Are you a MuthaFukinSurvivor?

I've been playing The Long Dark for a couple of weeks. All other games are currently on the back burner. I'm not even interested in playing Fallout 4 right now. This game is so immersive. At times, I have to just stop playing because it can be exhausting to be constantly focused on surviving for hours on end. Do I have enough food? Is my water supply sufficient? Will the weather turn foul while out exploring? Are there wolves in my path? Can I avoid them or must I fight?

The game only saves when you sleep, enter a shelter/building or become injured. Death is permanent with all saves erasing when you do. Save scumming is downright impossible so every time I venture outdoors I am looking out for possible dangers. It's been a learning experience as I have avoided reading guides or looking at videos. The first time I died venturing out in the wilderness at night. I quickly lost my sense of direction. It is much colder at night than during the day so I froze to death. All my other deaths have been due to wolves. Generally wolves are just a nuisance. They telegraph their intention to attack from a long ways off and are easily scared off by fire. It is when you are weak from hunger, thirst, fatigue or the cold that wolves can make an easy meal of you. Even when you are in good shape if your fight with a wolf leads to being wounded gravely you better have first aid gear available. If not you will likely bleed out.

This game gets you thinking about what you would do if in the same situation. Would you end your life early to avoid the slow death of starvation or would you fight will all your might to survive no matter how much pain and suffering you endured? You can't really hold it against the person in this situation who takes their own life. Starving or dying of thirst are horrible ways to die. Freezing to death is perhaps a bit less horrible but you do suffer quite a bit until hypothermia kicks in. No need to mention the horror of becoming the next meal of a predator.

So, you are stranded in the wilderness. You have few supplies and must scavenge for anything which improves your lot.

What would you be willing to do to survive?

Not to advertise or anything but I broadcast the game when I am playing. I play just about every night, pretty late at night mostly so if you see me playing you are welcome to check out the broadcast on Steam. Last night I found a cave, camped for the night then tonight I left in search of a more secure shelter. I found a radio tower hut where I was able to warm up and spend another night safely. In the morning, I headed towards what looked like a farm from my vantage point. I saw a bear so I waited for him to pass below me and took a shot at him with my newly found rifle. This pissed off the bear very much, he dashed up to the lookout so quickly I did not get off a second shot, then I was mauled to death.

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