Recent reviews by WippleNizard

the long dark, where do I even start with this masterpiece of sandbox storytelling,
I suppose I shall give a background on the person I am so you can understand my point of view and how my bias will affect the said review, at the end of the day everything in life is subjective to every individual person,
to me, the long dark is my "cabin in the woods" It is a lifestyle I'm sure many men have thought about and wanted for a long time, for one i am someone who has never committed to this "aspiration" of mine, yet the long dark allows me to face the hardship this lifestyle would actually involve, given the fact you wouldn't be hunted religiously by the indigenous wildlife in the area,
as I have grown up playing this game since it first came out i have seen its progress and in that time so to have i progressed, i was 17, only developing my mental state and figuring things out, about what life is and my own moral qualms, the long dark to me then was an escape, and that escape was what i needed when i was young, it allowed me to face a certain hardship i would never actually be put through in the comfort of my parents home, it also allowed me to understand the wilderness, that heck it is actually beautiful, that sometimes stepping outside and looking at nature was something i needed in my life instead of sitting at home in my little hobbit cave playing counter strike and rust for days on end, it was a reminder that humans and people needed to touch grass and feel nature, maybe in a spiritual sense its calmed by soul? who knows at this point im probably rambling .
Now that I'm 23, The Long Dark has dropped its far territories DLC and I'm about to hop into it again, this time I'm going in with the mentality to survive but still enjoy, explore, and ponder the many questions I have about my somewhat lingering youth and quite possibly my 1/4 life crisis, that maybe many of us can also feel and experience, just for me its all going to be done while surrounded by a beautiful snowy backdrop that doesn't physically make me cold to the bone.
all and all from a review perspective i haven't garnered the most impressive achievements in this game like some of the die-hard fans but the takeaway i have gotten from this game is far more than an achievement, its been a mental clarity, its helped me reconnect with nature, its also help me figure myself out, when you look at a sunset in the long dark its like looking at art, you know another day is progressing and you made it, another day you survived, in a world so chaotic both figuratively and metaphorically this game and its sandbox will bring you a level of peace few can give you while also testing your will power, if you give this game a go, go in blind and try and experience it all by yourself and keep an open mind when you do, i can tell you, you wont regret this purchase

man that loading screen sure is worth 30 bucks