The Long Dark Review
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In The Long Dark, you play as Will Mackenzie, a man trying to survive in the cold Canadian North after a plane crash leaves him stranded there in search of his passenger, Astrid, who seemingly fled the crash site in haste.
The Long Dark is a survival game with a narrative campaign and more freeform survival gameplay whereby you must survive in the harsh Canadian North for as long as possible.
Pros
- It’s a good survival game.
- Authentic feeling Man vs. wilderness experience.
- Events that occur have a lot of weight:
- Being stuck in a cave during a blizzard only to leave to find yourself face to face with a gigantic bear.
- Story experience gives context to the survival for those who need a little more than freeform survival gameplay to keep them engaged.
- Easy to learn hard to master survival gameplay whereby knowledge will increase your survivability.
Cons
- Requires you to spam the mouse button as fast as possible when fighting off wolves.
If you’re interested in survival games or dream of living out in the wilderness then you can hardly go wrong with the Long Dark.