Review: Indie games 'Firewatch,' 'Unravel' fall short

The only "game-like" obstacles occur when Henry has to chop down a tree or climb some rocks, and those are accomplished easily enough with one push of a button.

While Henry and Delilah try to solve the mystery, he does a lot of walking.

The hero, Yarny, is a skein of red yarn that's magically transformed into a sentient, cat-like creature.

He's not the most versatile guy; the yarn-based lead character of last year's "Yoshi's Woolly World" makes him look like a slacker.

"Unravel" does look gorgeous, with vivid landscapes drawn with painstaking detail.

[...] it's a shallow experience, and its attempt at narrative depth — the yarn connects the memories of a sad old woman's life — is sentimental hokum.