8:18 “Do you guys know what this means?? ASTRID CAN FINALLY EAT A HORSE.” Probably one of if not the funniest TLD inside jokes I’ve ever seen 🤣🤣 I forget how much I love this community 😂 All jokes aside, though, great video. You also confirm only Official info unlike some others I’ve seen, which is really helpful. Although the future of Blackfrost may be uncertain right now, i see some awesome mechanics and opportunities for this game, thanks for covering it!! P.S. Other hilarious moments in this video I absolutely loved “But that’s just a theory. A Blackfrost theory.” at the end and “Today we’re going to be talking about the elephant in our quiet apocalypse.” at the beginning. 😂
Also, this is one of the few situations where a CANDU reactor could possibly suffer a failure of the magnitude you describe. Normally, the sheer number of redundant failsafes (both automated and manual) render any sort of radioactive event risk a negligible outcome. However, with the Aurora instantly shorting out all electronics, all of the electronic safety systems would be inoperable (which is a majority). Now, one thing they could implement is: If there’s no Aurora, the plant has a low radiation level (I’d say equivalent to keeping a small piece of enriched uranium in your pocket while you’re in there. Not deadly, not even dangerous for short times, but prolonged exposure is bad for your health). If there is an Aurora, the plant has a potentially lethal radiation dosage, but you can restart the containment procedures and reduce radiation dosage, rendering it safe to enter during regular times. P.S. aplologies for commenting twice Edit: I’ve been informed it’s not a CANDU reactor (and confirmed by seeing the article for myself), which is both disappointing and slightly frustrating. Artistically, I understand the decision. But it does make a dent in my national pride that we don’t use our own (superior) reactors in our own video games
Maybe its a bit hopeful but one thing Im hoping gets added is a wider variety of wildlife being put in the game, like bison and caribou in addition to the old animals from Great Bear. It could add a couple interesting new mechanics like a small tipi or a lavvuu made from bison hides.
Yes!! I totally agree- even with the addition of the cougar and ptarmigan in TLD, I’ve often wondered/wished they could add animals like foxes or Musk Oxen- and I’ve especially wished that they could add herd mechanics for animals like Caribou, like you mentioned, or baby animal mechanics that could change your game for better or for worse. I know that a lot of that wouldn’t do especially well in the Long Dark’s gameplay for a number of reasons, but I hope that they get the chance to program something like this in Blackfrost.
omg my save is abt 215 days rn so hopefully i live long enough until blackfrost “starts”!! maybe once i get to 365 i’ll leave it untouched until blackfrost drops and i’ll play them simultaneously 😄
Co-op, not multiplayer. I'd like to see a persistent, changing world, where actions aren't instanced to log ins, and you can play with your friends at different times. They log in, and you've chopped them some wood, you log in the next day, and they've cached some rabbits for you. You can be "The Trader" for each other.
People keep using the word multiplayer, but the words Hinterland has used are Solo and Co-op. Raph has made it clear in forum postings that there is no intent for any sort of PvP and players are meant to cooperate with each other. I wouldn't expect to see any kind of servers, just standard co-op mechanics on consoles and maybe co-op hosting on PCs.
@@steelfire9597 agreed. I said multiplayer for the most part but I made sure to say coop a couple times because it definitely is meant to be coop multiplayer and not anarchy multiplayer
oooh i was just about to comment asking about this. i could totally see some people hoarding supplies in a server so thank you for pointing out the distinction lol
The radiation could also be dispersed by a critical containment failure of the reactor vessel. Basically chernobyl, with shards or dust of the fuel rods, ice and snow made of the heavy water used as neutron absorber, or activated salts, metals and such. And graphite, soooo much graphite. And withe the auroras these semi dormant sources spring to life, which then causes radiation.
Normally, I’d say that’s an impossibility due to the design of the CANDU reactor rendering such an even impossible. But due to the Aurora frying the electronics, it could be possible since many of the security systems could have failed
@@ComedicLetter Brown Bramble isn't CANDU, it's got the giant cooling towers typically seen on US reactors. I suspect that's solely done for game purposes, since it doesn't reflect reality. It does create the perfect situation for the Black Frost. Those towers emit massive amounts of steam when the cooling system runs. With the obvious failures that would have occurred with the First Flare, then an aurora kicking things back on in weird ways, plumes of radioactive steam puffing out into the frozen air would be the perfect medium for a radioactive frost or fog.
@ my apologies, I hadn’t seen any photo of the plant, I’d just heard about it from this video while driving. Stylistically, I understand using the US reactor. However, I’m disappointed they wouldn’t use the local variety of infrastructure
I believe that despite all they're saying right now it may go the same way as it happened to Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together. Klei are done with their solo survival game and pumping out content for a successor co-op version of it now exclusively. Yes the games will coexist but mostlikely not co-thrive so I'd bet that everything will depend on how people will take Blackfrost so Hinterland could have more and more intensives to update it instead and all we could hope for TLD best case scenario would be once-a-year qol fixing bugs updates.
Imagine getting incapacitated, telling your friend to save you and then waking up in the reactor's core xd. But put that aside, this seems like an interesting approach to a coop TLD game, I would really like it if the aurora was made more punishing, because in normal TLD it feels intimidating, but isn't something that the average horse eater can't manage. I guess time will tell.
damn i caught this as it released love ur vids man ur so down to earth while giving great advice you've got a long time watcher in me dude keep it up :)
So pumped to see this game released... I only hope that the feel of the original game is not lost. TLD is the first game I trully felt immersed. The games shines so much because of that. Co-op / multiplayer would be a big challange... It can be brilliant and I hope they can execute it in way that solo players would still be able to fully enjoy the experience too, besides being great at co-op of course. The things I feel the game (TLD) needs to address IMO would be 1) randomize every item spawn in the game (no more known locations to get X, Y, Z items.... super immersion killer and its basically a 'cheat'), 2) more end game things do to (like collecting more stuff or more variety of tools that makes things a little bit different, like 3 kinds of axes or something... 3) more variety on dificulties (stalkter to interloper is kinda a big jump), and overall.... 4) more meaningful badges to gain and use as skills on future runs... 5) being able to craft a bedroll? hahahaha. 6) just to make the game UI a touch faster, like setting up prefered methods for breaking branches using "bare hands first" instead of defaulting to Axe, or lighting fires with mag lens instead of defaulting to matches, that kinda of speed gain seems little, but once you have it , you will miss a lot if taken away...
Beachcombing in TLD is a surprisingly fun aspect of the game, and I wish there were more items to be found, especially items only found that way. I'd hope the new game takes that into account, and further, it could be a way of progressing the story by having things wash up after a time.
It would be more logical that radiation would show up as black snow that tells you that you have to find a basement and then move out that area quickly so that you wouldn`t die from it
Im just hyped for a 2nd part and Horseys!!!!! ❤ But I hope it doesn’t turn into some seasonal online BS. Already don’t really like the thought of playing with others but buying new content or updates every month just to play would suck. 😢
But I wonder how they will handle the multiplayer aspect Are there servers that u can join like rust and minecraft or are there gonna be public servers like gta online where if u die u spawn in a new server And if u die are u like banned from the server or are they going to do like the cheat death system where u can spawn back in but with a lot of debuffs Oh And I wonder if u can bunker down in a base and try to put boobytraps around it so noone can steal ur loot....that... that would be awesome And also I wonder if radiation clouds can be spread all around the map because of the high winds and blizzards.
@@Mattoman77 I think it will most likely be private servers where you invite people into it, but I do see open servers being a possibility. I doubt they would only do open servers because TLD fans definitely like that solo gameplay.
I think it'll be local co-op say max four players not live service multiplayer as you suggested... Hinterland is a small company and running and maintaining servers costs a fortune ... And I think it would utterly destroy the feel of the game if there's say ten twenty people running about theres enough of that rubbish already
@@eugenemegatron2210 I completely agree, sorry if it sounded like I was suggesting live service, I tried to mention cooperative multiplayer as much as I could. I also believe it’ll be cooperative!
Damn. I gotta respect all the npc’s and survivors in Blackrock, their runs have made it past 365 days. I haven’t gotten that far just yet.
“… northern mainland Canada”
That answers my most burning question. Good to see the games are still set in the optimal location for the genre
8:18 “Do you guys know what this means?? ASTRID CAN FINALLY EAT A HORSE.” Probably one of if not the funniest TLD inside jokes I’ve ever seen 🤣🤣 I forget how much I love this community 😂
All jokes aside, though, great video. You also confirm only Official info unlike some others I’ve seen, which is really helpful. Although the future of Blackfrost may be uncertain right now, i see some awesome mechanics and opportunities for this game, thanks for covering it!!
P.S. Other hilarious moments in this video I absolutely loved “But that’s just a theory. A Blackfrost theory.” at the end and “Today we’re going to be talking about the elephant in our quiet apocalypse.” at the beginning. 😂
Also, this is one of the few situations where a CANDU reactor could possibly suffer a failure of the magnitude you describe. Normally, the sheer number of redundant failsafes (both automated and manual) render any sort of radioactive event risk a negligible outcome. However, with the Aurora instantly shorting out all electronics, all of the electronic safety systems would be inoperable (which is a majority).
Now, one thing they could implement is:
If there’s no Aurora, the plant has a low radiation level (I’d say equivalent to keeping a small piece of enriched uranium in your pocket while you’re in there. Not deadly, not even dangerous for short times, but prolonged exposure is bad for your health).
If there is an Aurora, the plant has a potentially lethal radiation dosage, but you can restart the containment procedures and reduce radiation dosage, rendering it safe to enter during regular times.
P.S. aplologies for commenting twice
Edit: I’ve been informed it’s not a CANDU reactor (and confirmed by seeing the article for myself), which is both disappointing and slightly frustrating. Artistically, I understand the decision. But it does make a dent in my national pride that we don’t use our own (superior) reactors in our own video games
seems like Blackfrost is gonna be a blast and keep us on the edge of our seats
5:41 really evokes the art of Simon Stalenhag. I love it.
"Let's jump right into this like you falling into the ice while trying to loot that trunk you found while beachcombing" 👍
Maybe its a bit hopeful but one thing Im hoping gets added is a wider variety of wildlife being put in the game, like bison and caribou in addition to the old animals from Great Bear.
It could add a couple interesting new mechanics like a small tipi or a lavvuu made from bison hides.
Yes!! I totally agree- even with the addition of the cougar and ptarmigan in TLD, I’ve often wondered/wished they could add animals like foxes or Musk Oxen- and I’ve especially wished that they could add herd mechanics for animals like Caribou, like you mentioned, or baby animal mechanics that could change your game for better or for worse. I know that a lot of that wouldn’t do especially well in the Long Dark’s gameplay for a number of reasons, but I hope that they get the chance to program something like this in Blackfrost.
I like the radiation idea because of possible towns that surround it. There would be resources and shelter but you have a large risk
Harmont is literally the name of the town from the book "Roadside Picnic" which inspired the games and the movie "Stalker"
Oh! I didn't make that connexion, thank you!
omg my save is abt 215 days rn so hopefully i live long enough until blackfrost “starts”!! maybe once i get to 365 i’ll leave it untouched until blackfrost drops and i’ll play them simultaneously 😄
Co-op, not multiplayer. I'd like to see a persistent, changing world, where actions aren't instanced to log ins, and you can play with your friends at different times. They log in, and you've chopped them some wood, you log in the next day, and they've cached some rabbits for you. You can be "The Trader" for each other.
That is a brilliant idea, I would actually love to see that mechanic in Blackfrost.
So far everything we have seen is good and i am interested in all the visuals and items and the weapons
People keep using the word multiplayer, but the words Hinterland has used are Solo and Co-op. Raph has made it clear in forum postings that there is no intent for any sort of PvP and players are meant to cooperate with each other. I wouldn't expect to see any kind of servers, just standard co-op mechanics on consoles and maybe co-op hosting on PCs.
@@steelfire9597 agreed. I said multiplayer for the most part but I made sure to say coop a couple times because it definitely is meant to be coop multiplayer and not anarchy multiplayer
oooh i was just about to comment asking about this. i could totally see some people hoarding supplies in a server so thank you for pointing out the distinction lol
The radiation could also be dispersed by a critical containment failure of the reactor vessel. Basically chernobyl, with shards or dust of the fuel rods, ice and snow made of the heavy water used as neutron absorber, or activated salts, metals and such. And graphite, soooo much graphite. And withe the auroras these semi dormant sources spring to life, which then causes radiation.
Normally, I’d say that’s an impossibility due to the design of the CANDU reactor rendering such an even impossible. But due to the Aurora frying the electronics, it could be possible since many of the security systems could have failed
@@ComedicLetter Brown Bramble isn't CANDU, it's got the giant cooling towers typically seen on US reactors. I suspect that's solely done for game purposes, since it doesn't reflect reality. It does create the perfect situation for the Black Frost. Those towers emit massive amounts of steam when the cooling system runs. With the obvious failures that would have occurred with the First Flare, then an aurora kicking things back on in weird ways, plumes of radioactive steam puffing out into the frozen air would be the perfect medium for a radioactive frost or fog.
@ my apologies, I hadn’t seen any photo of the plant, I’d just heard about it from this video while driving. Stylistically, I understand using the US reactor. However, I’m disappointed they wouldn’t use the local variety of infrastructure
I believe that despite all they're saying right now it may go the same way as it happened to Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together. Klei are done with their solo survival game and pumping out content for a successor co-op version of it now exclusively. Yes the games will coexist but mostlikely not co-thrive so I'd bet that everything will depend on how people will take Blackfrost so Hinterland could have more and more intensives to update it instead and all we could hope for TLD best case scenario would be once-a-year qol fixing bugs updates.
this is what i predicted as well, but it doesn't help that these are the only two games i play anymore 😅
haven’t been this early to any video upload in a long time, loving your stuff so far :)
dude your pumping out videos crazy fast love to see it, keep up the good work!
MORE LONG DARK LETS GO, keep up the good work Starz
Love your vids dude keep it up!
Imagine getting incapacitated, telling your friend to save you and then waking up in the reactor's core xd. But put that aside, this seems like an interesting approach to a coop TLD game, I would really like it if the aurora was made more punishing, because in normal TLD it feels intimidating, but isn't something that the average horse eater can't manage. I guess time will tell.
damn i caught this as it released
love ur vids man ur so down to earth while giving great advice
you've got a long time watcher in me dude keep it up :)
I do like the model of a slow but steady release. It worked well in TLD to slowly have more areas open up.
So pumped to see this game released... I only hope that the feel of the original game is not lost. TLD is the first game I trully felt immersed. The games shines so much because of that. Co-op / multiplayer would be a big challange... It can be brilliant and I hope they can execute it in way that solo players would still be able to fully enjoy the experience too, besides being great at co-op of course. The things I feel the game (TLD) needs to address IMO would be 1) randomize every item spawn in the game (no more known locations to get X, Y, Z items.... super immersion killer and its basically a 'cheat'), 2) more end game things do to (like collecting more stuff or more variety of tools that makes things a little bit different, like 3 kinds of axes or something... 3) more variety on dificulties (stalkter to interloper is kinda a big jump), and overall.... 4) more meaningful badges to gain and use as skills on future runs... 5) being able to craft a bedroll? hahahaha. 6) just to make the game UI a touch faster, like setting up prefered methods for breaking branches using "bare hands first" instead of defaulting to Axe, or lighting fires with mag lens instead of defaulting to matches, that kinda of speed gain seems little, but once you have it , you will miss a lot if taken away...
Beachcombing in TLD is a surprisingly fun aspect of the game, and I wish there were more items to be found, especially items only found that way. I'd hope the new game takes that into account, and further, it could be a way of progressing the story by having things wash up after a time.
It would be more logical that radiation would show up as black snow that tells you that you have to find a basement and then move out that area quickly so that you wouldn`t die from it
Can't wait for EA, gonna get it the second I can! remember to drink water!
Multiplayer is a good step for Hinterland as a studio. The multiplayer survival community is a lot bigger.
I am so excited for this new game! Gonna get me a pony!
Im just hyped for a 2nd part and Horseys!!!!! ❤
But I hope it doesn’t turn into some seasonal online BS. Already don’t really like the thought of playing with others but buying new content or updates every month just to play would suck. 😢
I'd expect some tear jerking and angry moments as your friends die off in story mode or multiplayer.
I hope it will support split screen co-op.
I'm excited for this game more than g
GTA6
Im so hyped
Good video
Fingers crossed this doesnt turn out like a skyrim/elder scrolls online situation
Praise be to daddy Raphael
oooh opinion ✨
honestly id kill for a long dark style zombie survival game
YES!!
“New threats” could hint at possible radioactive “zombies”
8:23 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
But I wonder how they will handle the multiplayer aspect
Are there servers that u can join like rust and minecraft or are there gonna be public servers like gta online where if u die u spawn in a new server
And if u die are u like banned from the server or are they going to do like the cheat death system where u can spawn back in but with a lot of debuffs
Oh And I wonder if u can bunker down in a base and try to put boobytraps around it so noone can steal ur loot....that... that would be awesome
And also I wonder if radiation clouds can be spread all around the map because of the high winds and blizzards.
@@Mattoman77 I think it will most likely be private servers where you invite people into it, but I do see open servers being a possibility. I doubt they would only do open servers because TLD fans definitely like that solo gameplay.
I will definitely be eating a horse! Lol
I think it'll be local co-op say max four players not live service multiplayer as you suggested... Hinterland is a small company and running and maintaining servers costs a fortune ... And I think it would utterly destroy the feel of the game if there's say ten twenty people running about theres enough of that rubbish already
@@eugenemegatron2210 I completely agree, sorry if it sounded like I was suggesting live service, I tried to mention cooperative multiplayer as much as I could. I also believe it’ll be cooperative!
@Starz-pd good stuff ... Live service games always ended up bloated and ruined by hackers and what not ... Keep up the good work 😎
@ agreed, and thank you!
They should finish wintermute first
@@patrykkaurza2771 wintermutes final chapter is supposed to come out in the next couple months!