| CGMagazine |
Brendan Quinn |
8 / 10 |
09-22-2017 |
The Long Dark is the perfect survival game for Canadian kids who grew up with frozen toes and winter camping. |
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| COGconnected |
Jason Fanelli |
90 / 100 |
08-16-2017 |
The Long Dark is a tense and harrowing experience both in Story and Survival modes. |
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| ComiConverse |
Alan Stock |
Recommended |
09-22-2017 |
The Long Dark is a triumph. At times it may feel a little grindy, but there’s always a level of tension thanks to its finely tuned systems never letting you get complacent. |
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| Cultured Vultures |
Jimmy Donnellan |
8.5 / 10 |
08-23-2017 |
The Long Dark is the perfect example of the kind of game you can make when you aren’t rushed to release. |
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| Destructoid |
Alyssa Hatmaker |
7.5 / 10 |
08-21-2017 |
While the story mode leaves something to be desired, the survival mechanics of The Long Dark’s sandbox make it worthwhile. We have three more episodes of Will’s journey to weave a wider story throughout the alternately unforgiving and inviting Canadian terrain. In the meantime, I’ll be sitting back with my coffee mug, reflecting on my own small stories within The Long Dark. |
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| Game Informer |
Elise Favis |
7.3 / 10 |
08-14-2017 |
The wilderness is satisfyingly unforgiving. The world is fun to explore, but story mode offers a lackluster narrative |
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| GameSkinny |
Sergey_3847 |
8 / 10 |
08-02-2017 |
The Long Dark has finally taken the shape of a real product with the introduction of the Story mode that keeps you motivated to survive and never give up. |
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| GameSpot |
James Swinbanks |
6 / 10 |
08-16-2017 |
Bugs and a rough story weaken what is, at its core, a great survival game. |
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| GamingTrend |
T.K. Hale |
85 / 100 |
11-12-2019 |
The Long Dark is an amazing spectacle of narrative brilliance and survival. The twists and unexpected turns of the story are complemented by the survival mechanics that are challenging and thought provoking. The Survival Mode gives players a sandbox to play in, and allows them to play and survive how they see fit. With the story being released in episodic expansions, there’s always a reason to come back and play. |
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| God is a Geek |
Dan Murphy |
8.5 / 10 |
08-16-2017 |
In a genre which is suffocating, The Long Dark stands out among the crowd as perhaps the best. Brutal, unforgiving survival wrapped up in a very plausible scenario where beauty kills. |
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| GRYOnline.pl |
Jakub Mirowski |
8.5 / 10 |
08-06-2017 |
Many gamers will bounce off of The Long Dark – it is extremely difficult and makes you remember about very basic stuff. The final version of the game offers a mediocre story mode and features some boring repetitiveness but overall quality is great – fans of slow exploration and learning will love it. |
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| IGN Spain |
Juan García |
7.7 / 10 |
08-10-2017 |
A good survival experience that could have been even better with a little more polish on its console versions. |
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| Metro GameCentral |
GameCentral |
7 / 10 |
08-14-2017 |
A pleasingly complex and realistic survival simulator, accompanied by a story mode that so far fails to be anywhere near as compelling. |
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| Niche Gamer |
Cody Long |
8 / 10 |
01-28-2019 |
The Long Dark, with its slow-paced survival focus and pensive atmosphere, isn’t going to appeal to everyone. For those looking for more of an action-oriented survival sim, I can’t recommend TLD. However, if rummaging around the quiet apocalypse while at the mercy of mother nature sounds like fun to you, you’ll probably have a good experience with this game. |
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| PC Gamer |
Andy Kelly |
85 / 100 |
08-04-2017 |
Deep, brutal, and hauntingly atmospheric, The Long Dark is a survival game done right. |
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| PlayStation Universe |
Neil Bolt |
9 / 10 |
08-07-2017 |
A thoroughly thoughtful re-imagining of The Long Dark which tightens everything up deftly, The Long Dark is making grizzly-sized strides in its evolution and is essential for fans of taut, survival adventures. |
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| Post Arcade (National Post) |
Chad Sapieha |
8.5 / 10 |
08-04-2017 |
After nearly three years surviving in alpha, The Long Dark has finally launched its long-awaited story mode, and it’s worth playing |
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| PSX Brasil |
Bruno Henrique Vinhadel |
82 / 100 |
08-22-2017 |
Surviving is difficult and for every mistake you make you are going to be punished. The Long Dark shows this the right way with an exellent gameplay, although some technical issues can get in the way sometimes. The campaign mode has its problems, but since the game is based on episodes, it can be improved and the game’s whole mystery encourages you to follow its story. |
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| Push Square |
Graham Banas |
8 / 10 |
08-05-2017 |
The Long Dark is a strong survival title, possibly even the strongest of the entire genre. A beautiful, but dangerous Canadian wilderness provides the backdrop to a challenging, but largely satisfying fight for survival. While micromanaging every facet of your well-being while trying to survive might sound tedious in description, it actually ends up being fun, satisfying, and even tense. With three more episodes to come for this title’s story mode, there’s already tons of content to chow down on. Just watch out for the wolves. |
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| Rock, Paper, Shotgun |
John Walker |
Recommended |
08-01-2017 |
With a better, more involving path, this could have been really something. As it is, it’s the glorious The Long Dark with a reason for surviving, and that definitely proves enough. |
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| SomHráč.sk |
Adam Hambálek |
90 / 100 |
08-18-2017 |
The Long Dark is a very ambitious survival title that ages like wine. The older it is, the better it is. The fans of the survival genre should be thrilled and the casual players won’t be disappointed either. |
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| TheSixthAxis |
Tuffcub |
6 / 10 |
08-09-2017 |
I really, really, wanted to love The Long Dark, but a myriad of poor design choices and bugs teamed with a complete lack of instruction made it one of the most frustrating games I have ever played. You can pick some objects up, but not others, you can smash a crate to bits for firewood, but not a table, and none of this makes any sense. If you were freezing death, you’d burn the frigging table! Survival mode is by far the best way to experience the game offering some gorgeous views and real sense of achievement when you make things nice and cosy, it’s just a shame that Story mode is so poorly thought out. |
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| TheXboxHub |
Gareth Brierley |
4 / 5 stars |
08-16-2017 |
I would highly recommend giving The Long Dark a go, especially if you’re after something different and love the idea of a survival sim with an interesting story. |
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| Thumbsticks |
Callum Williams |
3.5 / 5 stars |
01-09-2019 |
The Long Dark is by no means perfect, but what it lacks in finesse it makes up for in attention to detail. The survival is tough but addictive, coming with a vast array of supplies to find and stats to manage, while the challenge mode and story accommodate players with different levels of experience and ability. It’s got a lot of ground to cover in patches and updates, but there’s still a mighty fine game underneath its shortcomings. |
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| Use a Potion |
Daryl Leach |
8 / 10 |
08-29-2017 |
I’ve played plenty of the different survival games that are available at the moment, yet it’s The Long Dark that has hooked me in the most. The desolate wintery setting just appealed to me from the get go, whilst the tense ‘risk vs reward’ gameplay kept me entertained from start to end. Plus, I can always appreciate a story mode in a game like this – even if it’s not quite finished it… |
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