Subj : The Long Dark
To   : Ray Sbaitso
From : John Hiemenz
Date : Sat Mar 21 2020 12:30:07

  Re: The Long Dark
  By: Ray Sbaitso to All on Sun Mar 01 2020 03:47 pm

 RS> I just finished up the last episode currently released for The Long Dark
 RS> and was wondering if anyone else has played it and what they thought of
 RS> it. 
 RS> I tried it many updates ago and found it to be too difficult. I play games
 RS> to relax now and have adjusted my difficultly level accordingly. I decided
 RS> to give it another try recently and really enjoyed the game. Based on some
 RS> changes I saw when I restarted I think others must have felt the same way.

I've had and played the game since early beta days and and a love/hate 
relationship with the game.  I don't care for the 'difficulty' settings, at one 
end, all th ewildlife other than moose run away from you so quickly you have 
slim chance of hunting.  At the next difficulty the wolves will hunt you in 
packs and make it difficult to survive at all.  I've not even tried the next 
two 'more' difficult levels.

The same thing happened to me Story mode, but in reverse.  It started quite 
difficult and dying before I would reach the end of the story, but later 
updates seem to make it almost impossible _not_ to get to the end. Story mode 
does have some encounters that are set, you will get mauled by the bear 
multiple times, etc, but it rarely kills you.

I enjoy the sandbox mode the best, and am thankful for periodic updates to the 
maps as I typically play in exploration mode because I have having to deal with 
wolves attacking me multiple times each day.

--JH

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