home bbs files messages ]

Just a sample of the Echomail archive

<< oldest | < older | list | newer > | newest >> ]

 Message 290 
 Ray Sbaitso to John Hiemenz 
 Re: The Long Dark 
 22 Mar 20 12:01:21 
 
PID: ZeusBBS 1.5 3f2
MSGID: 1:19/38 E77A9145
REPLY: 212.fidodoom@1:154/40 22db85f3
TID: CrashMail 1.30/b 2000
I agree that one of the things that is probably holding the game back is the
difficulty.  I'm not sure how one would go about it, but there does seem to
need to be a better balance.  I have also messed with the settings a bit and
found it challenging to find the balance I'm looking for.

I haven't worked with the sandbox mode at all.  What is out there on those
maps?  Is it just endless woods?  Are there any kind of "goals" that you have
to work towards?  Locations you need to visit, etc.?  



 On Saturday March 21, 2020, John Hiemenz said to Ray Sbaitso...

 JH> I've had and played the game since early beta days and and a love/hate
 JH> relationship with the game.  I don't care for the 'difficulty'
 JH> settings, at one end, all th ewildlife other than moose run away from
 JH> you so quickly you have slim chance of hunting.  At the next difficulty
 JH> the wolves will hunt you in packs and make it difficult to survive at
 JH> all.  I've not even tried the next two 'more' difficult levels.

 JH> The same thing happened to me Story mode, but in reverse.  It started
 JH> quite difficult and dying before I would reach the end of the story,
 JH> but later updates seem to make it almost impossible _not_ to get to the
 JH> end. Story mode does have some encounters that are set, you will get
 JH> mauled by the bear multiple times, etc, but it rarely kills you.

 JH> I enjoy the sandbox mode the best, and am thankful for periodic updates
 JH> to the maps as I typically play in exploration mode because I have
 JH> having to deal with wolves attacking me multiple times each day.

 JH> --JH

--- Zeus BBS 1.5
 * Origin: CIA AMIGA BBS - ciaamigabbs.dynu.net:6400 (1:19/38.0)
SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/5 15/0 2 19/25 36 38 34/999 90/1 104/115 106/201
SEEN-BY: 114/224 702 705 706 116/18 120/331 123/140 124/5014 5016
SEEN-BY: 124/5018 128/2 73 187 253 130/803 153/7715 218/700 222/2
SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/101 426 1014 230/150 152 240/5832 249/206 307
SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 250/1 261/38 100 266/512 267/155 275/100 282/1031
SEEN-BY: 282/1056 291/1 111 298/25 305/1 3 310/2 312/2 317/3 320/119
SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 340/400 342/13 200 387/25 27 396/45 640/1321
SEEN-BY: 712/848 801/189 2320/105 3005/1 3634/12 5020/1042
PATH: 19/38 396/45 261/38 15/0 317/3 229/426


<< oldest | < older | list | newer > | newest >> ]

(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca