With EU PS4 owners, like myself, now waiting another week before we can get to play any The Long Dark, there’s time to consider the story mode further.
To avoid story spoilers, I’ll be ignoring YouTube for a week after the 1st August. I really want the story to come at me without any forward knowledge.
How many hours play in the Wintermute story?
Raphael van Lierop(Game Director, Writer, Producer) has hinted at how long a typical playthrough will be for the first two episodes of Wintermute.
This is great to know. I’m a slow gamer when it comes to story. So it’s a safe bet that I’m looking at around 10hrs.
Even better news. Means that already looking at a decent story length even without the last Wintermute episodes. Further still Raphael notes that this length could be extended by the side content in episode two.
Permadeath in story mode?
I’d not imagine this would have been the case and Raphael has confirmed this in a recent tweet.
Trust goes a long way?
Interestingly, Raphael has also hinted at a story mode specific mechanic that does seems important to progression.
There’s been very little about how story mode will work in The Long Dark so it’s nice to finally see some information forthcoming before release. Reading back over Raphael’s messages, I get the sense of a great deal of pride in what Hinterland Games have achieved.
Trophies & Achievements?
On a final note, it’s nice to see that there’s to be a Platinum trophy for folk to aim for(collect all other trophies?). I’d imagine trophies will be a spread between story and sandbox so that the Platinum is a balanced goal.
OK. That’s my lot for now. Between now and launch, I’ll look at posting if more details come to light but I will steer clear of story spoilers.
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