Firefighting Simulator: Ignite

So close! It's such a shame because it's currently the best firefighting game out there... Long story short, I don't recommend it because you'll end up frustrated; it's maddeningly close to being great —the core gameplay is genuinely good and I enjoy playing it— but there are too many things holding the game back. -The tutorial is MANDATORY. Honestly, I don't have time for that nonsense anymore. I think players are genuinely getting fed up with forced tutorials. Sure, there are new players who might need an intro. But please, dear developers, stop making it mandatory! On top of that, it's a series of missions back-to-back, so you're tempted to just speed-run the tutorial so you can finally start playing and having fun. I find that the older I get, the less I want my hand held. Hours wasted waiting for my friends to finish the tutorial around their own schedules. Anyway, we got it done, but it was a drag. -Randomization: I assume it's meant to boost replayability, but it ends up becoming an annoying routine: you replay the same level over and over just to locate the circuit breakers, valves, or victims. It's a "die and retry" loop until you figure out the layout, which is mind-mumbing as it teach nothing because no amount of preparation and tool usage will affect the outcome, it's all luck to find the meta for each level. -Difficulty: Way too easy. We achieved Gold rank on twenty or so missions we played on first completion. It's just too easy. The main reason for failing a mission is a victim dying, which brings us back to the previous point. Also, having to hunt for that last pixel of fire when you've clearly completed the mission is frustrating...the game should register it as complete and let us move on. -Some tools are useless (like the circular saw for ventilating the roof); even with 4 players, using those tools is just time wasted not putting out flames. For instance, the thermal camera is completely pointless : we never used it, yet we still got Gold on every mission. -The game is balanced like a board game, and it’s a drag: all the tools are heavily scripted and serve only one specific purpose —there’s no emergent gameplay. Why can’t the Halligan bar break windows? Seriously? Why does it take four axe swings to break a window? It’s frustrating to be limited to carrying just one tool; it forces a player to dedicate themselves solely to that task, and the Halligan gameplay itself isn't very interesting. Even with 4 players, everyone scatters to handle specific tasks, making moments where we’re actually working together to contain a problem rare. -Optimization: It’s a disaster; even with a good PC and settings at the absolute minimum, it runs at 30 fps. -Graphics: The game looks just like every other Unreal Engine title. It’s sad and tiresome to see this kind of stagnation these days —as if developers just want to tick the "graphics" box as quickly as possible without making any attempt at originality. -Gameplay: Extinguishing fires can quickly turn into a "painting your screen simulator." There’s too little visual and audio feedback to tell if you’re actually putting out the flames you’re spraying. The game feels janky, and the characters handle like semi-trucks. Most interactions (connecting a hose, forcing a door, smashing a wall...) are tedious Quick time events with no real substance. It would be so much more interesting to perform the door or wall cutting ourselves —even if it meant having to go back and enlarge the hole. Driving: completely pointless. It adds absolutely nothing to the experience; you can basically skip the driving phase without it affecting the mission at all. Nothing happens. You don't even crash the truck, have to repair it, or lose points for ramming into civilian vehicles —nope, nothing. Plus, you HAVE to park in the designated spot for the mission; it's so lame! We could have chosen where to park to optimize hose placement and so on, but no. Controls : The precision required to pick up an object: the hitbox is a pain, and you spend all your time clicking off-target or hitting the wrong key (and mind you, we were all experienced gamers!). Objects clip through the floor and vanish. Sometimes you have to tap, sometimes hold, sometimes do something else entirely... It's a mess. Third-person view is a nightmare for clicking on specific items; the click doesn't register where the crosshair is pointing. The fire station is useless; sure, it looks nice, but it serves no purpose. It's fun for the first playthrough when you explore a bit, but after that, it's in the way : As soon as you spawn, you just rush to the mission room; it's tedious. If only there were some equipment management —buying or repairing gear, cleaning suits, etc.— basically, real management between missions and a proper campaign feel. Even just being able to arrange the gear in the truck's compartments yourself for better optimization would have been nice.

十分棒的作品，DLC的几张图都很出彩，在单人困难模式下拿到黄金徽章，需要反复思考和验证路线，这很棒，现已经拿到了全成就，建议如果AI能优化下就更好了，很多时候AI角色要么卡在火场里跑不出去把自己烧死，要么就是站在某一处不动，我干完剩下的活。 ps：以及有两张图（帕克和爆炸现场）的困难模式，不太像是能给单人通关的样子。

its great bur it could have more fires in the nature.

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A very fun firefighter simulator that is multiplayer. Worth getting when on sale. The game has a lot of missions to offer, with additional DLCs offering even more and mods. There are 2 "bad" things. 1. The ai sometimes can be janky, refusing orders even after getting reset. For example not being able to move at all, getting stuck on the ladder controls because a player had moved it before. 2. There are some in game settings that force your framerate to go down, even with a good PC. I am still experimenting with some game settings. Still not sure. Overall a very fun game that can offer re-playability, multiplayer, and mods.

Great firefighter simulator! Definitely worth playing, especially with friends!