This happens in SRF too, but I think it fails in that it never did enough of it to really create a good characterization. Firewatch did it because the two characters get to talking out of boredom and wanting to learn about each other. It's an interesting method for two characters to build a relationship and you get to learn about both in a very natural way. There are two characters and they communicate primarily through radio. Regarding character development, the game seems to have taken a page from Firewatch. However, where the game falls apart is in the actually plot and character development. Overall, I definitely give the developer high ratings for what they did with the setting. The well done graphics, lightning, audio, and ambience really adds to all of this. I went through the whole game unsure if something was going to jump out at me. It's the same feeling that Gone Home often left me with. This leaves you going through the whole game wondering if there's a real haunting or not. Primarily it's inherently creepy, but simultaneously, many things could easily be explained away logically. The hotel location and the shabbiness are great for a variety of reasons. The premise of the game and the setting naturally makes you think something supernatural. The setting of a shabby hotel in nowhere Montana during a winter is a really fine choice. There are quite a few things it does well. It's been on my radar for a while and I finally sat down to play it.

I'm a big fan of narrative games so Suicide of Rachel Foster (SRF) sounds right up my alley.

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