","I’ve tried to stay fairly vague with this review because, like a movie, watching the tale unfold and feeling the emotions in the moment is half of the fun. 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Whether it is news, reviews, features, or guides – we're your source for high quality game coverage since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","2026-04-16","2026-04-21T12:25:16.686278","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e",5,"sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",144,1466,{"id":641,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":329,"author":642,"original_score":648,"normalized_score":448,"review_url":649,"review_date":387,"summary":650,"created_at":651,"updated_at":651,"author_id":643,"last_edited_at":651,"outlet":652},77458,{"id":643,"bio":26,"name":644,"avg_score":547,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":645,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":646,"claim_token":26,"article_count":647,"claimed_by_user_id":26},5838,"Tuffcub","2025-02-10T12:04:13.600748-05:00","2026-05-11T10:09:17.775864-04:00",87,"7.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2016\u002F02\u002F08\u002Ffirewatch-review\u002F","You already know if you are going to be buying Firewatch, and if you loved Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture or Life Is Strange then this is the game for you. It’s small, short and almost perfectly formed, it’s just the shame the game broke so many times when I was playing it. 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The physicality of your interactions, the excellent radio conversations, and poignant writing and imagery are hindered only by slight issues in presentation and technical hitching. It’s grounded, human, and one that you’ll be eager to talk about for days after the credits roll.","2025-03-16T16:36:30.968658-04:00","2025-07-08T17:47:59.714739-04:00",{"id":714,"logo":727,"name":728,"slug":729,"tags":26,"bluesky":730,"twitter":728,"youtube":731,"facebook":728,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":732,"website_url":733,"score_format":495,"average_score":46,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":734,"stats_updated_at":735,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":736,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":635,"active_authors_count":328,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":737,"editor_in_chief_email":738,"published_authors_count":171,"published_reviews_count":739},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGamingTrend-Logo.jpg","GamingTrend","gamingtrend","gamingtrend.com","@GamingTrendVideos","From the table to the screen, and everything in between!","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingtrend.com","2025-07-14","2025-07-16T19:33:01.762266","news@gamingtrend.com","reviews@gamingtrend.com","rburke@gamingtrend.com",805,{"id":741,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":742,"author":743,"original_score":749,"normalized_score":126,"review_url":750,"review_date":387,"summary":751,"created_at":752,"updated_at":752,"author_id":744,"last_edited_at":752,"outlet":753},146516,151,{"id":744,"bio":26,"name":745,"avg_score":73,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":746,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":747,"claim_token":26,"article_count":748,"claimed_by_user_id":26},12475,"Mates Bogdan Robert","2025-05-08T06:48:03.478451-04:00","2025-07-08T17:34:05.103127-04:00",97,"80","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.noobfeed.com\u002Freviews\u002Ffirewatch","Firewatch is a good debut that shines in some places and doesn’t in others. It definitely has a charm of its own, however it leaves the feeling that it’s not quite as refined as it could be. Going through it once will prove a pleasant trek through a beautiful patch of Wyoming wilderness with relatable characters who have great chemistry between them. The story moves at a steady pace and the mystery undertone ruffles it up just enough. Said undertone fizzles out when the final reveal is made and the way the story ends, though natural, will not please everyone. There doesn’t seem to be much replayability aside from finding out what answers you get for different responses. As a narrative-driven title, it could pave the way for a great tradition if Campo Santo limit themselves less. Be this as it may, the 6 hours spent with Firewatch were undoubtedly pleasant, making it a game worth picking up, if not now, at least when it is on sale.","2025-05-08T07:27:27.572863-04:00",{"id":742,"logo":754,"name":755,"slug":756,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":756,"youtube":756,"facebook":26,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":757,"website_url":758,"score_format":495,"average_score":126,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":759,"news_editor_email":760,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":113,"reviews_editor_email":760,"editor_in_chief_email":760,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fnoobfeed-logo.png","NoobFeed","noobfeed","NoobFeed is the place to be if you are a gamer, as both our team and our users share similar passions and interests.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.noobfeed.com\u002F","New York City","ron@noobfeed.com"]