The Long Dark

So this is a split decision. I've spent hundreds of hours in the survival mode and played since Early Access. I don't think the game even has all my actual hours logged. I love the survival mode, it's got a great vibe to it and they've continually added a LOT to it for years. The price is worth the survival mode alone. The story mode, on the other hand, ended up being a huge idiotic waste of time. The final episode just blows the whole effort. Putting aside the many and significant flaws, like the rules on the wildlife being changed to force conflict and the VERY linear experience, the story conclusion is flatly horrible. Without getting into spoilers, the devs nonsensically retconned in a pile of hostiles to force a truly terrible narrative conclusion that makes flatly no sense whatsoever. Even worse, there are multiple instances in the cutscenes where characters ignore all common sense possible in order to force the narrative to have conflicts down the road. It's wild that I've waited years for this story to finish only to yell at the ending cutscene multiple times for characters not doing the obvious or making the most insane ridiculous decisions possible. Buying this for just the survival mode is worth it. But unfortunately, just don't waste your time on the Story mode. The ending sours the entire experience, and the experience has plenty of rough spots as well.

The game tries to be realistic, but fails for several reasons; 1. The resource management/survival elements are completely out of whack - ◦ The human body can go up to 72 hours without water, but your character’s thirst meter depletes **way** faster than that. ◦ The human body can survive much longer without food, albeit it varies significantly depending on the conditions. This depletes almost just as fast as your thirst meter. 2. The world is weirdly barren, even places like the towns that used to have people. If everyone died suddenly, there should be way more food, weapons, clothing, and other resources, but nearly every building is empty except for the occasional can of soup or box of matches. 3. The lack of weapons. Look, I know this takes place in Canada, but surveys indicate about 37.3% of small-town residents owning firearms. The game only has 4 weapons, one of which is a spear you have to make & has a crappy mini game attached to it, and the other is a flare gun which is completely optional. Meanwhile there are several items that should be able to be used as weapons, like the hatchet, but you just… can’t. 4. Literally the entire plot of Wintermute. If you want to have a game be difficult because you’re claiming it’s “realistic”, don’t have the entire reason why it’s difficult be because of some supernatural force or whatever.

Leaving negative review for the story mode. The most incoherent and stupid, cheesy and predictable story. Game making you work for equipment only to take all away five minutes later. The writer should be fired for such crappy writing, but I guess you cant really fire ChatGPT. Survival mode is still dope though.

12 years for this? Episode 5 has got to be some of the worst storytelling I have every experienced. The voice acting, choreography, or action in the latest season was so bad I thought a sweatshop worker wrote it. Astrid is completely insufferable "oh i LOVE you MACKENZIE"!!! (divorced after kid died omegalul) I didn't bother to loot basically anything the last episode, and I'm glad I didn't, because your loot is reset actually 5 times. Episodes 1-3, pretty darned good, 4 and 5 are a joke. Canadian tax dollars for this btw.

[i]Леди и Джентельмены, представляю Вашему вниманию The Long Dark — это один из лучших и самых атмосферных симуляторов выживания от первого лица, в котором вашим главным врагом становится не зомби или мутанты, а суровая дикая природа канадского севера.[/i] Мир погрузился в тишину после глобальной геомагнитной катастрофы. Вся электроника вышла из строя (как в фантастическом сериале "Революция"). Главный герой — пилот Уильям Маккензи и врач Астрид — терпят крушение на самолете посреди бескрайних снегов канадского острова Великого Медведя. Вокруг только мороз, заброшенные человеческие жилища и голодные хищники. [h2]Режимы игры:[/h2] [b]Сюжет (Wintermute)[/b] - Линейная история из 5 эпизодов о поиске пропавшего врача Астрид Гринвуд. Будет интересна тем кто любит сюжет и четкие цели в игре. [b]Выживание (Песочница)[/b] - Чистая свобода без сюжета. Задача одна — продержаться как можно больше дней. Смерть здесь окончательная. Эта "тема" для хардкорщиков [b]Испытания[/b] - Короткие сценарии с конкретными условиями (например, «убежать от медведя-убийцы» или «подготовиться к сильнейшей метели»). испытания, они и есть испытания - проверить свой "скилл" это сюда. [h2]Плюсы и минусы:[/h2] + Густая атмосфера: Потрясающий аудиодизайн (хруст снега, завывание ветра, вой волков вдалеке) создает полное ощущение изоляции. + Визуальный стиль: Самобытная рисованная акварельная графика - весьма приятная глазу. + Честный вызов: Игра наказывает за спешку. Каждая ошибка — это результат вашей собственной невнимательности. + Интересный и интригующий сюжет, игра не лишена драматических моментов - которые идут игре только на пользу - Медленный темп: Придется очень много и долго ходить пешком - это кажется монотонным рутинным процессом. - Побочные задания в компании - заставляют ходить "взад - вперед" по карте, что и так затягивает неспешный темп игры - Странности в мотивации персонажей. Астрид - ее поступки в компании вообще не подлежат логике - делает, потому что делает. Главы за нее самые скучные и не совсем логичные. Так же есть еще пару "дыр" в сюжете и нелогичных персонажей. [h2]Резюме:[/h2] The Long Dark — это штучный продукт. В отличие от других выживалок, тут нет строительства огромных баз или крафта футуристического оружия. Это взрослая, поэтичная и суровая игра о противостоянии человека и природы, которая идеально подходит для уютных зимних вечеров. Отличные сюжет про "Апокалипсис" - очень интригует, хотя не без "ляпов" - главы с Астрид - вообще не логичны, убери их и игра нечего не потеряет, особенно в сюжете. Мой совет - брать обязательно! [i] И помните: "Так много игр и так мало времени...." - играйте в хорошие игры![/i]

I got jumped by a wolf while I was carying 10 packs of flour back to my base, I had nothing the wolf would be interested in on my person. The next morning I hunted that wolf down, skinned him, took any good meat, and left his guts for the crows, I then cooked and ate him infront of a cougar to establish dominance on the island. The wolfs pelt is now my toilet mat and the cougars pelt is my scarf. 10/10 will commit war crimes against the wildlife during the quiet apocalypse again

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"Hold W and listen to male groan sound effects" simulator. That's seriously the bulk of the game. You're punished for sprinting, because sprinting with a heavy pack is unrealistic. Fair enough, but then make the hours of slow walking interesting. Managing hunger/water/energy/health bars gets really stale after the first few hours. Edit: Btw, watching a million progress bars fill up isn't realistic either. A decade in development and there are no animations for the actions you perform endlessly like opening cans, sewing, cleaning your rifle, etc? Far Cry 2 had more immersive animations for little mundane actions back in 2008. I picked this up on sale with no prior knowledge of it. I haven't been around for the decade of development and apparent delays/disappointments I read about. I jumped into this as a blank slate survival game enjoyer. This ain't it. I kinda see the vision, but the execution is lacking. There's a difference between survival mechanics that are brutal but satisfying to overcome, and survival mechanics that are endlessly tedious and make you suffer for suffering's sake. The story and atmosphere also take themselves way too seriously. I didn't need to poke that bear 12 separate times, and crawling around its den is not scary. Just tedious and boring, again. The only scary part of this game is the sprained ankle jumpscare you sometimes get even on a gentle slope. Not for me. Niche appeal for masochists.