The thing is, that isn't surviving - and this is a survival game, where the entire point is that your character can't smartphone his way out of a bad situation. If you are cold, wet, hungry, and simply tired of searching for a damn rifle, yes, you can take out your phone in real life, find detailed user-made maps of the area, find 3 probable spawns, and then get your rifle before you starve to death. Trial and horrific error is what The Long Dark is all about, and to simply Google your way through the game is to rob yourself of the sense of exploration, discovery, and do-it-yourself accomplishment that this game wants to give you. There are things that you simply don't know that you can do, and things you very quickly find out you can't. Refreshing as this is, it tends to leave new players, well, somewhat in the dark. It's obvious right from the start that this game is a labor of love, and the Hinterlands team have made it very clear that the design decision of 'no player hand-holding' is deliberate, and central to the TLD experience. Put the user PDF maps away, lose your Google-capable smartphone, and stop asking other survivors for advice on the internet. THE LONG DARK EXPERIENCEIf you want the real The Long Dark experience, you've got to go in blind.

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