The fact that Danny AI is so well done is incredible modern games can learn something from this still.Īlthough the action is confined to a single high rise the game manages to remain varied until the end. Since he is invincible you can take advantage of that when low on health. He’ll assist you in attacking your current target, beat down flames that get too close and will sometimes proactively chase flames. An axe may seem unconventional as a firefighting weapon but it works. Danny fights fires with you and is incredibly effective. Danny activates switches, unlocks doors, and escorts civilians to safety. Pete is not tackling the high rise blaze alone as his second in command follows him everywhere. The Firemen’s best element is probably Danny. The only items you’ll find are fire extinguishing bombs although you’ll have to search hard for them. You can crawl under obstacles and to avoid backdrafts and even flying enemies. Fires come in all shapes and sizes with some requiring different uses of your water. Pete has two different bursts of water, a long range gout that is weak and a short but powerful burst. The Firemen overcomes that through smart design and simple mechanics. Putting out fires as the primary goal had the potential to become repetitive. Normally I wouldn’t mind but the game was so grounded in the beginning that it didn’t need to become supernatural. Later in the game the fires actually begin to follow you around and actively seek you out. Obviously the game doesn’t call them that but come on. If it stopped there it would be fine, but there are also living flames and flame demons. There are bosses such as an out of control repair bot.
But it has its silly moments, most likely to conform to video game conventions. For the most part the Firemen adhere to realism. You even have a radio to communicate with team members and a navigator. Fireman Pete and his team arrive to rescue any civilians and hopefully get the blaze under control.Ĭhange the terrorists to chemical fires and you have Die Hard. In the building’s basement are a large number of highly explosive chemicals that threaten to turn this into a bigger disaster for the city. While this would be an easy situation handled by the fire department a new wrinkle makes it worse. On Christmas day a large fire breaks out during an office party at Microtech.
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The real star however is the Firemen, an almost movie like experience with great mechanics and an evolving plot. The Ignition Factor is an underrated gem that sadly is hard to find now. Sega gave us Brave Firefighters in the arcade and the cool but flawed Burning Rangers but the SNES was blessed with two really cool titles before that. Yet even with that deluge of content games about firefighting are still rare.
Today we have thousands of games released a year on Steam alone.
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