I really enjoyed this game. I liked the art style, but what I most enjoyed was the atmosphere. It sucked me right in. Good story too. It is slow paced, at times walking around a lot can be a drag, but you are out in the cold, and you really feel it! I never got too bored, always wanted to see the way the story unfolded. If you are a fan of survival games you will definitely like this game. It may feel much more lonely and isolated compared to other co-op, multiplayer survival games because you are always alone in a huge snowy environment. Wintermute is a good place to start. It begins with a series of tutorials designed to drip-feed the game’s systems to you. You’ll learn about treating wounds, foraging for medicinal plants, building fires, and other essential survival skills. And you’re subtly guided from one moment to the next, which means you’ll rarely get lost. Sometimes you’ll meet survivors who need your help, forcing you to complete a series of thinly-veiled fetch quests, which grind the story to a halt and feel a little too much like busywork at times. But it’s in Sandbox mode where The Long Dark’s survival knife is sharpest. Having the freedom to explore and travel between its large, interconnected regions is more compelling than following a prescribed path. Choosing how you spend each day is more engaging than ticking off objectives. This freedom, and dynamic, unpredictable elements such as the weather, make every Sandbox game fertile ground for emergent storytelling. There are only a handful of really great survival games on PC, and this is one of them.

⠀Star Wars: The Old Republic is FASCINATING.
⠀Once you get off your faction capital for the first time, you get a fancy ship to call your own. It's your personal hub, but you can also buy a home on some of the worlds dotting the galaxy.
⠀They're just big, empty apartments at first, but you can earn and purchase an absurd array of props to stick in them, transforming your impersonal space into a Sith sanctum on Dromund Kaas or a party pad on Nar Shaddaa. They offer a few conveniences, though nothing you can't find elsewhere, so the main appeal is just designing the thing and staring at your handwork.
⠀Cutscenes and dialogue greatly benefit from the additional attention. Companions don't just interact with you, they chat and bicker with each other while they're trying to pilot spaceships through battles. There's just a lot more dynamism. They aren't a bunch of "Yes Men", either. While the original cast sort of just went with whatever you decided, the later roster is full of characters with at least a bit of agency. They will shout at you, disagree, leave your alliance and even betray you.
⠀The episodic structure also works wonders. Instead of trying to have your singleplayer fun while all these other Jedi and bounty hunters are jumping around and doing the same quests, you're transported to a personal instance where BioWare's been able to make a more curated experience. There aren't any interruptions, long jogs between objectives or repetitive odd jobs. They're brisk but manage to squeeze in plenty of action and plot, and while the story is shared across all classes and both factions, each episode gives you opportunities to leave your own mark and reap the consequences.
⠀The big choices are still binary and framed as Dark and Light side options, but they are more nuanced than that limitation suggests. A villainous Sith Lord can make what is ostensibly a Light side choice for evil reasons, like saving a city block from devastation because one day soon you intend to rule all the people you've saved.
⠀Buying anything from the Cartel Market, the in-game cash shop, confers Preferred status immediately, easing up on the limitations for free players. Preferred players still miss out on a lot and don't get access to the expansions, but that can be sorted by subscribing for a single month. During that month, you'll have access to everything, but you'll also be able to keep a lot of it even if you choose not to continue your subscription.