The Long Dark

This is a fantastic game with simple but great ideas.

THE LONG DARK (2014) is a really fun and potentially challenging survival game, taking place in the vast, frozen Northern Wilderness. There a multiple difficulty modes as well, making it more challenging if one chooses.

"Flying a routine mail delivery in the Northern wilderness, bush pilot William Mackenzie witnesses mysterious lights flaring across the sky. Suddenly, his DeHavilland Beaver loses power and crashes into the dense mountain forest below."

As a survival game, The Long Dark really stands tall, offering a really intense pure wilderness survival experience. While there are no zombies or cannibals in this one, the game is still very good.

Horrible unbelievable characters that seem like shells of people. The game tells you the story instead of showing it. Does not even attempt to explain and teach how to use the complicated crafting and management of items system. Almost no gameplay in the first 10 minutes. Horrible game, dont waste your time.

-A good scenario? Check.

-Wonderful soundtrack? Check.

-Mechanics that balances both realistic survival and non-boring gameplay? Check.

-Big maps and regions? Check.

-Amazing game studio that still updates and expands its core mechanics, maps, items and episodes for free? Check.

-Reasonable price with frequent discounts? Check.

-Available on nearly all platforms? Check.

-Challenges, badges, events and feats? Check.

This game is an art. Buy it to support independent developers and studios.

With all my heart I thank all who put hours in its production.

When I heard about this game I was very skeptical to pick it up. When I found out the only obstacles in this game were, a couple of animals, the cold, and resources, I thought it sounded way too simple to be in-depth and challenging. Oh was I ever wrong. This game has a great survival mode and plenty of environmental storytelling and exploring. Though lack of enemy variety worried me the wolves actually are a very fun enemy to encounter as I've experienced many great moments seemed to be ripped straight out of Hollywood, where for example, you're in the dark with a dim lighted lantern and their is wolves growling around u from every each direction and all u have is a rifle with few ammo to spare. Moments like these were the highlight of the game for me. I was also worried the cold would be a burden as it would deviate me away from exploring but it wasn't too bad especially with custom difficulty where u can tweak certain elements such as how cold it is. The story mode to the game is very good for a small indie company and I am sure that I will spend many hours in this atmospheric world that Hinterland Studio created for us.