But where Up sets its main character up for a journey to let go of his past and move on, Henry’s story is not so straightforward. Short and sweet, it builds a believable and beautiful relationship between the characters and then tears it down only moments later. In explaining Firewatch to other people, I’ve often likened its opening sequence to the infamous one from Up. Warning, this story contains spoilers for the ending of Firewatch. All because, when it came down to it, their choices didn’t matter. Steam reviews chronicle players building up endless expectations for a certain ending, and then being hopelessly disappointed. Viewing only a small sample of the Steam reviews for February’s breakout indie game Firewatch seem to turn up the same theme again and again - love turns to apathy turns to hate in the closing half hour of the game. Later, Delilah references a region called "The Bighorns.“Great writing, beautiful environments, I absolutely loved this game, but it had a disappointing ending - Not Recommended” Henry then asks another character, Delilah, why someone would make the place up and put it on a sweatshirt. This is likely a reference to the UEC from The Last of Us, as the sweater bears the bighorn mascot and is green with gold lettering. In the 2016 video game Firewatch the player character Henry may come across a "University of Eastern Colorado" sweater in one of the many scattered Supply Caches. They make it out, fleeing the university on Callus. Joel ends up being seriously wounded on a piece of jagged rebar, leaving Ellie to guide them both to safety. As they make their way back to Callus, multiple assailants arrive and attack them. Mary's Hospital, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Once the duo reaches the science building, they discover that the Fireflies have moved once more to St. Joel leaves Ellie to wait with Callus as he goes around the campus, starting up generators, so that they may make their way through gates and other obstacles. When Joel and Ellie arrive at the university, they're immediately suspicious about the campus, as it is too quiet and desolate to be occupied. Events of The Last of Us Main article: The University The second outbreak must have happened a while before Joel and Ellie found the place, as one of the infected had the time to turn into a bloater. However, they left after a scientist was bitten by an infected lab monkey and spread the infection throughout the campus. Beginning in late August, they transferred a lot of their equipment from the hospital in Salt Lake City to the university over the next seven months. Some years later, the Fireflies set up their base of operations in the science building of the campus. Many years later, Joel found one student's journal and learned of the events there. Eventually, some gave up hope of being rescued and left to scavenge for supplies in the nearby city of Boulder. They built barricades to keep the infected out, scrounged what little food was left, and even kept a radio working in order to get news from the outside world, but around ten months later, batteries became scarce. Some students managed to hold out for almost eleven months. The outbreak struck around homecoming week, as evidenced by several banners around campus. Almost all of the university's population died or became infected.
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