Subj : Re: The Long Dark
To   : John Hiemenz
From : Ray Sbaitso
Date : Sun Mar 22 2020 12:01:21

I agree that one of the things that is probably holding the game back is the 
difficulty.  I'm not sure how one would go about it, but there does seem to 
need to be a better balance.  I have also messed with the settings a bit and 
found it challenging to find the balance I'm looking for.

I haven't worked with the sandbox mode at all.  What is out there on those 
maps?  Is it just endless woods?  Are there any kind of "goals" that you have 
to work towards?  Locations you need to visit, etc.?  



 On Saturday March 21, 2020, John Hiemenz said to Ray Sbaitso...

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

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

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

 JH> --JH

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