Topic: The Long Dark — visual enhancements for high-end systems

Please note the enhancements mostly apply to: high-end PC (Win, Mac, Linux, hardware depending), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. Some enhancements may also apply to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. For a full list of the Enhancements and which platforms they apply to, please watch the video.

This update was released (or promised) for the PC and high-end consoles during the summer. The lighting and shadowing improvements shown in the video seem greatly beneficial, as does the higher draw distance and the addition of motion blur (appears to be limited to camera movements).

Even though I've been aware of The Long Dark since the Steam early access release (I own the PC version), I haven't happened to play for a meaningful amount of time. As A Unity (5) open world title, I'm concerned of a poor level of performance on all hardware (in addition to the traversal stutter and/or poor frame-pacing). DF hasn't covered the game to my knowledge.

I played the crap out of this in early access and loved it. This was before they even added any story modes. I just liked playing in the sandbox. I hadn't heard of this update. Seems like the perfect excuse to go back and check it out some more.

The game could be really unforgiving, especially in the RNG of the loot (Sometimes I'd find a gun and bullets in the first box, other times I'd never find a gun). But it was pretty satisfying when you had a long run.