The long dark map when the story will be released. When will the story in the long dark come out? Trailers for the game's story mode

The Long Dark is out now

Developer: Hinterland Studio Inc.

Version: Release version

Game mode: Single player, challenge, survival, story mode

Interface language: English Russian

Voice acting: English

Subtitles: English Russian

Story mode was released on August 1st "Wintermute" The Long Dark, thus the game left the alpha version of Steam Greenlight. The developers postponed the release date of the story mode several times, but the release still took place.

The story mode in The Long Dark will be released in episodes with breaks in between. For now first two episodes available. The rest will be out soon.

The Long Dark is an exploratory survival simulation game where solo players must fend for themselves as they explore vast, frozen, uninhabited areas. There are no zombies here - just you, the cold and everything Mother Nature has to offer.

This is a game in which the player will have to save himself from hunger, cold, and dehydration among bloodthirsty animals who are also looking for prey and trying to survive. In the vast expanses of snowy Canada, there is no room for everyone and someone must die.

System requirements

Minimum:

Operating system: Windows XP SP3
Processor: dual-core processor from 2 GHz
RAM: 4 GB RAM
Video card: Intel 4xxx Series w/ 512MB VRAM or higher
Disk space: 1 GB

Operating system: Windows 7
Processor: Dual-core 2.6 GHz or higher
RAM: 8 GB RAM
Video card: nVidia GTX 555 w/ 1GB VRAM or higher
Hard disk space: 1 GB of free disk space

There are different types of survival simulators. In some, the player has to survive in a devastated world, fighting off zombies and mutants, and in others, he finds himself alone with the wild. In such games there is only one task - to survive. However, playing any game in this genre is much more interesting if it has a plot. The long dark is one such game. Minimum rules, minimum laws. Only cold Canada, wolves and bears.

Cold, wolves and bears

Gamblers are the pickiest people in the world. They have already played in the mountains, abandoned and destroyed cities, and even in space. Computer game developers rarely surprise with anything. Here, too, the level designers took a non-standard path. They turned the plot of The long dark into a real story.

There are no bloodthirsty monsters or stupid zombies in this game world. There is winter Canada and a lonely man stranded in the middle of nowhere. For many kilometers around there is not a single living soul who would be ready to help the player. The only partner is the protagonist's ex-wife, who disappeared after a plane crash, so you have to look for her.

It's a very cold winter, so much so that wild animals don't mind having lunch with the main character. Wolves and bears are tough opponents, but there's one thing this game will make you fear even more - unstable winter weather.

Even methodically going through the plot of The Long Dark will not give you a guaranteed victory. In this game it is not enough to collect everything that is not lying around. This won't be enough. When playing, you need to think with your head. Eating raw meat, even if fasting, is not recommended. Of course, there is a chance for a positive outcome. However, most likely, the main character will be poisoned, get sick and soon die. Moreover, no one will spare the player: if you get lost in a location in a snowstorm, you may never return. The locations may contain only a few houses located in an unknown location. First you have to find them.

Fall from Heaven

The passage of the plot of The long dark begins with a small cozy office. The main character appears to be a man of about 45, deeply depressed. The story begins with a visit to the office of the character's ex-wife. Of course, this is a touching story. Family reunion is a cliche in cinema. This time the girl brings with her not happiness, but big problems.

Having literally imposed on the hero the need to fly by plane in a snow storm, and even to an unknown point, the girl also does not want to reveal the reasons. Already at this moment it is clear that something is wrong here. Halfway through the journey, the skies suddenly light up with the light of the aurora. The event does not pass without leaving a trace and de-energizes the aircraft's electronics. An airplane is not a glider; it will not fly without engines. There is a crash in the Canadian mountains.

Caused enormous damage to the entire infrastructure of the islands. All settlements lost electricity and communications with the mainland. Chaos and robbery ensued. De-energized and doomed, a handful of survivors tried to get to the mainland, but died from the cold or the fangs of wild animals. Wolves and bears, under the influence of a geomagnetic storm, began to attack everything that looked edible.

The entire subsequent plot of The Long Dark is monotonous. The hero has one task - to stay alive. He has no warm clothes, food or water, communications or medicine. His wife has disappeared and he is all alone. The storyline develops sluggishly. The survivors encountered give the hero incredibly monotonous quests to collect resources. You cannot bypass them, and in order to complete them, you will have to navigate all the nooks and crannies of the locations, because the survivors ask for a lot. It is impossible to fulfill the conditions of the task in one settlement. The game mechanics won’t allow you to do this, which means you have to take risks.

Just like in life

The maximum severity and realism of the plot of The Long Dark is manifested in the consequences of falls. Once you sprain your ankle or sprain your wrist, the game will force you to rush to find a cure throughout the entire location. In this case, all the hero’s indicators will be reduced. Such injuries will cause significant inconvenience when moving. Even if a cure can be found, there is a possibility that it will not have a positive effect. Unfortunately, the game has not received proper optimization. You can get injured even on a flat road.

A wolf bite does not heal instantly. The bleeding does not stop on its own, and the player, having survived a wolf attack, is deprived of the ability to move normally. A bite or blow from a bear will almost certainly kill the character. It is almost impossible to deal with a wolf or bear with bare hands or with an axe. Only a gun, the ammunition for which is considered to be in short supply, will save you. You won't be able to find a weapon just like that. This is part of the overall storyline. You won’t have to look for it, you’ll have to repair it by moving around the entire location. So for a long time, every wolf you meet will become a problem. The bear will always be a problem. Killing a clubfoot is very problematic.

Darkness

There is darkness in the game and there is a lot of it. She really does get in the way. Without a flashlight, the player will not even be able to repair torn clothes and will freeze. In addition, in some rooms you will not be able to see anything. The flashlight consumes fuel, which may well run out at the most inopportune moment.

Different versions of the game

The latest The long dark - version with a plot, was released quite recently. There are many versions on torrent trackers where there is no plot at all. They contain only pure survival without meaning or purpose. Death in this mode will return the player not to the checkpoint, but to the beginning of the game.

Officially announced the release of the story game The Long Dark, the main elements of which are survival in a world that has plunged into pitch darkness after the final energy apocalypse. The release trailer also showed the first footage of the scenario.

The main concept of The Long Dark is survival in a snowy environment in the complete absence of electricity and energy. The player needs to monitor the satiety indicator, and it is also necessary to add wood to the fire in time in order to survive the harsh nights in pitch darkness. As the site learned, the player can be attacked by dangerous animals like wolves and bears. Moreover, the first ones can attack in a whole flock.

The full version of The Long Dark has a full story, which will be presented in two episodes (the remaining three will appear in 2018). The first two episodes will tell about a pair of characters who find themselves separated by the will of fate. In the first episode, the pilot of a crashed aircraft will try to survive as long as possible while trying to find shelter in snowy conditions.
In the second episode, the pilot will begin to uncover the mystery of the electrical anomaly that led to the crash and plunging the world into darkness. At the same time, he will search for his teammate and interact with other survivors, trying to determine whether they can be trusted.

It also became known about a film based on the game, which will be produced by the permanent producer of the Resident Evil series named Jeremy Bolt. According to the developers, Jeremy himself approached them with a proposal to make a film based on it. According to Jeremy, recently he has become very interested in horror games with survival elements. To whet the public's interest, the authors have prepared a new trailer for The Long Dark with live actors.

The Long Dark offers the player to monitor calories, fatigue, hunger, thirst and temperature. The weaker the player, the greater the likelihood of dying. As part of your survival, you will have to hunt rabbits and deer, and also beware of wolves and bears. Crows will tell you about the presence of carrion, which you can use for your own benefit. Also a distinctive feature of the project is dynamic weather. The player has access to a vast territory of 30 square meters. km.

According to the website, the project is being developed by the Hinterland Studio team, this is the first from this studio. However, the studio employs veterans who have worked on the Far Cry, Mass Effect, God of War and Saints Row series.