Jumping into Survival Mode, it never felt like anything was ramping up at a reasonable pace. On top of that, The Long Dark is an incredibly slow moving game-and I’m not just talking about the character’s walking speed.
Players must face the elements and the wild in order to stay fed, stay rested, and most importantly stay warm.Īnd while all of this sounds compelling in theory, I can’t help but find The Long Dark to be a dull game about managing meters as your character is constantly hungry, constantly thirsty, and constantly freezing to death. Whether you’re playing the “Wintermute,” story mode, or just jumping into standard Survival Mode The Long Dark places you somewhere in the middle of the Canadian wilderness after a mysterious plane crash. I don’t know if maybe I’ve changed, or maybe these survival games were never all they were cracked up to be.
Playing now on the Switch is a bit of an underwhelming experience.
