r/Firewatch • u/GayHistoryNerd02 • 9d ago

Screenshot I just finished this game and now I’m empty inside 😟

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u/Brave_Competition_15 9d ago

Yah, I had the same feeling when I finished the game, to fill the void I looked for games in the same vein as firewatch be it a walking sim or just have a mystery,if you like I recommend playing these games:

What remains of Edith Finch: has both a mystery element and is a walking sim

Life is strange: has the mystery element

Or Road 96: walking sim

These are all really fun games in my opinion and honestly if you were to ask me which one I'd play after firewatch it be what remains of Edith Finch.

Now is this going to fill the void, well maybe, it did for me but it's different everyone.

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u/GayHistoryNerd02 9d ago

Thanks for these recommendations!!

For now, I’ve started the podcast “Tower 4”, which so far is very similar to the story of Firewatch, and I do love me some immersive fiction podcasts!

Gotta check out these games though! Feel like I’d like “The Long Dark” as well!

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u/Brave_Competition_15 9d ago edited 9d ago

No problem, hey do you think you can send me a link to the podcast it sounds interesting and I would love to check it out.

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u/ElyonLorena 9d ago

I've listened to the whole thing a while back and it's pretty good honestly. Sometimes it's eerily similar to the game and sometimes the story goes in a completely different direction, which I enjoyed. But most of all I just enjoyed being immersed in that type of world again. The soundscapes are really well done.

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u/Ghatanothoa16 9d ago

What remains of Edith Finch was such a good game... the only game that left my crying

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u/MyJukeboxBrk 8d ago

Arctic Awakening is coming out in September, looks good

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u/Spiceislife24 9d ago

I liked Heaven’s Vault and Oxenfree as well!

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u/RegwinaGeorge 8d ago

Best games ever. I swear these games filled me with a feeling i’ve never had before. If i had a genie i would play life is strange for the first time again lol

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u/Brave_Competition_15 8d ago

Yes, exactly, in fact I'm willing trying to make myself forget by removing myself from the games media and content so I can replay the game in two years, because 2027 will be the 5 year anniversary of the first time I played it, i'm also trying to do the same for the other games I mentioned because it will be the 5 year anniversary of when I first played those games too, but if I don't forget I'll just play them anyway.

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u/J4ck1tapZ 7d ago

Road 96 is one of the best games oat, kona is good too

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u/Ok-Conversation-1430 9d ago

Yeah, it does that sometimes (I felt the same)

Almost an SCP at that point : SCP-696969 Is a game that creates a feeling of emptiness in players

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u/GayHistoryNerd02 9d ago

Does indeed seem to be a universal experience for this game 😶

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u/Harmonico03 9d ago

Same. I tried many walking simulator games. You should try Call of the Sea. With same actress who voiced Delilah ! Also superliminal a Game with a portal vibe.

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u/Wayward4ever 9d ago

I second Call of the Sea! I recommend Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture too.

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u/gemtasticf1 9d ago

I played Everybody's Gone To the Rapture a few weeks ago and it consumed me. I loved the mechanics and it was so visually beautiful and the story is so haunting. I was thinking about the characters for a long time afterwards.

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u/Wayward4ever 9d ago

I tell my Alexa to play the soundtrack often. It’s stunning!

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u/GayHistoryNerd02 9d ago

Thanks!! I’ll check ‘em out :)

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u/Capt_Murphy_ 9d ago

I felt empty not ever meeting Delilah. One of the things that bothered me about the game, but I get why they kept her a mystery.

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u/Jacek3k 9d ago

Its by design. I think most of us felt like that.

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u/GayHistoryNerd02 9d ago

Well, even though it was a short journey, this game will always have a place in my heart

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u/Jacek3k 8d ago

same

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u/Inevitable_Stay9050 9d ago

Welcome to the club. I think I sat on my couch for a half hour after beating it.

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u/Crivens999 9d ago

That’s ok. All of us were empty inside. Play Lake a couple of times

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u/nhaines 9d ago

The real fires were the friends we made along the way!

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u/Kryptboy 9d ago

It does that to you doesn't it? Such a beautiful game.

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u/ArtInMe42 9d ago

Life hack: if you record the credits and rewatch them over and over again for an hour, you can drain all of the water from your body through your eyes 😅

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u/MSotallyTober 9d ago

I played the game before having kids and then picked it up later after having one and it hit different.

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u/CinamonTart 9d ago

perfect art 🖼️

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u/1porridge 9d ago

Play it again but with the commentary! That's what I'm currently doing after finishing the game

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u/GayHistoryNerd02 9d ago

Sounds like a good idea!!!

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u/springlove85 9d ago

Some of the environments in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage have very much a Firewatch-vibe. Especially when the characters travel further into the woods around Velvet Cove.

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u/XacLu 8d ago

Play The Invincible

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u/thejustllama 8d ago

I loved that game. I’ve played it several times through.

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u/MissJo24 8d ago

I’ve heard such sadness when the game is over and I’m wondering if it’s worth finishing? Why or why not?

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u/International-Bus399 7d ago

Hah, I also finished the game two days ago after not touching it for years. It made me realize how much I can still love slow paced, story driven games and how much time and energy I, a self-declared gamer, waste on FPS just to get that small Endorphine rush. Firewatch is one of the games where I wished I didn't get it on sale, they'd deserve every penny of the full price

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u/ElyonLorena 9d ago edited 9d ago

Listen to the podcast Tower 4!! Has the same vibes and the makers were inspired by Firewatch.

Also, some Dontnod games have similar vibes when it comes to the setting. The stories are quite different from Firewatch but I often find myself replaying them just because I like the world building and walking around in it. I think Gone Home is something you might appreciate as well. Also Season: a letter to the future.

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u/GayHistoryNerd02 9d ago

I am listening to it! :D