![]() ![]() Read our walkthrough of Fire Tonight here. The PC version of the game was played for this review of Fire Tonight. This review is based on a copy of the game provided by the publisher. I certainly don’t like knocking on a game for being short, but Fire Tonight, with its excellent presentation and relaxing puzzle gameplay, has certainly earned itself a few more hours of fun than it actually offers. It did leave me wanting in the end, wishing I had more time to spend with Maya and Devin, exploring their city, and learning about their cute relationship. If it weren’t for the game having eight labelled chapters, it would be easy to consider this a demo for a lengthier, meatier game. You listen to a mixtape Maya compiled for you, for example, play video games, consider making something to eat, amongst other things.Įven with Maya’s puzzles, though, Fire Tonight is a game so short that most players should finish it in a single hour-long playthrough. It can be a little bit confusing, but that’s what makes the puzzles fun – getting to explore and then make sense of what you’ve explored.ĭevin’s half of the game is very brief and serves mainly as a series of relaxing, narrative-oriented breathers. They’re on their own, wondering about the choices that brought them here, how they met, and what the future might hold. In the year 1990, before cell phones or Internet. You step into doors and emerge on the other side of the building. Fire Tonight - Maya and Devin are separated in a city on fire. ![]() Struggling to peek through building towers and metro pillars, you guide Maya around fires and collect keys to open locked doors. ![]() It results in a very intricate kind of puzzle that’s fun to run around in, even if the frequent blocking of your view is a necessary frustration. What you do here is solve navigation puzzles in small urban dioramas, where tall buildings block your line of sight and require you to rotate the diorama around to get a better view. The purple-pink flames that engulf the city are never a serious threat, to you or to anyone else (as evidenced by the odd character standing around while fire rages in the city around them). On the other side of the city, Devin waits about as patiently as he can and reminisces over his relationship with Maya.Īlthough the premise of the game inspires no lack of distress, the game’s tone is firmly upbeat and light. This prompts Maya, one half of the couple, to set off from her apartment and make for her boyfriend Devin’s place.ĭespite police barricades, an out-of-control fire, and locked doors getting in her way, Maya inventively navigates the city streets in her quest. Because this is 1990 and cellphones aren’t quite a thing yet, a loss of communication leaves the couple separated from each other. In Fire Tonight, you control two lovers on opposite sides of a city that’s caught fire. No surprise, then, that the game feels just like music itself, eschewing what is for what it feels like. It’s a short, peppy game about young love in a city on fire, and it wears its Information Society inspiration on its sleeve. Did it leave us stoked? Here’s what we think.įire Tonight feels like what would happen if music videos were video games. Items in his apartment are viewed to progress through these sections and provide a source of Devin's thoughts.19 Aug, 2021 In Fire Tonight, we try to reunite young lovers while navigating a city that’s on fire. This ability is powered by batteries, which are found around the levels to recharge the ability.ĭevin's levels are adventure game-style narrative sections that take place in his apartment. Maya also gains an ability to navigate through some of the flames engulfing the city by listening to her tape player. Maya's levels consist of puzzle based game, that include navigating the environment through methods such as pushing blocks, an finding items. Gameplayįire Tonight is broken up into eight levels, which alternate between Maya's and Devin's perspective. Worried about Devin's safety, she takes off in order to find a way to meet up with him. When Maya leaves her apartment, she notices flames have begun to engulf the city. The game follows the story of Maya and Devin, a couple who begin the game talking with each other over the phone, when their connection is suddenly cut off. It released for PC and Switch on August 12, 2021. Fire Tonight is a puzzle game developed by Reptoid Games, and was inspired by the song "Fire Tonight" by Information Society. ![]()
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