40
The Long Dark comes to an end today, except it's not "the end" only "an end" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

What that means, well, your guess is as good as mine.

top 9 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Pretty fluff piece that felt just like advertising for their latest expansion. No shade, just, meh reporting. I played this game probably half a decade ago and liked it, but it wasn't quite fleshed out or set on what it wanted to be. It came out in that mid teens survival deluge. Anyone play it recently?

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 11 points 3 days ago

It's been on sale for $3 so i tried it.
It suffers from success. It's basic by today's standards, but was novel at the time.

I personally didn't care for it.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

They were also pretty novel in their controversies.

They were the main ones throwing a hissy fit when GeForceNow wanted to automatically let you stream to any game you already purcgased on Steam. The game's devs wanted GeForce to require everyone to purchase an additional copy just to stream it through their service.

The game devs also started selling DLC while the game was unfinished, which is also shitty. And we're not talking skins either.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago

Hmm yeah. Glad i returned it then.

[-] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

It is $5 in my country.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

That's cool

[-] B0NK3RS@lazysoci.al 6 points 3 days ago

I'm glad the story mode is finished but it should have been done years ago...

Survival mode is where the real fun is anyway.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago

I remember admiring its art style when it first came out — it seemed to capture something beautiful about the landscape that reminded me of real Canadian wilderness. Now seems like a good time to try playing it.

[-] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think the art style holds up pretty well even today. A strong creative direction, as well as integration of visuals with gameplay, story and atmosphere is what defined good graphics for me.

I would argue by that definition SimCity 4 (from 2003!) can hold its own against any modern city-builder:

this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2026
40 points (97.6% liked)

PC Gaming

14390 readers
197 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

  1. Be Respectful.
  2. No Spam or Porn.
  3. No Advertising.
  4. No Memes.
  5. No Tech Support.
  6. No questions about buying/building computers.
  7. No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
  8. No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
  9. No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
  10. Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
EXiLExJD@lemmy.ca
UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com