The Long Dark
| The Long Dark | |||
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| Studio | Hinterland Studio | ||
| Publisher | Hinterland Studio | ||
| Senior Developer |
Raphael van Lierop Alan Lawrance |
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| composer |
Cris Velasco Sascha Dikiciyan |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
August 1, 2017 | ||
| platform | Linux , OS X , Windows , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 | ||
| Game engine | Unity | ||
| genre | Open world survival | ||
| medium | Download | ||
| language | German English | ||
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The Long Dark is a first-person - open world - Survival -Adventure and was designed by hinterland Studio developed.
action
Bush pilot William Mackenzie is on a routine mail flight in the wilds of North America when mysterious lights flicker across the sky and his plane, a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 , rapidly loses performance. Mackenzie falls in the middle of a densely forested mountain landscape, but survives with minor injuries. Without orientation and means of communication and surrounded by wolves, he must ensure his survival and establish contact with civilization, gradually realizing that a global catastrophe has occurred.
Game principle and technology
The game offers both a sandbox mode and a story mode , in which three out of five announced episodes have already appeared.
Sandbox
In sandbox mode, the player starts at a random location in a region of his choice. The story takes place after a "geomagnetic storm", which is why the climate has changed and the game world is covered in snow. The player in the sandbox mode has no fixed goal, except to survive as long as possible, different levels of difficulty can be selected for this. The player has the opportunity to explore buildings in order to get food, equipment and warmer clothing or to produce objects. Wild animals make survival difficult, but can also serve as a source of food.
Story mode
In Wintermute story mode called the player a set story follows, during which he also applies to other people and can interact with them. This also begins with the plane crash in northern Canada, but tells more about the background. It is up to the player where he moves, how many tasks he solves and how he survives.
The first two of the five announced episodes were released on August 1, 2017. The third episode was released on October 22, 2019.
Production notes
The game was initially sponsored by the Canada Media Fund . A Kickstarter campaign was successfully launched in October 2013 to fund the game. The developers were previously employed at studios such as Relic Entertainment , BioWare , Riot Games and Volition . Hinterland Studio founder Raphael van Lierop was previously the producer for Dawn of War at Relic Entertainment .
filming
On August 2, 2017, it was announced that, together with Resident Evil producer Jeremy Bolt, they were planning to release The Long Dark as a film in theaters.
reception
The innovative game concept, the dubbing voices of Jennifer Hale and David Hayter as well as the gameplay and the graphic concept were praised.
"The Long Dark is a game you will never win - its end state will always be a date with the reaper."
" The Long Dark is a game that you will never win - its final state will always be a date with the Grim Reaper."
By April 2016, over 750,000 copies had been sold across platforms.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Long Dark - News - Story Mode. In: www.thelongdark.com. Hinterland Studio Inc., May 4, 2017, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Long Dark "WINTERMUTE". In: twitter.com. Hinterland Games, May 4, 2017, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ October Dev Diary - Episode Three Launch. In: www.thelongdark.com. Hinterland Studio Inc., October 17, 2019, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ^ Chad Sapieha: Hinterland founder Raphael van Lierop talks about The Long Dark. In: business.financialpost.com. Financial Post, September 13, 2013, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ^ Hinterland founder Raphael van Lierop talks about The Long Dark. In: www.kickstarter.com. Kickstarter, December 13, 2019, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Tobias Münster: The Long Dark - New survival title by experienced developers on Kickstarter. In: www.gamestar.de. GameStar, September 17, 2013, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ^ Rudolf Opitz: Early Access game "The Long Dark" is ready. In: www.heise.de. Heise, August 2, 2017, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Tobias Ritter: The Long Dark - Kickstarter goal achieved and the voice of Solid Snake committed. In: www.gamestar.de. GameStar, October 15, 2013, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Leif Johnson: The Long Dark: hands-on with Hinterland's single-player survival game. In: www.pcgamer.com. PCGamer, June 30, 2014, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ^ Andy Kelly: Survival gets serious in The Long Dark. In: www.pcgamer.com. PCGamer, June 29, 2014, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Shaun McInnis: The Long Dark Is a Brutal Yet Beautiful Twist on the Survival Genre. In: www.gamespot.com. Gamespot, July 15, 2014, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ John Walker: Hands On: The Long Dark Early Access. In: www.rockpapershotgun.com. Rock Paper Shotgun, August 11, 2014, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ^ Matt Peckham, Survival Game The Long Dark Is a Troubling Yet Beautiful Gem. In: www.wired.com. Wired, October 3, 2014, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Lucy O'Brien: E3 2015: In The Long Dark, What Kills You Makes You Stronger. In: www.ign.com. IGN, May 4, 2017, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Tobias Ritter: The Long Dark - Roadmap and Story: So it will continue for the next 12 months. In: www.gamestar.de. GameStar, April 6, 2016, accessed February 2, 2020 .