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He needs her and she avoids the emotional responsibility of a partner only to have him leave her. Her story about her long-term boyfriend Javier is telling about who Delilah is. Javierĭelilah is careful about what she tells Henry about herself, only giving him a handful of any real information about her personal life. As far as we know, she was trying to protect Henry (and herself) and she may have been avoiding having to deal with search and rescue parties. It also doesn’t matter that Henry was the last person to see them, and they left a note that they were going, and they might be murdered. It doesn’t matter how much you try to convince her to go through with it. The Camper GirlsĮarly in the story she avoids telling the truth about some campers that go missing to the authorities so she and Henry aren’t harassed with suspicion. We don’t know exactly what Delilah is running away from, just that she constantly runs. By that I mean she manages to be what she is without any fantasy or science fiction. She manages to be interesting, sympathetic, and a frustrating enigmatic puzzle in a story that takes place in 1987. But what about Delilah?ĭelilah is possibly the most complex character I’ve encountered in a long time. You find composed songs about finding solace alone in the forest. You find notes by Dave, a guy fleeing calls from his sister and mother. Henry’s flight is complicated: a rainbow of guilt and sadness. All of the characters featured with voices or through notes scrounged around the area are fleeing something. I’m just going to talk about Delilah’s character arc and motivations, so beware of spoilers below.įirewatch is a game about running away. I assume most of you who are more on the ball than me have already played it. His only company is a voice on the radio – his supervisor, Delilah. He takes a job in a park in Colorado where he is stationed in a tower on the lookout for forest fires. I’d do it again for Delilah.įirewatch is played from the perspective of Henry, a 40-something married man whose wife is wasting away with early-onset Alzheimer’s. I just got through Firewatch which ran on my sad laptop at about 4fps, but I pushed through for Delilah. I’ve been catching up on my games from 2016 before I go to GDC at the end of February.