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1.0 sucks sorry

"The first four episodes of WINTERMUTE represent approximately 30 hours of gameplay. Episode Five is in development, and is slated for a late 2023 release. This will bring the WINTERMUTE storyline to its conclusion."

Realistically, Hiterland has fumbled their public reputation by not adhering to their own timelines, and in a way, have shot themselves in the foot. I see both sides of the fence, genuinely.

The Long Dark is a good game, I believe splitting the game into two purchasable items, on paper, was a great idea, but the execution was lacking. I'm not sure I completely understand Hinterland's thought process. This DLC, after a year and a half, is still only 80% complete, with 4 out of the 5 chapters of their story released. Their other DLC, which just released their 5th and seemingly final update, excluded three of the stated game play features, being: A trader, safehouse customization, and the camera and dark room. Additionally, communication about the subject matter, being the lack of promised content, from what I have seen, is nonexistent. I haven't heard or read ANYTHING regarding these missing features, and I am left to wonder if they will simply revise their roadmap to no longer have them while no one is looking.

By not commenting on the state of affairs, consumers are left to fill in the gaps with whatever they can imagine.

With this track record, do you reasonably believe that these products will be finished in a timely manner? Will they be finished at all? Why am I paying full price for a product that is seemingly abandoned? And why hasn't there been clear communication from the studio behind the title, besides saying they're behind schedule?

I understand original owners of The Long Dark received this DLC for free, but what about all of the other paying customers who purchased this product expecting it to be finished. This DLC isn't labeled "Early Access," so why is it being treated as such?

And I do admit the game, in survival, is a solid title able to hold its own upon scrutiny. The same cannot be said for the lackluster and under preforming DLC's that have been pushed out with little regard to the people who coughed up the money.

I am genuinely disappointed in Hinterland. I was excited to play the ENTIRETY of the Tales from The Far Territory, but they have repeated their habit of under preforming once again, and I am no longer surprised.

TLDR: Hinterland continuously under preforms on their promises and I am simply losing the patience in their studio to deliver.

EDIT: Looking at the road map on Hinterland's website it does state that there will be a part 6 for Tales from the Far Territory, so I was mistaken in this regard.

Finish your game before creating DLC, doesn't make sense why that would be prioritized, thanks

Obvious exploits with no reporting/vote kick system

Fun at times, but for some reason I have everything unlocked, making credits useless? Trash EA launcher to top it all off. Just save your $5

REALLY GOOD

You can build a house, upgrade tools, craft weapons (melee or ranged including guns and rocket launchers), explore, fight bosses, capture Pals, sell them, breed them, hatch them, eat them, play with friends. The movement is superb, gliding and climbing are fluid, and the game is visually stunning. I have noticed the human enemy AI will lag out sometimes, but if that is corrected, as well as some minor bugs with building, and if they add more content, this might be my damn favorite game. Amazing!!!

trash

Don't worry, just another 10 more years until the 1.0 release! Almost there!

greedy devs

Online constantly crashes over and over. Crashing in sync with friends as well. Singleplayer works just fine, but not multiplayer. Apparently these issues have been happening for a very long time. I'd probably pass on this one.

Edit: I also forgot to mentioned that I have ran into players abusing exploits which crash my game. I was in the stable and some guy spawned like 30 explosions on top of me and caused me to crash. What a fun experience. If I could refund at this point I would, because Rockstar does not deserve my money.

Seems pretty funny that every single product purchased or created by paradox gets turned into a pile of ♥♥♥♥. So exhausted with the company after years of DLC launches. Just stay away and don't give them any money. Maybe one day they'll get the point.

paradox = trash