The Long Dark

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: Action
Developer: Hinterland
Release Date: Aug. 1, 2017

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'The Long Dark' (ALL) Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Ep. 3 Date - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Sept. 23, 2019 @ 11:42 a.m. PDT

The Long Dark is a first-person post-disaster survival simulation, set in the aftermath of a geomagnetic super storm that has destroyed North America’s technology infrastructure.

Imagine the lights go out, never to return. Bright aurora flare across the sky, and all humanity's technological might is laid to waste, neutralized in a kind of quiet apocalypse. Everything that has shielded humanity from the disinterested power of Mother Nature is suddenly wrenched from us, dropping us a few links down the food chain. Food and water are scarce. The roads are no longer safe. And winter approaches…

The breathtakingly picturesque Pacific Northwest frames the backdrop for the drama of The Long Dark. You take on the role of William Mackenzie, a newly stranded bush pilot crashed far from the nearest human habitation. Lost, wounded, and with wolves circling, you'll have to quickly master basic wilderness survival skills if you're to last long enough to understand how the world has changed since the aurorae appeared in the sky. And that's just the beginning.

In the first season of this episodic series, players experience this grim new reality through the eyes of bush pilot William Mackenzie, isolated with other survivors in the Northern wilderness as a result of the event. Gameplay emphasizes exploration to gather resources and knowledge about the world, while mastering a deep survival simulation to overcome the myriad natural and man-made hazards of the new frontier. Players will also face difficult moral choices that will affect the outcome of gameplay, story, and ultimately, the course of humanity’s recovery.


Hinterland celebrates the five-year anniversary of its exploration-survival experience, The Long Dark, and to mark the anniversary the developers has revealed that Episode Three: Crossroads Elegy will be released on PS4, Xbox One and Steam October 22, 2019.

In Episode Three, you’ll play as Dr. Astrid Greenwood, and the story picks up in the aftermath of the events of Milton, as experienced from Mackenzie’s point of view in Episode One. You’ll meet new survivors, explore a new region, and find out more about the events prior to, and after, the First Flare event that engulfed Great Bear Island — and perhaps the rest of the world — into “the long dark”.

In the spirit of Hinterland's long-standing commitment to player-first development, on October 22 owners of The Long Dark will automatically receive Episode Three: Crossroads Elegy for free. Newcomers to the 3.3 million unit selling narrative and survival experience will find their choice well made, as any new purchase of The Long Dark not only includes Crossroads Elegy, but all previously released content and episodes in the WINTERMUTE™ series, as well as Survival Mode and its many updates. Notably, fans of Survival Mode will be treated to yet another free update this December, details of which to be revealed at a later date. 

To celebrate Hinterland's fifth anniversary of The Long Dark, the studio has empowered Steam players to travel backward in time and access all major previous updates made to The Long Dark over the past five years from the game's Time Capsule page, so that survivors may experience previous updates as they were originally released.

The Long Dark has sold well over three million units worldwide and continues to expand and develop both its narrative story and survival experience by providing players with free on-going content and regular updates.

Features:

  • Immersive first-person exploration gameplay featuring a stunning, original art style. Players take on the role of franchise protagonist, Will Mackenzie, as he navigates the savage beauty of the Northern Wilderness and faces the hazards of the new “post-digital” frontier.
  • Be on the lookout for potential supply caches, all the while using survival skills to overcome hazards introduced by harsh weather, wildlife, lack of food and water, and other survivors.
  • Deep survival simulation gameplay where every decision matters. Explore a large open world in search of resources, and balance Condition and Willpower against the needs of your daily survival.
  • Morally challenging scenarios that challenge players to answer the question: “How far will you go to survive?” Any survivor you meet in the world can be friend or foe. Will you risk your life to discover what they know and selflessly sacrifice for the common good, or live — and potentially die — by the adage “might makes right”?
  • Rich episodic fiction featuring dozens of locations, a cast of memorable characters, and a mature post-disaster storyline inspired by the creative risk-taking we see in many of today’s exciting television series. This isn’t the end of the world, but you can see it from here.
  • urvival Story mode provides hours of narrative-driven exploration gameplay where you play as Will Mackenzie, struggling to understand what has happened to the world. Survival Sandbox mode provides potentially hundreds of hours of free-form survival gameplay where you push yourself and your skill to last as long as possible in a variety of survival scenarios.

The Long Dark is currently available on Steam Early Access for $29.99.


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