Top of the morning ya'll laddies, my name is Jacksepticeye! and welcome to Firewatch. A game that I've been lookin' forward to personally for a really really long time I wouldnt be surprised if you seen like every other youtuber on the planet playing this game right now cause it's very new it only came out a couple of days ago so everyone is just gonna be playin' it anyway but it's supposedly really really good I-I saw the trailer for it a while ago and I saw some screenshots of it the art style just won me over completely it used to be my desktop background my phone background for ages then it kinda fell off the face of the earth and then it came back and it's like "Hey! It's comin' out in a month." so here it is now Finally I cannot wait to play it. It looks really good It's supposed to be very uh-story driven. The characters are very nice and you get to listen into a lot of dialog. So, there's going to be very minimal talking on my part for a lot of the time. And we're going to get to just absorb ourselves into this world sit down,relax and get involved and see what the hell is going on were gonna have a good time NEW Game! I don't actually know the premise of the game though I think I'm like a ranger, up on firewatch like a tower area yeah but seriously, art style perfect! Boulder, Colorado 1975 ok so its way in the past You see Julia. Do I? Julia? Where are you baby? actually no you could be my daughter I'm not gonna say that. D-Do I click it? Oh! I have to click it! She's about your age, late 20's. laughing with well dressed professors and grad students from nearby CU Boulder You, Henry, are out drinking with your pals. You approach her. You are drunk. So what's your, y'know, major? You're pretty. Hehaha! I'll ask her major, I'm gonna be a respectful gent. What's your major? You slur the word major and it smells like Coors. You give an awkward smile. Of course, I'm drinkin' Coors up in Colorado mountains. Evolutionary biology, she says. And I'm a professor. Cool! You reply What's yours, she asks. She sniffs the air. Toxicology? She's a smart one! Was that a burn? You ask. She says, definitely. Worried she hurt your feelings, she asks you if you want to split a cheeseburger. One week later, you are Julia's boyfriend. Done! Dusted! If only life was that easy. "Hey, you look pretty. What do you study? Biology? Cool! Wanna cheeseburger?" Where are we? Uhm, use objects. Legas and arms, cool. Pick up my backpack. I-I don't know if the game is open world or a forest type thing. I-I did look up too much about it because I wanted to be surprised. Load gear. Sweetness Put it in the front! You're gonna lose it if it's in the back. You date for over a year. She drives you absolutely nuts. It's great! The best relationships always drive you nuts. You move in. You share an apartment near the school with a view of the mountains. You two drink beers out on the deck You drink beer just about anywhere. Life is good. Julia wants to get a dog. I wanna get a dog. I wanna dog here, as well. But, number one, I don't know If I'm allowed. If my landlords will even allow me. And number two, I need one that's trained because I don't have the time to take care of it as well I probably should be able to There's a scruffy, undersized Beagle or as the Irish should say, a good ole Beagle. (pronounced differently) Julia is in love. She wants to bring it with her to class. There's also an intimidating but gentle-eyed German Shepherd. Nothing bad could happen to Julia while walking this dog. It's bad ass. You pick up the Beagle and she names him Bucket. Or, you adopt the Shepherd and name him Mayhem. I'm sorry, I'm partial to a German Shepherd called Mayhem. I'm not a big fan of Beagles. Even though that's what she wants. And we do love her! Uhh-We'll get her the Beagle. We'll keep Julie happy. She was the one who wanted to get the dog. *mimics dog barking* Bucket's a good dog and a week later you've totally forgotten about the other one. Julia loves him. And you love him too. *aww* Would it have flipped, If I picked the other one? 1979, four years later. You talk out on the deck. It's summer. 9:30 pm and the heat still radiates off of the high desert. What do think about kids? She asks. The whole game isn't this by the way. It's gonna open up and I'll actually get to walk around. So just hang on-ha. Kids? They're not very smart. Or good at much. I'm saying if you and I have some. A couple little idiots. That would be pretty neat. One day. Why rush? Let's have some kids. This is the game of life all of a sudden. In that case, we should probably get married. Yeah, I would like that. You say. These kids are gonna be screwed up enough. It's probably for the best that their parents are hitched. You say she's absolutely right. Aw yeah, here we go. Ooh! Aw man, I just love the wilderness. Fire danger. Today. Prevent forest fires. Thank you Yogi! Awesome. I like the music in the background. Thorofare trailhead. No fireworks. Thorofare trail is not recommended for inexperienced hikers. I'm the best hiker the world has ever seen. Have you seen these shoes? Actually, I have LED shoes on right now. Ay, I'll show ya'. Hehe These are the best shoes on-in the world. They light up. Oh, wait-wait you can't even see it. Blue. Green Purple. White. They're the best! I got them for my birthday. Hehe And I'm in love with them already. Uhm, so these are great hiking shoes. Do not forget to check in. I thought that said "chicken". You're in their country, learn to live with bears. How do I learn to live with bears? Bears are smelly. Okay, let's head off- wait wait wait wait Do I have to get my bag out the back of my truck? Out of the flat bed. Okay, I have it already. Anything I cam use here in case I forget-A hat! Let's examine the hat. That's a...nice hat. Oh, hold "E" to put on. Hazaah! I'm wearin' a hat now. Just like me in real life. Let's go little buddy. D-Did we learn your name? Because I kinda forget already. I know Julia. We saw Julia, then a lot of stuff happened. Eh, here we go again. 1980 It's a Thursday night and Julia is four hours late. She doesn't call. You're worried and getting angrier by the minute. She walks in after you've gone to bed. She's not quite drunk but she's clearly been having a fun time. You fight when she gets between the sheets. You get mad. You ignore her. Why're we gettin' mad? I don't really feel like gettin' mad at her. But, let's see what happens. You call her an inconsiderate asshole. WHAT?! She tells you to fuck yourself and to not be such a baby. You call her selfish. She knows you mean it and it hurts her feelings. She used my-my favorite phrase to someone; "Go fuck yourself." Julia still like to draw. She draws plants from her research. She draw all the places you go. She draws you. You frolic like a Victoria's Secret model. No, you flex like He-Man *grrrrr* You look awesome. Yeah, check these plus one biceps! If anyone's gonna be drawing I might as well look cool. Good, God! Yes! YES! Hehehaha So many like visually fantastic games comin' out lately. It makes me very happy I'm glad to see so much color come back into games. What do you say? Two Forks. Fire lodge? Fire lookout. Okay. Two Forks look out. Eight more- Eight miles?! Space bar to climb over obstructions. Got it. I like the first person view. OOh. Like-Like it's very immersive, it's showin' like your legs jumpin' over everything. Mirror's Edge did that as well. Okay, a year later. During the summers, you and Julia enjoy walking Bucket at night. Oh yeah, the dog. There's a festival in town. It brings in folks from far away places. One of them tries to mug you with a knife. Bucket gets kicked. B-bi-bah-fuck-d...d...dog. Julia yells. Wat?! She gets flustered and has trouble speaking when she is stressed. Oh, okay. You confront the attacker. You beat his goddamn face in. You scare him away. Ooh! But he kicked the dog! You can't just come in my house, kick my dog, steal a box full of ballpoints! I'm gunna beat his face in. Your arm gets cut up, but you beat the guy to a pulp. You don't feel very tough. You cry your eyes out before the cops how up. Julia asks to take a different path from that day forward. You say okay. You don't want to go that way either. From then on, you walk by the river. Good idea. What is happening? Plans to have kids get waylaid by work. Julia gets offered a job at Yale. They're gonna break up, aren't they? Yale is in Connecticut. Two thousand miles away. It's a great job: associate department chair. She wants to move. You absolutely do not. Agree if she commutes back and forth. Convince her not to take the job. *groan* OOh! I don't wanna break up. And I don't want her to get rid of the job either. Compromise. You ask her if she'll commute back and forth. You don't want to move to Connecticut. She says that'll be hard, but she'll do it if you won't move. You tell her not to pass it up if that's what she wants. She agrees. She flies back to Boulder three times each semester. That is not a lot of times to see each other. Julia is sent home from Yale on paid leave after having "an episode". She lost it on a colleague for borrowing books that were important to her research. She didn't remember she had happily loaned them to him, just two days prior. She was found crying in the stairwell. You say that maybe you guys should talk to someone about it. You make macaroni and drink wine and try to forget about it. No. No, we're not gettin' rid of our problems. We have to confront them and talk about them. After seeing multiple doctors and having many tests, they are worried that Julia might be suffering from early onset dementia. She's only 41! You both decide to keep it a secret for now. Good god, dementia at 41 is scary. Dementia itself is scary at any age. Why can't I walk? Oh, journal. I still have my weddin' ring on. Hey, there I am. Hehahaha. Man I am- aw I didn't get to read any of it. I'm so manly. Bucket is getting older. Julia comments that it's kind of nice because he gets in less trouble around the house. A week later she goes back to the university. I had no idea all this backstory was getting set up, by the way. There's like all these other stuff about the game had lots of talking in it. So, that's gonna kick in in a few minutes. Julia's affliction gets worse. She can't remember things in class, her research is in shambles. She drives her car to the next town over, for no particular reason, and has to be brought home by the police. She is devastated. She's sent home on permanent medical leave. Some days you get the Julia who calls you a dope and your unborn children little idiots. Other days you get a stranger. She pulls you into bed to make love. After five minutes she goes into a panic believing her dad is at the door. You tell her family. They are crushed and begin to make trips to and from their home in Australia to visit her. For a while, your friends come by with little things to brighten the day. She gets worse. You spend your days following Julia around the house. You count the seconds between the two weekly visits from Daniel, the nurse. He suggests that Julia could live somewhere else. Somewhere with 24-hour care. A home. It sits with you for a couple months. You decide to move her into a full-time care facility. You are determined to take care of her yourself. OOh! Fifteen minutes into the game and I'm already makin' the hard choices. Thank you game! I don't know why I'm lookin' up like you're dead. I think we have to put her in full-time medical care. I don't want to, but it may be the best thing for her. 'Cause I could take care of her by myself But I don't think the guy I'm playing is qualified. In my life I don't think I'd be qualified enough. It's not like I'm trying to pass the burden to somebody else. And I just forget about them. It's a case of being with professions that can help them a lot more than keepin' my own pride. Keepin' the person all to myself at home, thinking that I can help myself. And it's a very selfish thing to do, in those senarios. Well I shouldn't say that because some people have very good reasons for-but, me personally I'd feel very selfish for doing it. Aw, I love the wilderness. I'm enthralled by this already. Wow. Look at this aspen tree. You can tell it's an aspen, because of the way it is. Wow. Hehehe That's pretty neat. Don't break, don't break and fall. Okay, oh, a dear. Can I crouch? Aw, man! Don't run away! Don't run away buddy! Oh, majestic. Huh? I hear talking... Her family agrees with your decision. You find a fantastic place in Boulder and move her there. You see her every day. Then every other day. You go out to the bar with your old friends, its not the same See, it's very easy to say that when your not in the scenario ...Bucket dies, Noooo ...when you tell her, That's sad I'm assuming thats what i do now, yeah Man. What a backstory Ooohhh Why am I out here at night? If this is my new job couldnt I come at the daytime? Kay I don't know how much stuff is going to be like hidden around the place This is Gorgeous! I'm such a sucker for forests It's awesome I remember a part in Alan Wake that had like a watchtower like this Alan Wake The visuals in that game... ...make me rock hard man Too much? Never too much! (chuckle) It also reminds me of umm... Oh god, oh, the long dark Which, I know, I stopped... ...and I should get back to eventually but... ...I'm gonna wait until the game gets updated Awww look at this, oohh Is there lookouts everywhere? It's like the, the beacons in the Lord of the Rings Turn on the power, gotcha Awww, this is quaint and cosy and nice! Surprise for two forks, hello! Hello? Hello, oh select reply Cool! Hey! huh! huyuh! Oh, I have time to reply Umm Uhhh, three ex-husbands! (chuckle) (chuckle) (laugh) (sigh) Nice! Not quite there, but... (sigh) yeah, relationship things I won't say problems because, that's not very nice How? How? How can you see me? Who? Where are you?! Whats happening? huh Aww, I can't even see her face! c'mooon That's very nice Uumm, okay What's up delilah? (singing) ''hey there delilah whats it like in lookout tower?'' How many youtubers have made that joke? Start of this game? (chuckle) Space puffs! Yep Yup Got it Yates! Uhhh west what, what way is west? oh oohh aww, okay west facing window, yeahh i see them Got it Delilah! Really? (Laughs) aww I love it! I love it so much! Uuumm okay, do I take my bag? No? Open door! Ahh! I just take my bag generally anyway
