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.

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.