Cold and lonely survival game The Long Dark is getting a huge update to the survival mode next month, it sounds great too with some of the details Hinterland Studio have teased.
The Long Dark is certainly an interesting one, especially since it has a Story Mode and a Survival Mode to give the best of both worlds. It hasn't been long since the release of Episode 3 for the story back in October, so Hinterland have certainly been busy.
They're not telling us everything coming to the Survival Mode update yet, but we do know it's called ERRANT PILGRIM and the big free expansion will release around the middle of December along with a narrated video too. Some of what's coming includes (stated here):
- A new region. This will be our first region to feature a two-part environmental puzzle of sorts — in order to unlock the region’s full potential, you’ll need to access it from two different locations. There’s a new area with several industrial buildings, and this region will be the first to feature Timberwolves in Survival Mode. Watch out!
- A new challenge. We’ve taking inspiration from the community’s “Deadman” take on custom mode settings, and have created our own version as a standalone Challenge mode which, frankly, we think is the toughest experience we’ve ever made. Nobody in the office has been able to complete it yet. (Don’t worry, we’re exempting this new challenge from the Challenge Mastery achievement. We’re not monsters.)
- New gameplay systems. Without getting into too much detail at the moment, we’re introducing a few new gear items, tools, and systems that should help make late-game survival a little more viable for most players. You might get a hint from the piece of concept art included in this dev diary.
- New Feats. We haven’t shown the Feat system much love since we introduced it, so we’re adding three new Feats, to give you some gameplay objectives to work towards as handy new buffs for your Survival Mode games.
- New Survival Mode music. 10+ more minutes of brand new music, from Survival mode soundtrack composer, Sascha Dikiciyan.
- The Return of Fluffy. Hmm?
- Did I mention Timberwolves in Survival Mode? Relax. They’re only in the new region. (For now.)
They also said there's going to be plenty of quality of life updates and bug fixes.
You can pick up The Long Dark from Humble Store and Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: NezchanThey refer to a piece of concept art, but all I'm seeing is a screenshot. Is there a link to the original post or something that shows it?Added easy links :)
I am just sad that they broke the lighting of indoor areas at some point and most houses look too dark inside even at midday and near lots of windows.
This completely broke the game for me, as I like to play in Hard Modes with few matches available to provide light.
It's not a settings or hardware issue as many other people are having the same problem, it was definitely a patch release in 2019 that broke the lighting at some point.
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