10 Promising Video Games You Didn't Know Were Coming In 2016

8. Firewatch

Who'd ever have thought that playing the role of what is essentially a professional buzzkill would be so fascinating? You control a fire lookout in the Shoshone National Forest in 1989, soon after the infamous Yellowstone fires that ruined huge swathes of the forest and nearby towns. As the fire lookout, it's your job to wander around the park, dealing with regular daily incidents in multiple-choice ways. One gameplay clip showed the player trying to tell two teenagers to get out of the water and put their clothes on, then when they refused he chose to steal their clothes as a way of getting back at them - much to their chagrin and the player's amusement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGfd1MwL-T4 There is a deeper story at play too, as you're constantly in touch with your supervisor Delilah via walkie-talkie, and as the game progresses you start encountering more mysterious - possibly supernatural - incidents that take you well beyond your daily park duties. All this is takes place in a gorgeous, heavily stylised world that gives a unique take on the raw beauty of the Yellowstone wilderness.