The Long Dark‘s frozen apocalypse is just a little bit nicer to survive through this week, as Hinterland Studio have launched their ‘Wintermute Redux’ replace for the game. After putting plans for a third episode of its story-driven main campaign on hold, they opted to overtake what was already there. As detailed here, the story now performs out completely in first-person with totally voiced and animated dialogue. There’s extra areas, a brand new intro, and Hinterland declare that they’ve opened up its mission construction to permit for extra free-form survival between its narrative bits. Check out the trailer under.
For these late to The Long Dark, this seems like an important new introduction to its intimidatingly hostile frozen world. Unlike different survival games the place you’re up in opposition to zombies or monsters or some looming risk, the primary thrust of The Long Dark is simply enduring every day because it is available in an oppressive panorama. A seemingly supernatural storm has washed over the world, disabling superior equipment, though at night time laptop screens typically flicker again to life, exhibiting their final photos earlier than all of it froze. If not lifeless, then The Long Dark’s world feels prefer it’s dying and there’s not a lot you are able to do to put it aside.
While largely centered on renovating the story and getting ready for Episode three within the new yr, there’s a bundle of smaller enhancements to its interface. The HUD now defaults to being all the time on – maybe much less immersive, however simpler to get a deal with in your standing – they usually’ve reworked how fires and stoves are interacted with. Now it needs to be much less of a trouble to boil water, cook dinner meals and do all these mundane little issues that we take without any consideration in actual life, however videogames make ever so fussy. They’ve additionally patched an infinite variety of little bugs and tuned a lot extra – see the full patch notes here.
The Wintermute Redux replace is out now. The Long Dark is offered on Humble and Steam for £23.79/€24.99/$29.99, though the (fittingly sufficient) winter gross sales ought to begin quickly. Story episodes three by means of 5 are deliberate to be launched as free updates.
