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The Long Dark gets a big free visual enhancement update out now

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  • D dremor@lemmy.world
    1 Jun 2025, 22:06

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30578134

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    warlordsdocy@lemm.ee
    wrote on 1 Jun 2025, 22:36 last edited by
    #2

    Dang I didn't realize they were still updating this game, it's been around for a long time.

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    • W warlordsdocy@lemm.ee
      1 Jun 2025, 22:36

      Dang I didn't realize they were still updating this game, it's been around for a long time.

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      tomselleck@lemm.ee
      wrote on 1 Jun 2025, 22:47 last edited by
      #3

      A sequel was recently announced so it’s probably good to stir up some interest.

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      • D dremor@lemmy.world
        1 Jun 2025, 22:06

        cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30578134

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        doug@lemmy.today
        wrote on 1 Jun 2025, 22:56 last edited by
        #4

        I kickstarted this, played it for 10 minutes, got my ass kicked by some wolves, and never played it again. I need to retry.

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        • D doug@lemmy.today
          1 Jun 2025, 22:56

          I kickstarted this, played it for 10 minutes, got my ass kicked by some wolves, and never played it again. I need to retry.

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          drbreen@sh.itjust.works
          wrote on 1 Jun 2025, 22:59 last edited by
          #5

          Sounds like my kinda game!

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          • D dremor@lemmy.world
            1 Jun 2025, 22:06

            cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30578134

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            b0nk3rs@lemmy.world
            wrote on 1 Jun 2025, 23:18 last edited by b0nk3rs@lemmy.world 6 Jan 2025, 19:21
            #6

            The update is ok. Stuff like terrain blending looks bad and the random environment things, like rocks falling, do break the immersion because they repeat in the same places.

            The games been riding the line of too many changes the last couple years and losing the uniqueness that makes it great.

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            • T tomselleck@lemm.ee
              1 Jun 2025, 22:47

              A sequel was recently announced so it’s probably good to stir up some interest.

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              senal@programming.dev
              wrote on 1 Jun 2025, 23:19 last edited by
              #7

              They could stir up interest by actually finishing the first game.

              There are supposed to be 5 story episodes, i think the last released episode (4) was three years ago.

              Since then they've released a full DLC and are close to releasing the second game from what i can tell.

              I'm not bitter or anything, i haven't got past the second episode yet, so this makes zero difference to me personally.

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              • D doug@lemmy.today
                1 Jun 2025, 22:56

                I kickstarted this, played it for 10 minutes, got my ass kicked by some wolves, and never played it again. I need to retry.

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                plantjam@lemmy.world
                wrote on 2 Jun 2025, 01:07 last edited by
                #8

                Is pretty great! It hits the right balance between survival and crafting for me.

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                • D doug@lemmy.today
                  1 Jun 2025, 22:56

                  I kickstarted this, played it for 10 minutes, got my ass kicked by some wolves, and never played it again. I need to retry.

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                  flemmy@lemm.ee
                  wrote on 2 Jun 2025, 01:11 last edited by
                  #9

                  Lol I played TLD before the story mode was implemented, there was only open survival mode and starting points. The exploring and resource management is really fun, and wolves and cold snaps force you to move from barn to barn and sticking near car wrecks, getting a working hunting rifle was quite hard.

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                  • D dremor@lemmy.world
                    1 Jun 2025, 22:06

                    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30578134

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                    chip_rat@lemmy.world
                    wrote on 2 Jun 2025, 01:36 last edited by
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                    It's such a beautiful game already. I've died while distractedly marvelling at the Aurora while the soundtrack permeated my soul.

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                    • D dremor@lemmy.world
                      1 Jun 2025, 22:06

                      cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30578134

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                      flightyhobler@lemmy.world
                      wrote on 2 Jun 2025, 12:21 last edited by
                      #11

                      I really wanted to, but I couldn't get into it... Uninstalled it a while back.

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                      • D dremor@lemmy.world
                        1 Jun 2025, 22:06

                        cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30578134

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                        aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                        wrote on 2 Jun 2025, 12:44 last edited by
                        #12

                        It's a great game with great gameplay and which is surprisingly replayable in survival mode if you go a year or two between plays.

                        It's also one which, IMHO, doesn't need visual enhancements - their choice of visual style was masterful (it works and is a lot cheaper in terms of 3D modelling costs that something more realistic would have been) and it's the gameplay (which is pretty much all emergent gameplay in survival mode with no fixed set-pieces, though on a fixed game map) that makes it a great game.

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