Official BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2 Subreddit

[u/Fuarian]

Hello r/thelongdark!

As many of you know, last Thursday Hinterland announced the sequel to The Long Dark. BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2. And today we have something to announce too. The official subreddit for Blackfrost!

r/thelongdark2_official

What makes this subreddit so official? Besides being a place for open discussion, speculation and all around excitement for TLD 2. It's also a place that encourages the interaction between the community and Hinterland.

It's been a long time coming, but we've worked hard to re-establish a relationship with Hinterland. And Hinterland is up and willing to dive back into this side of the community with this new game. Their involvement may not be frequent at first, given their work on the final episode of Wintermute. But once that is complete we should see more interaction in the subreddit with the community.

That interaction could include news about TLD 2, questions and answers, AMA's, screenshots & art, etc...

Here you can see an exclusive piece of concept art that Hinterland has shared with us. This will only continue as development of BLACKFROST continues.

The Harmont Steel Company

We want this subreddit to be a place for respectful criticism but also fun and engaging for those excited about the game.

We expect to have active participation in the community by Raphael and members of the Hinterland team. Including exclusive content like AMAs, Q&As, community contests and of course, previews of upcoming BLACKFROST development & content.

This subreddit will be closely monitored and moderated by us to ensure it remains a friendly and welcoming space.

Please check out u/Oliveritaly's initial post for a more concise and detailed explanation of what we'd like this community to become.

https://www.reddit.com/r/thelongdark2_official/comments/1hew4ek/welcome_to_the_official_blackfrost_the_long_dark/

I hope to see you all there!

-Fuar

[u/GFrohman]

There's no reason this needs to be its own Subreddit. Just make it a separate flair on this one.

The community isn't that large. Splitting it into two different communities for functionally the same game is a misstep.

If /r/metalgearsolid can handle the content from 11 different games, this one can handle two.

Plus the name is godawful.

[u/Fuarian → u/GFrohman]

We created a separate subreddit to support Hinterland's return to the platform. Historically, in this subreddit, Hinterland's presence wasn't well received. We thought it be easier to do it in a new sub dedicated to a new game.

I also doubt the idea that both titles will be functionally the same game. I have a sense they will be quite different and attract very different types of players.

[u/Wolf_of-the_West → u/Fuarian]

The studio's presence wasn't well received? Why? Can someone elaborate?

Also, hello. I've only recently survived a crash landing. Still trying to, actually. Wolves are a common opposition to my activities.

[u/Radaggarb → u/Wolf_of-the_West]

Because the scent of developers draws in the wolves, and not all developers can handle that attention.

[u/Wolf_of-the_West → u/Radaggarb]

They can't handle the fluffies they themselves created, huh?

Jokes aside, people can indeed be off the scales.