Firefighting Simulator: Ignite

This game surprised me by not just doing what is supposed to do (simulate firefighting) but doing it extremely well by encoureging you to challenge yourself. On the easy level you can make mistakes, take your time, mess around with your friends in multiplayer mode and still get the job done. On higher levels the fire spreads quickly so you need to know what and how you need to do, otherwise you will lose your victims and collagues and fail the mission. Atfer completing the game on medium diffuculty I'm still hungry for more missions so I'll be a sucker fore the new DLCs once the Steam Sales make them more attractive. I enjoyed learning about different types of fires, equipments and how to use them or about dangerous goods, hazardous materials and how they behave when everything is out of control. The graphics (level of details in the environment, the true to life models of the fire trucks) support the immersive experience but the voice acting and sound effects are not on the same level. The mini games with equipments can be annoying after a while. I would love to see a few changes in the mission control menu, gameplay options and visualisation. I would like to be able to replay even the random missions. It would be great to see a lot more details overall about mission completion such as times taken for the drive, making entry, saving victims, turning of electricity, gas, and last but not least the fire out time. Would be nice to be able to turn off the mini games. Driving back to the station is a good option, but I would add packing up after the job is done (whatever was used should go back to the correct location on the truck). The player would do a final walkaround to make sure nothing is left behind. That would add to the immersion and give the feeling of satisfaction by looking at the scene with no flames. An other missed oppurtunity is a one on one debriefing after the missions by the chief. What was done well and what you can do better next time (blame everything on your AI collagues :-). I can only recommend this game, and can't wait to see how it evolves. Have fun and be careful, this thing is addictive!