>>718406256
>it took me a solid minute to remember what that game even was
You're starting to grasp it.

No one has to have played the Firewatch and it can remain forgotten, but you're now playing games developed by a generation of trannies that were trained by people who praised that game intensely for its narrative and went to perpetuate the tremendous value of the "radio buddy" for "worldbuilding", "player immersion" and "player retention through reduced frustration".