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The Long Dark
Released On: Aug 1, 2017
77
6.8
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
77
53% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
77
53% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
An essential survival game keeps the perfect balance between playability and realism, which drags you in and won’t let you out. The game’s cold atmosphere couldn’t ruin even a few little mistakes and a slightly weaker story. [Issue#278]
Deep, brutal, and hauntingly atmospheric, The Long Dark is a survival game done right.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 518 User Ratings
6.8
57% Positive
296 Ratings
296 Ratings
20% Mixed
106 Ratings
106 Ratings
22% Negative
116 Ratings
116 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 518 User Ratings
6.8
57% Positive
296 Ratings
296 Ratings
20% Mixed
106 Ratings
106 Ratings
22% Negative
116 Ratings
116 Ratings
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One of the game i followed since early release, liked it then ( starting from version 0.25 ) and it became one of the best game in the genre of all times. Devs did really good communication and still keeping it up, game play is captivating - to compare, never got fully into the Forrest or Stranded deep, but really enjoyed TLD.
it really deserves 9-10/10 total score from players and i think lots of negative reviews fall on after release and paid DLC.
Hinterland became one of the best game developing companies in their communication and attitude, listening to players ideas and remarks.
91% positive reviews on Steam reflect game quality and reality much better that metacritics score.
PS: The Survival mode - is all 12/10, by the time Story mod came out, i (and many other people from kick start)had literally 1000hrs (thousand) of play, so story mod felt like softer version of main game. also, when recently Hinterland divided survival and story mod, and released paid DLC - that`s when TLD got bombed with negative reviews, HOWEVER: first, many people and me personally voted for paid DLC - it was fair, the game price stayed around $25 for few years;
second, people complayed "why you do DLC for survival while some story mod seasons in work still" - BUT TLD WAS a Survival Sandbox first and most, and many people like me - play exactly it, survival mod without story and kudos to Devs they still updating survival mod, paid AND free both;
third - the game IS the best at survival and unforgiving - one mistake you you WILL die there, make manual saves if you must;
forth - read carefully game description - its very fair and straightforward - its not a "realistic" blah blah, Devs do know about real live wolves different behavior etc etc and its written very strait - and if its not your type of game - it is not your type, but once again - before DLC release its STEAM rating was around 96-97% positive as deserved, and Hinterland team would put to shame alot of "triple ZZZ" big game companies, like bugfethda etc, in terms of really good attitude towards their players
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No matter how much unlucky you might be (wind, lack of food, attacked by the bear), with enough determination there seems to be always a chance to recover. It is truly immerse, engaging and fun experience.
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The Long Dark is imperfect, but it could be one of the best experiences in the survival genre. For the impatient, single-player gamer, The Long Dark holds little promise. However, if you relish the challenge of isolation and the feeling that you’re fighting against an environment that isn’t trying to kill you, but rather just doesn’t care about you, then you must try The Long Dark.
The art and the well-thought-through presentation make The Long Dark an excellent survival genre. The cold, the hunger and the danger of the Canadian countryside leave a big impression. It is too bad the story is not as well made.
The Long Dark: Wintermute is a great survival, but the campaign does not convince.
Survival experience at its best – that is an episodic adventure, The Long Dark. It could even be a great adventure in RPG style if it improves the storytelling and technology in upcoming episodes or updates.
It's important to remember that The Long Dark is just waking up from early access. It's cold, hungry, and huddled somewhere under a rock face, but it's just gotten the fire started. Another three story episodes are still due, so there is time to turn things around for Will and Astrid. However, because the best parts of The Long Dark are already alive and well in survival mode, perhaps Wintermute's weak beginning is reason enough to stick to what's worked for the game all along, blemishes and all.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Bought this a few days ago on steam for sale, and episode 1 of Story Mode was really fun, and I loved it. But then, I started episode 2. Ugh! Fetch this, fetch that, go here, go there. Very tedious and boring. So, I stopped and skipped to episode 3 (female character). Started out pretty good, then it just turned sour about 1/4 through and I quit. The DEVS surely could have made the story better. It's total garbage. If you do play the game, don't bother with Story Mode, and just play Survival Mode. That's actually pretty decent, but it still needs tuning and polishing. A 4 is the highest score I will give this mediocre game.
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Summary Imagine the lights go out, never to return. Bright aurora flare across the sky, and all humanity’s technological might is laid to waste, neutralized in a kind of quiet apocalypse. Everything that has shielded humanity from the disinterested power of Mother Nature is suddenly wrenched from us, dropping us a few links down the food chain. ...
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for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Aug 1, 2017
Developer:
- Hinterland
Publisher: Hinterland
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