Fire Place
- September 21, 2018
- Pol Clarissou
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Get on itch.io Store"Fireplace is a cozy, meditative game that simulates a peaceful virtual fireplace. Customize your flame's appearance, poke logs with realistic tools, and enjoy the soothing crackle of a comforting fire. Perfect for relaxation or setting a calming atmosphere." Steam ID: 933080 Shorter summary: Fireplace is a calming, interactive virtual fireplace simulator. Personalize your fire, use realistic tools, and relax with soothing sounds. Steam ID: 933080 .
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Reviews
- The game offers a relaxing atmosphere with soothing ambient sounds and visuals, making it a great background experience.
- There is a lot of potential in the concept of building and maintaining a fire, which can be satisfying if the mechanics are improved.
- The variety of scenes and customization options for the fire's behavior and appearance add depth to the experience.
- The game mechanics are frustrating and clunky, making it difficult to interact with the fire and logs effectively.
- Many players experienced technical issues, such as the fire not rendering properly or the game not opening at all.
- The gameplay can feel tedious and monotonous, lacking engaging content to keep players interested for more than a few minutes.
- graphics16 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 56 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are visually appealing but have been criticized for requiring unnecessarily high system specifications, leading to performance issues for some players. Many users report difficulties in rendering certain effects, such as fire, and express frustration over the lack of clarity regarding system compatibility. Overall, while the aesthetic potential is recognized, the execution leaves much to be desired, prompting calls for higher definition graphics and better optimization.
“Despite the visually appealing graphics, I do not find it interesting enough to recommend.”
“Graphics requirements are pointlessly high for what it's doing.”
“It's more like a glowing solid mass, if you can see it at all (my graphic card is decent and should work fine with this).”
“Would be great to see this game with higher definition graphics.”
- music12 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 42 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely praised for its relaxing and cozy vibes, enhancing the overall ambiance. Users appreciate the ability to adjust the soundtrack and ambient sounds, creating a chill atmosphere, although some note that modifying settings can strain lower-spec hardware. However, the fire interaction mechanics received criticism, detracting from the otherwise enjoyable experience.
“The soundtrack is relaxing, as are the ambient sounds.”
“Cozy vibes and a relaxing soundtrack.”
“Put it on my laptop, hooked it up to my TV, and just sat back, chilled to the great music.”
“There are thankfully sliders for the music as well as everything else including how the fire reacts to materials - modifying some of these though can cause your GPU to break a bit of a sweat, so low-spec users should be wary.”
- story4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The reviews indicate that the game's story is minimalistic and straightforward, focusing primarily on the player's simple mission to make a fire. While the narrative may not be deeply engaging, it serves as a backdrop for the gameplay experience.
- gameplay4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 75 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
Players have reported difficulties with the game mechanics, indicating that they struggled to get them to function correctly. This has led to a frustrating gameplay experience for some users.
“Maybe I did something wrong, but I couldn't get the game mechanics to work properly at all.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and monotonous, often becoming repetitive early on, which detracts from the overall enjoyment.
“As it is right now, it gets tedious and monotonous in a very early stage.”
- atmosphere2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Reviewers express a desire for enhanced detail and atmosphere in the game's surroundings, indicating that the current focus is too narrow, primarily centered on the fire. A broader zoom range is also suggested to better appreciate the environment.
“I would have liked a bigger focus on detail and atmosphere in the surroundings, and a wider zoom range to see more than just the fire.”
