Shuternator

Don’t get me wrong, I love the introduction of the moose into the game and the items you can craft with it’s hide are awesome! However I find that players can reach a point where there’s nothing else to craft and all the work goes into keeping the item’s condition at a good level which is a shame because the feeling you get when you craft your first clothing from a wolf or bear is magical in my opinion. With this in mind I think it would be a great addition to add more animals as the developers see fit, this would allow for even more interesting and useful items to be crafted and new trapping mechanics. This is where I think there are some awesome concepts for traps for bigger game, the trapper homestead may contain the only bear trap in the game which could reduce it’s ‘health’ and so it only requires one shot to kill, there could also be various traps for deer and wolves. I think this would be awesome and would give players more to craft and use in-game, which is one of my favourite aspects. With these new traps I think it would be ideal to release new animals, a wider variety of fish maybe? Crows could be a killable entity which would provide the player with feathers and a small amount of meat (there could also be a new weapon to go with this!) there are many common animals like snow Foxes, snow Owls, Elk, and Caribou (although I appreciate the last two are similar to the deer, so maybe give them defining charivatristics like Elk can be startled and charge you resulting in puncture wounds which would require constant fresh bandages, again adding to the crafting aspect of the game.) Now I appreciate in being quite greedy as the developers are working on an AMAZING new update with the new region, cooking mechanics, and memory buffers which will add so much more to explore and experience (totally looking forward to the bioluminescent cave system!!) but this may be something to add to future updates like the Bear Spear (I know I know, just a concept, but still I can dream right? :-) ) now all this aside even if these ideas whereby added to the game I still think that The Long Dark would be a truly inspiring and awesome game which I have played and will play for years to come, I’ve been a supporter since the earliest release on Xbox one and I’ve absolutely fallen in love with this game again and again with every new update the amazing team of people at Hinterland give us, the community surrounding this game is incredible and I love being a part of something as beautiful as the creation of an equally beautiful gem like The Long Dark. Thankyou so much devs and community for all the effort and perseverance (No reference to wintermute intended) that you all put into the game. It has changed my life for the better and I hope it has changed all yours too. :-) i hope you all enjoy the new update next week as much as I will. So hyped!!