I am not going to talk about the pros and cons of this game, ONLY feeling. So it's gonna be really subjective.
I don't know what other people's feeling towards this game.
But for me, after a few hours experience in this game, I think TLD contains or provides a kind of thing that we have lost or we have forgotten for a long time that I called it "inner peace".

When I was a little boy, I could really into a game and acquired happiness and a great satisfaction from it. But the most important thing is that I could feel is the true peace from the game. I won't think about other things and nothing can distracted me. Even though I don't know the English or the Japanese. I don't care. Language won't be a problem for me in that time. So much so that I think the language learning part or the "make it sense" part is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ interesting. xD

But now, we grew up. I've bought so many games and played so many games. YeS, I can still acquire the happiness and a great satisfaction after I kick somebody's ass in the R6 or punched somebody's face in the PUBG or destroyed sb's base in most survival games or other hot games. This feeling is awesome and great. But after that, when I shut down my PC, feeling of void and sense of loss swallowed me.
I bought Fallout 4 and other similar RPG games which you should spend a lot of time and into that world to experience and listen to these interesting stories. But now, I can not get down to enjoy these games. I played it for a few hours and dropped it. I have not finished a game for a long time. I don't know why and I am confused.
Anyway, for now. I can not feel that peace after playing the game or during the game. I don't know the reason. Or maybe just because I have grown up.

I know that not everyone will share the same experience I did, or come to the same conclusion. But this game. The Long Dark. I felt "inner peace" that I am looking for a long time. You are truly alone in this game. You don't have to worry about NPC zombies or vicious "other players". The only thing you need to do is survival. Searching for food, resources and store them in the shelter. Be careful wolves and bad weather. Exploring and sleep in your sleeping bag in the dark. The weather system is tremendously good. The atmosphere in the game is damn awesome making you feel the reality of mother nature.

I know that there are some people complained that why this game is solo? I am so lonely and plz I want this game be a multiplayer game. Why the graphics is like cartoon? Could you plz update engines and do not use that stupid UNITY? Some stuff in the game is useless. What the hell are you guys thinking?

But, dude. That's not the point. The point is that this game is still in the Early Access. TLD is still young and I can see great potential in TLD. Hope TLD could be another success in the survival game, as successful as the Don't Starve. TLD is definitely a good game.

I am really tired and cold, I am carrying some meat moving towards to my shelter. The dull wind sound almost pissed me off. My pace is slow. I plodded up the hill and lost my way. Snowstorm is coming.

I dont know why, but in that moment, I felt "inner peace".

At last, I guess all I really wanted to say through all this mindless rambling without any real point I was trying to make was that:
I played a game the other day,
and I liked it a lot,
it was pretty great.
No.
In fact,
it was perfect.