It's a survival game, where you are not really meant to survive, only last for as long as you can until you either run out of resources, run out of time scrounging for more, or run into a wolf. You see there's this little thing about The Long Dark that I feel you should be aware of before jumping in. My first steps into this gaming world, well, it was anything but love. I was enthralled with the concept of The Long Dark, and I so wanted to love this game. When I heard the game was coming to Switch, I was champing at the bit to finally get to play a game that had practically become a personal unicorn.

I did finally buy it last year on one of the annual sales, but still haven't found the time to fit it into my gaming schedule as I so rarely get in front of the screen of my PC for anything other than work. So many times I had nearly pulled the trigger and purchased it only for my better judgement to take hold, take a look at my long list of unplayed games not in 'Early Access,' and take my finger off the mouse button hovering over the Add to Cart button. I remember first finding out about it in early access long before its initial full release on Steam in 2017. The Long Dark is a game I've been wanting to play for probably five years.

On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

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