What can a lost expedition tell us about The Long Dark?

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  • Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025

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  • @TheEldritchGod
    @TheEldritchGod Месяц назад +162

    THE LONG DARK:
    A game where you wander through a beautiful watercolor painting that is trying very hard to kill you.

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +14

      The painting paints you back

  • @KristianKumpula
    @KristianKumpula Месяц назад +122

    TLD is also unique in its financial longevity. According to the game director: "TLD has been a super steady success for us over the past 10+ years, with year-over-year revenue that is remarkably stable. Mostly this bucks the trend of games that tend to lose 25% of their revenue every year, until they wind down into a kind of maintenance mode." And this is despite the fact it's not a live service game. It has only one DLC.

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +23

      That financial longevity needs to be looked at by other devs, I get that it’s not a one size fits all thing but man it would be refreshing to see more games with a monetization model similar to TLD.

  • @internetcatfish
    @internetcatfish Месяц назад +31

    Interesting take. I personally like TLD because it's the *only* survival game I've found that feels like survival. You're not building up an entire near-modern civilization with your bare hands, you're scrounging around for anything you can use to keep yourself alive and improvising many of the things you need, all with finite resources in the world, as very few resources you harvest or loot will respawn. As any good survival guide book will tell you, in a survival situation you're goal is to get back to civilization as quickly and safely as possible. Only problem with that in TLD is there's no civilization left.

  • @Solobub
    @Solobub Месяц назад +19

    Little did we all know that hinterland was hiring for Blackfrost

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +4

      Yeah for real! The announcement was hypeee

  • @TheEldritchGod
    @TheEldritchGod Месяц назад +63

    The game is a game that if you were having PTSD, I would recommend playing. It has a harsh learning curve, but if you play the game, it gives you a sense of peace even as you struggle.

    • @copperheadroad567
      @copperheadroad567 Месяц назад +2

      I can vouche for that too! When things get overwhelming, I find myself enjoying moments of excitement and peace while I play that game!

    • @xXGameAddictionXx141
      @xXGameAddictionXx141 Месяц назад +2

      Perfectly said!

    • @messydeskproductions4159
      @messydeskproductions4159 Месяц назад +3

      I don't have PTSD, but I've found the "primal anxiety" of the long dark to help ground me

    • @xXGameAddictionXx141
      @xXGameAddictionXx141 Месяц назад +1

      @@messydeskproductions4159 it's something about this solitude in the far territory, tho it's so dangerous as u go thru survival days, u still find peace by being alone, one on one with the nature, no people around, no drama, just u and wild nature that makes u forget about all the struggle and pain u feel in life by being around people, in the society, all these rules and chasing of vanity, but in the long dark u seem free, hide from the whole modern world, from everyone and it seems this danger brings so much peace, words can't explain, play or watch it, it's the only way to understand

    • @daveh4106
      @daveh4106 Месяц назад +1

      Until one hears Will getting mauled.

  • @emi7916
    @emi7916 Месяц назад +31

    I'm completely obsessed with the Lost Franklin Expedition and have been reading so much about it recently, but I thought I'd click on a different sort of video recommended to me, and it immediately opens with this xD

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +5

      It's such a rabbit hole to fall down! Could've done a whole video just on that

    • @emi7916
      @emi7916 Месяц назад +5

      @@CRIMSNGAMES even a video on the analysis of tv show The Terror (way too underrated) would be cool. I've always thought a video game in that setting similar to The Long Dark but more horror focused would be incredible. Long Dark is definitely the closest thing for sure like you said!

  • @GrandRegentSScratch
    @GrandRegentSScratch Месяц назад +20

    Very Enjoyable Video Sir! My only critique is at 10:50, any type of tutorial would break & completely defeat the purpose of the game. The player lives, learns, and dies by the rules of the game and hopefully becomes more experienced with each new playthrough, and intern becomes way more in-depth with the mechanics without any kind of pop-up tutorial. In my humble opinion its better for the player to learn for themselves rather then being hand held, it makes for a much more immersive experience.

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +5

      The no tutorial or tool tips does lean into the hardcore nature of the game. I’ll take that over tooltips popping up every time I do something lol

  • @coenisgreat
    @coenisgreat Месяц назад +11

    One amusing irony about the HMS Terror is that it was found in a place called, completely coincidentally, 'Terror Bay'

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +3

      Our species is really good at naming things 😂

    • @TheEldritchGod
      @TheEldritchGod Месяц назад +1

      You know, I don't know if I'd work on a ship called the HMS TERROR. How about the HMS Egoa? The Everyone Gets Out Alive. I want to crew that ship.

    • @thomas_dries
      @thomas_dries Месяц назад

      ​​​​@@TheEldritchGodHMS Terror and HMS Erebus were former warships. That's the reason for their rather aggressive names lol

  • @alantacitus
    @alantacitus Месяц назад +28

    New update drop yesterday part 6 of the DLC.. Great update and hope to see some game play..
    Cheers!

  • @dusky6280
    @dusky6280 Месяц назад +7

    Algo ai finally giving me something worth watching this week
    TLD is a gem, criminally underplayed, yet rarely underrated, and a play that'll give you feelings you wont feel in any other game.
    Your comparison to Minecraft was great for the confused panic of early game, but i'd even say 'beta' minecraft holds a closer feeling to TLD. The endless solitude, fog to punctuate the emptiness, slow music, and your only real enemy being yourself and your own drive to continue.
    Fantastic video.

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +2

      Beta Minecraft is a vibe, thanks tor watching ❤️

  • @scottfriske9186
    @scottfriske9186 14 дней назад +1

    Every video essay ever.
    -Video about a videogame
    -"The year is 1845. Britain stood at the height..."

  • @mrwalter7205
    @mrwalter7205 Месяц назад +11

    Holy shit, an actual backer?!? That earns my sub right there. Never mind the great video! Well played sir

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +3

      @@mrwalter7205 seems like a loooonnnggg time ago lmao

  • @Thorumsu
    @Thorumsu Месяц назад +11

    Just so you know, the story mode explores the first night of the geo-magnetic apocalypse, with people still being somewhat hopeful.
    Sandbox is the sort of sequel to the story mode, where almost everyone is dead, and you're almost alone on the island to witness the pasing of an age. As you wander the map, you can see the aftermath of the many events that happen in the story mode, too.

    • @thevenator3955
      @thevenator3955 Месяц назад +1

      Have the developers actually said that the sandbox world is the same as the story world but later? I see it more as two separate canons.
      The extremely well supplied survivors you meet in the story mode wouldn’t just die. And from the teaser at the end of episode 4, Pleasant Mills seems to be a pretty established community.
      It’s fair to say the setting in the long dark is an apocalypse, but it wouldn’t even come close to wiping out civilization.

    • @Thorumsu
      @Thorumsu Месяц назад +2

      @thevenator3955 In the "Perilous Constraint" update video, Raphael, the director of the game, says *"In the aftermath of the events of episode 4, you can see that the blackrock penitentiary is partially destroyed."* to explain why the prison is destroyed even in Survival mode. Raphael saying this confirms it, but there is in game evidence as well.
      For example, you can find a note in the prison directly referencing the fire that happened at the end of episode 4, written by one of the convicts who chose to stay in the prison instead of joining Mathis to follow Mackenzie.
      The tales trilogy in survival also reveals important context about Wintermute, and will be very relevant in episode 5.
      It's also worth mentioning that not everyone is dead in the sandbox, as you can talk to Sutherland on the radio and it's likely some unreachable parts of the island also have survivors.

    • @Fuar11
      @Fuar11 Месяц назад +1

      @@thevenator3955 Yes, they are the same. Survival is some days to weeks after the main story. Enough time for everyone to perish or leave. Also, survival just has that development limitation. Canonically, there are other people with you in survival mode but we don't encounter them because the devs just never added them.

  • @SteadicamCologne
    @SteadicamCologne Месяц назад +17

    like the introduction- also a very pleasant voice to listen to . subscribed - awaiting new stuff =)

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад

      Thank you! 🙏 more to come

    • @0bliviongaming454
      @0bliviongaming454 Месяц назад

      5 min introduction i thought i was hearing something else lol

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад

      bit of whiplash for listeners haha

  • @flamingoactual
    @flamingoactual Месяц назад +14

    This is great video dude, as a fan of history and The Long Dark, I’m glad this was in my algorithm. You have a voice for this kind of content and I hope you make more in depth content in the future

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +1

      Glad you liked it! So much to get through with the Franklin Expedition

  • @disco5005
    @disco5005 Месяц назад +1

    I can't believe you only have 1.5k subscribers. Amazing video.

  • @thevenator3955
    @thevenator3955 Месяц назад +4

    Maybe I just interpreted it differently but I don’t get why people refer to the part about the british expedition as “the intro”. The title makes it clear that the video is about that expedition in the context of the long dark (or vice versa). It isn’t an introduction to the real topic, it is the topic.

  • @illuminati1866
    @illuminati1866 Месяц назад +3

    This video reminded me of one of the cool moments of solo survival, excuse my grammar (it's not my native language) but I just wanted to share it because I remembered it after a couple of years
    I remember when i was like deep in 300+ days on "stalker" and go out to explore new (at the time) region "Ash Cany" to finally get thatat new fear of "getting lost on map you don't know"
    So i pass the worst climb on my life and trying to find a shelter (i didn't now there was one but c mon, its a game there are gonna be one) so tho i was slowly dying (not because i don't have food overall but because i didn't grab any to do that 1 hour climb)
    So there i am on the "top" thingking that the worst part is behind me (good damn moose down in the valley try to break my presioss ribs but i was too fast for him, thx mr rope)
    aaaand the blizard starts...
    No food
    No water
    just good clouths but no matter how warm it is
    EVERYONE dying in the blizard (spesically cause it can last up to 2 days) i know that
    but i have 1000 + h on that game i wodn't let it kill me without a fight
    After a bit of thinking should i go back down (to the mr moose) and into the cabin on the lake
    or just contine my jorney i deside to go on
    after stupidly passing the mine (didn't think i can go inside) i keep going
    and going
    and go...
    WHERE THE DAMN CABIN?!
    Not to the 3 bar (temp) is on the 0 too!
    just as i found new way to go further i heard a strange sound
    is it some new animal?
    what a strange noice tho it didn't sound like it seeing me
    I light the red torch to get a bit warm and maybe safe myself from that mystery creacher and i keep walking furher
    only one way
    THERE IS DEF A CABIN HERE i knew it (i see the wooden bridge)
    oh! look!
    there even small open cave here
    tho blizard strill would kill me but at least i wouldnt freeze to death if i light a campfire
    And then i see it...
    a ROCK
    a huge gray HAIRY rock
    how stra- IS THAT A FUC*** BEAR?!
    IS HE SLEEPING?! (It was like 2 steps away from me and i kid you not, at that moment my heart drop so hard in real life that i almost scream and fainted)
    never before in the game i knew that you can get THAT close to sleeping bear without it attaking you
    so i by doing the tap-croutch-walk (because i was almost dead) i pass him
    every step saying to myself in the mind "Pleasedontwakeuppleasedontwakeup..."
    after i pass the cave and was in + - safe zone from the papa bear
    the blizard ended and with a god damn 15 hp on my screen i saw it...
    THE MF CABIN ON THE HILL! and even some old shack nex to it
    time for some DRUGS! (pop that adrenalin into my heart and run to it)
    And as simple as that i have SUCH a awesome experians that day
    that i almost cried out of joy while sitting in the cabbin eating moldy peaches and cooking a rabbit i hunt on the way
    And thats why i love this game
    Its unforgiving most of the time
    but when you addapt to it you get that fynal reword: "A moment of peace"
    Really makes you appresiate what you have in offline world (even tho it was summer i still was pretending to be cold as a Will and make myself some hot tea to drink)
    That was awesome.

    • @illuminati1866
      @illuminati1866 Месяц назад +1

      1000 h + and still playing. Thx hinterland

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +1

      Always awesome to hear people’s experience with this game. It’s so deep and unpredictable. Thanks for watching ❤️

  • @tomlongworth5387
    @tomlongworth5387 Месяц назад +3

    Brilliant video this needs more watches. This is the best explanation ive ever heard of the long dark to sum it up for newer players ❤

  • @pipp972
    @pipp972 Месяц назад +1

    The story of this expedition, and the reason for its failure, was explained fantastically in the book The Secret of Our Success

  • @thevenator3955
    @thevenator3955 Месяц назад +4

    Can’t believe you burned your only venison smh

    • @illuminati1866
      @illuminati1866 Месяц назад

      such a waste! hahaha
      crying in 1000+ hours

  • @Whimsly
    @Whimsly Месяц назад +2

    Excellent video. A well thought out, well narrated look at the themes of one of my favourite games. The intersection of Canadian art and the contrast between American and Canadian conceptions of wilderness were very interesting ways to look at the Long Dark. I'm subscribing. I'm hitting the bell. I'm sending a bouquet of flowers to your house

  • @callmekrismael7023
    @callmekrismael7023 Месяц назад +1

    My favourite video game and my favourite genre of history stories *holds it like a tiny baby* yes. This one, I love.

  • @Incariuz
    @Incariuz 19 дней назад

    I wasn't a kickstarter backer, simply because I never heard of it, but I did buy at the beginning of Early Access, when it was nothing more than Mystery Lake. Every year I come back to the game, it always has new regions, updates and mechanics, and I get a fresh yet similar experience with it, it's nice. Can't wait for TLD2, looks like it's going to have multiplayer, so it'll be nice to survive with others.

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  19 дней назад

      Can’t wait to see what’s in store for us in TLD2

  • @Brenilla
    @Brenilla Месяц назад +1

    I absolutely love the long dark, lovely video.
    I will say even as a token pilgrim player i actually like the lack of tutorials. though i think some more hints here or their in world about things that are a bit harder to grasp/discover (forge and ammunition maker thing in black rock come to mind). I love that discovery aspect. But i understand the opposite opinion on that too XD.
    although I did not back it then (I had little money or understanding how to spend it then), I have been following the long dark since the kickstarter and its got a cozy space in my heart.

  • @noone6812
    @noone6812 Месяц назад +1

    The Long Dark is an exceptional game.

  • @ijoystick9190
    @ijoystick9190 Месяц назад +1

    I had to look at the title several times thinking it was a documentary (it was)😅. Good listening

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад

      Thanks! Turned out to be more documentary than a Long Dark video essay

  • @neburiveS
    @neburiveS Месяц назад +4

    Nice video! Though I gotta say, I think the intro is too long for the total video length.
    Really, I feel like this could have been an amazing video essay, had it been about 30 minutes longer and just guided me as a viewer through how the game truely feels, interspersed with your thoughts on it.

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for watching and for the feedback! The intro length was something I had thought about chopping down, good for me to keep in mind next time

    • @neburiveS
      @neburiveS Месяц назад

      @@CRIMSNGAMES Honestly, I'd have loved the long intro if the main part was a bit longer. I would have gladly listened to you just describe the average first day of TLD compared to other survival games or something like that. This would have captured my attention as a 45 minute video essay lol

  • @TheSamurai518
    @TheSamurai518 Месяц назад +1

    Does anyone know where the audio speech from the intro is from?

  • @mrwalter7205
    @mrwalter7205 Месяц назад +1

    The only thing I would argue is wrong is that Wintermute doesn't teach you anything. Maybe 1% and even that's a maybe. Maybe I'm wrong, it's been a bit since I did episode 1 but from what I remember, you just gotta get gud on your own

  • @jordanmagpiebulletYT7978
    @jordanmagpiebulletYT7978 Месяц назад +1

    New subscriber and I’m loving your content already keep it up also can I ask you something if I may also I’m Canadian as will

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад +1

      Shout out Canada 🇨🇦 thanks for watching ✌️

    • @jordanmagpiebulletYT7978
      @jordanmagpiebulletYT7978 Месяц назад

      @ your welcome my friend also can I do react to your videos if I may I will link your channel and all that also I agree with you on this game

    • @jordanmagpiebulletYT7978
      @jordanmagpiebulletYT7978 Месяц назад

      @@CRIMSNGAMES one your welcome two can I do react to your amazing videos

  • @ethanmcfarland8240
    @ethanmcfarland8240 11 дней назад +1

    what's the opening dialogue from

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  11 дней назад

      This is the song: ruclips.net/video/yS4QImJQ4zU/видео.htmlsi=jNZTtOagxpD6zbfV I think it’s from the TV show Being Human?

  • @iparkedmycar
    @iparkedmycar Месяц назад +1

    Well I mean... the game isn't finished yet. So I'd hope they would still be working on it haha

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад

      I didn’t expect it to still be in development but happy for them

  • @spicytunaguy1821
    @spicytunaguy1821 Месяц назад +2

    Good review you definitely described it well but the intro was slightly long

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад

      Definitely agree after a second look at my editing timeline 😅 thanks for watching

  • @mew2th559
    @mew2th559 Месяц назад +1

    awesome video
    keep it up

  • @thomasalvarez6456
    @thomasalvarez6456 Месяц назад +2

    I disagree with the opening statement but the rest is good

  • @WristWrangler-p4s
    @WristWrangler-p4s Месяц назад +1

    good stuff

  • @Amoth_oth_ras_shash
    @Amoth_oth_ras_shash 15 дней назад

    aye , while its not quite my cup of tea for game play i do love these games for how they succeed in what so many other survival games fails at 'specially the american ones in some cases when the whole 'exceptionalism x species/conquer nature!' , is as said the humbling of facing the powers and energies that courses through nature and either adapting to be harmonious with them or being withered away or crushed by them as walls only keep out so much cold , fuel only last so long for the fires , every moment burns so many calories etc even as a civilization you only achieve more then daily survival by respecting nature not trying to subdue it , for then it just leets you be crushed by the forces it held in cheek
    hmm , i wonder how history would have developed if those expeditions in real life when the rescue ships reached the polar circle latitudes and rescued the last survivors ''wich if i recall correctly indeed hade survived in part due to cannibalism of those that succumbed to the cold'' , either way when finding ..being told tales of megalithic ''monoliths'' and other 'eldritch' infrastructure , that be of a civilization that reached the practical bio engineering and nanobot stadium then ..astroid.. super vulcano eruptions hitting an already strip mined eco system ehm sound familiar ? either way , that lvl of tech making dangerously experimental but at least functional ..engram development.. as if you can 'sleep' the same way a computer can in low power mode that is even more resource efficient then hibernation and with tech refined to nano expertise hardware capable to 'gently' mine or flat out 'softly' tap the mantle itself for raw materials and constantly repair , adapt and continue to improve efficiency and above all
    respond intelligently with refined V.I to threats aka , when the super powers of the coal & steel age send exploration in force and flat out starting to build double railway highway to the edge of the furthest canadian landmass to speed up resupply and potential reinforcement of said 'exploration fleet' well , 'monoliths' not just wakes up but more pierces the ice around the polar cap , high density tungsten solid railgun rounds accelerated from the monoliths caps to the point they cause flashing 'lines' in the frigid air cleaving ships , igniting entire coal and munition supplies instantly from kinetic impact energy conversion
    and behind monoliths , zigurats and pyramid caps hinting of the mind numbing vast complex beneath releasing swarms of drone constructs , and legions of walking ones
    all of it turning the supposed rail high way to supply the ''righteous god blessed expidition'' into an ancient eldritch civilizations path into a thawed world , where young new civilization starts burn under remorseless ruthless constructs march while ancient smiths is ever so carefully roused into full awake states , and with fully functional construct bodies to mimic their biological ones mm yes , and most precious of all sharing space with the ancients engrams in the hearts of pyramids , servers with data on artificial reconstruction of their species , along with schematics for gestation chambers all kept safe on its own power
    would an lost world have sought to claim a new one to butcher the new civilization and species humans ,or would it have sought to coexist ? would a young worlds civilization been to religious to accept co-existence ?

  • @tryusufEditsz
    @tryusufEditsz Месяц назад +1

    Its funny this game had been updated and developed for so long even main developer raphael resigned from most of things couldnt even finished the story mode

  • @wacawkrol1824
    @wacawkrol1824 Месяц назад +1

    13:20 this aged badly

    • @thevenator3955
      @thevenator3955 Месяц назад +1

      How so?

    • @wacawkrol1824
      @wacawkrol1824 Месяц назад

      @thevenator3955 they just added 2 days ago the interrior customisation which apart the possibility to build beds, chairs and tables also added many types of containers and tge mechanics of mouving fourniture.

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад

      Note to self read the patch notes next time 😅

    • @nathanwinhusen6017
      @nathanwinhusen6017 18 дней назад

      ​@wacawkrol1824 I wouldn't call being able to decorate a house the same thing as "imposing your will onto the landscape" the way he was saying. You can build a workbench in a pre existing house but you can't build a new house the way you can in the forest

  • @saschadirks4924
    @saschadirks4924 Месяц назад

  • @garytaylor4621
    @garytaylor4621 18 дней назад

    Empire is not fuelled by greed, how is being the best fuelled by greed? Is it greed of a lion to fight an weaker male for dominance? Just instinct, someone has to do it 💪

  • @MrWinston982
    @MrWinston982 Месяц назад +1

    Nearly 7-minute intro on a 15-minute video...

    • @CRIMSNGAMES
      @CRIMSNGAMES  Месяц назад

      Might have gotten carried away with the Franklin Expedition research… 😓

    • @philosophy-of-games
      @philosophy-of-games Месяц назад

      yea after 2 mins I thought I missclicked on a long dark video XD