🌲 Firewatch released 7 years ago to a mostly positive reviews. Since then, the game has been largely forgotten. This video essay is to critique the game and examine why this happened. 🌲 Checkout my second channel at https://www.youtube.com/@critlive Live Stream in which I didn't talk as Henry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35e7sqyLFcI&t=4005s Timecodes: Introduction 0:00 Gameplay 2:34 Choices, Choices, Choices 10:53 The Prologue 24:43 Prologue Analysis 30:05 The Narrative 34:24 Narrative Analysis 1:07:33 The Ending 1:26:26 Outro + Montage 1:36:45 💡 Videos/Sources that were used for this essay 💡 Subscribe animations by @produced_by_eugene Pepe Silvia Green Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPOLvBSteS4 Walter White Kicking The Door Green Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuVMwL8TOkw Gamer Max Channel's Heavy Rain Playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSVKf37ucNI&t=6830s Geek Remix's video on Firewatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpKFxN1tukg&t=316s Gentle Zacharias' Essay on Firewatch https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/what-everyone-missed-about-firewatch/ (Recommend reading this by the way!) Polygon Interview with Sean Vanaman https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/4/3/15144298/firewatch-interview-sean-vanaman Outro song by Phil Dillow on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-lofi-heavy-chill-bass-keyboard-543/ follow me on instagram ► instagram.com/tuottajateemu follow me on twitter ► https://www.twitter.com/Tuottajateemu follow me on instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/tuottajateemu follow me on letterboxd ► https://letterboxd.com/Critcoffee/ 📌TAGS📌 #camposanto #videoessay #valve