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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8166264" data-attributes="member: 16814">It is, though, just more granular.Try the Long Dark.&nbsp; Every choice in that game is consequential.&nbsp; It's a masterpiece of design.&nbsp; Survival modes are total sandboxes, and play is enjoyable because of the weight of every choice.&nbsp; Do I wear my good gloves out hunting today, and risk being attacked by wolves and having them torn when I can't repair them, or do I wear my cheap ones, and risk frostbite if I stay out too long?&nbsp; Do I carry one of my precious few marine flares to ward off the wolves?&nbsp; Do I try to fight a wolf by spending ammo, or using my hatchet (very dangerous)?&nbsp; Can I stretch my rations, because I really need the carry weight to bring back more firewood, but it's a long way to fresh wood?&nbsp; Do I risk getting wet by falling through thin ice because this shortcut will take 15 minutes off my journey, and that's precious time out of the cold?Yeah, Long Dark is a marvel of a game of so many small but massively consequential choices, and there's no point where you get enough stuff that the game gets easy -- the cold is brutal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8166264, member: 16814"] It is, though, just more granular. Try the Long Dark. Every choice in that game is consequential. It's a masterpiece of design. Survival modes are total sandboxes, and play is enjoyable because of the weight of every choice. Do I wear my good gloves out hunting today, and risk being attacked by wolves and having them torn when I can't repair them, or do I wear my cheap ones, and risk frostbite if I stay out too long? Do I carry one of my precious few marine flares to ward off the wolves? Do I try to fight a wolf by spending ammo, or using my hatchet (very dangerous)? Can I stretch my rations, because I really need the carry weight to bring back more firewood, but it's a long way to fresh wood? Do I risk getting wet by falling through thin ice because this shortcut will take 15 minutes off my journey, and that's precious time out of the cold? Yeah, Long Dark is a marvel of a game of so many small but massively consequential choices, and there's no point where you get enough stuff that the game gets easy -- the cold is brutal. [/QUOTE]

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