Into the Flames is an in-depth and fun fire fighting simulator when it doesn’t bug out.
Into the Flames is an in-depth and fun fire fighting simulator when it doesn’t bug out.
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When I saw the thumbnail I was expecting the meme girl to be grinning in the bottom right corner.
Then I saw the screenshot and thought it looked like Agent 47 in disguise – another successful contract.
This is one fire fighting simulator game that I can actually say is pretty good when it works as intended. It’s the most detailed fire fighting game I’ve played so far. It shows you what fire fighters do, the tools they use to deal with specific problems, how to be safe while fighting fire and so much stuff!
In the game, you can fight normal fires that happen in homes, buildings, stores, or even on the road. There are also times when you’ll have to wear a different suit meant for dealing with biohazards.
When fighting fire, you can use the stock of water from your firetruck, but you can also connect a hose to a nearby fire hydrant. There are different settings you can tinker with which seems to affect your water pressure. You also have different water firing methods, stream and some kind of spray blast which covers more area.
Sometimes, you’ll have to rescue people trapped inside cars. You’ll need to use rescue cutters to cut open doors, and if you still can’t get them out, you’ll have to remove the car’s roof. If they’re seated at the front and they’re trapped by the dashboard, you’ll use some kind of hydropump to lift the dashboard and rescue the people. Other times, you’ll receive calls for people needing medical attention and you’ll get to check what’s wrong with them before deciding what kind of treatment to do.
The game isn’t perfect. When you first start the game and you have no idea of how to be a firefighter, you definitely need to play the tutorial/academy part. Unfortunately, this tutorial part of the game isn’t as streamlined as most modern games. The presentation’s a bit clunky and you’ll be left wondering where you went wrong if you’re unable to succeed. There’s going to be a lot of trial and error here. You really need to learn how to interact with your firetruck as well as what the purpose of each tool is and how to use them properly. The tutorial doesn’t feel complete because it doesn’t teach you one of the most important things in the game, which is how to get to the location of the emergency (hint: You go to dispatch, click the mission/emergency and there should be green text to show it’s actually active for you)! Once you’ve got a good idea of how to use them and when to use them, you’ll now be able to enjoy the game when it properly works.
The game can be buggy at times. For example, if you try to start a mission/emergency, it would take a few seconds to “register”, so it might seem like nothing’s happening. When you activate a mission/emergency from your dispatch window, sometimes the red guide arrows on the road to lead you to the place won’t show up, or sometimes they’ll go around in circles and you’ll have to figure out how to get to the emergency by yourself. In another hilarious bug, sometimes you’ll get medical emergencies for people, only to find them trapped while standing in a car, as the car jiggles and frees itself from the human and drives away into the sunset.
Into the Flames might be buggy, but there is great potential here to be the best fire fighting simulator there is. If the clunkiness and bugginess of the game gets ironed out, it’ll be very seamless and fun. For now, I find it to be an alright game as long as you can forgive its imperfections.
I really thought this 8-bit look was from game aesthetics but looks like it was due to Reddit compression.
This seems to be a game that would be right up Let’s Game It Out’s alley….
It looks old/outdated, but also charming in that “this was some of the best fun we had back in the day on the PS2” sort of way. I am curious to learn more about it.
I’ve been burned by too many of these shit sims.