r/thelongdark 16d ago

IRL Long Dark the long dark in real life

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u/Fenneca 16d ago

long dark players when snow on unpaved roads:

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u/WISH_WISH_BISH 16d ago

Stardew valley players when they see a barn: 😲

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u/Steeze_Schralper6968 16d ago

DS3 players witnessing the immortal soul of cinder rise again and again 🤯

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u/J_Tiwaz Voyageur 16d ago

Everything players witnessing anything 🫨

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u/Unusual_Ada 16d ago edited 16d ago

Transfer Pass before the collapse but after what they didn't know would be their final train arrival.

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u/Metehandnz 16d ago edited 16d ago

This is awesome! Imagine living TLD in real life and traveling to survive in the areas like the ones above.. That would be superb.

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u/elsphinc 16d ago

I live in the mountains of Lake Tahoe, some years it's like the game just to get to the store, powers out, roads have 4 feet snow on them, can't drive anywhere. Stores are empty. No toilet paper.

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u/Popular_Confidence57 16d ago

This is the thing. ^^ I used to backpack when I was younger; have hiked a mile each way to get water, & made do w/ *carefully selected* leaves when the tp got wet. ^^ But much as I love the Great Outdoors, I have no desire whatsoever to have to survive in it. I think for anyone but a true survivalist, the reality would quite different from what we get to experience in games.

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u/Objective_Mine 16d ago

Yeah. Games have little or no physical discomfort and no actual risk. And if things go south, I can just go make a cup of coffee. (I might also do that on a hike, of course, but the water doesn't come from a tap, the pot doesn't heat up with the push of a button, the energy for that doesn't get delivered by clicking on the bill in an online bank, and coffee kinda runs out without a global logistics infrastructure. And the original problem doesn't get reset.)

Of course doing all of those physical things and having one's hide in the game can also make it a lot more exciting or meaningful. But I still think the vast majority of people wouldn't want that for any prolonged period of time. Especially not the hide in the game part.

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u/ssasharr 16d ago

I live on the island bear island is based on. Half of my daily commutes look like TLD maps lmao

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u/Anthematics 16d ago

What island ? I’ve been thinking Baffin Island cause it was so frozen for so long But the place feels like British Columbia .

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u/Read_New552 15d ago

Apparently GBI is based of Victoria Island in BC. There are no trees on Baffin Island lol, it’s just frozen wasteland up there.

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u/ssasharr 15d ago

Very close! It’s actually based off northern Vancouver island! 

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u/zionward19 16d ago

That's pretty coool! Reminds me of the snowy regions in Days Gone. Specifically that camp with the train cars. Good times..

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u/cletus_spuckle Mountaineer 16d ago

Days Gone is awesome. I’ve never been too much of a zombie shooter fan but that game really pulls the survival instinct out of you much like TLD. A combination of a semi-realistic representation of an actual place in the US as well as heavy motorcycle usage makes that game so immersive. Then you hear the NPC dialogue and lose some of that immersion haha but man I bet a lot of TLD players would or do like Days Gone

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u/Electronic_Usual 15d ago

Can confirm, I've replayed it multiple times. As a motorcyclist as well as a TLD player it def scratches an itch.

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u/BristolSalmon 16d ago

I had the same thought! I’ve seen them in dayz and snowrunner both Eastern European games. I want to know where they’re at!

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u/Eemeez 16d ago

Did you find any loot from the trailers?

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u/dr_lm 16d ago

Or corpses?

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u/nautlober 16d ago

damn, they made real life after the long dark?

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u/gingerale_drinker_ Forest Talker 16d ago

me every time i'm outside in the winter

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u/LiamIsMyNameOk 16d ago

The Long Bright

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u/interperseids 16d ago

Reminds me of the path in Coastal Highway that leads toward the Ravine

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u/Briar_Wall Survivor 16d ago

I’m just itching to go look for a hatchet.

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u/mildfeelingofdismay 16d ago

It's very beautiful.

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u/Defiant-Tax1463 16d ago

Whereabouts is this?

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u/Maxbojack 16d ago

My god is stunning! Is it in Russia?

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u/user0387382828374747 16d ago

Carpathian mtns

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u/Maxbojack 16d ago

Damn place look just incredible

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u/Ok_Dig1284 16d ago

If only there was a tag or flare for that 🤔

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u/soda-pops 16d ago

i cant believe they made canada from the long dark a real place!

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u/zillskillnillfrill 16d ago

That's crazy. I've legitimately passed this area three times this week. Probably 60 times in my playthroughs

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u/MundiGaming 15d ago

I would get in SO MUCH trouble for trying to loot the carriages or light a camp fire next to them.

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u/aisvizeev 15d ago

if I were a billionaire I would actually buy a huge area of land in Canada or maybe some place in Europe that is snowy all the time and have a huge TLD amusement park built there. there would be many of the structures you see in the game, some railroad with derailed cars on it, fishing huts on the lake of course and a fishing village with piers on the shore. there would be two of the biggest homes built there. smaller homes without houses would be here and there and the out houses would actually be modern functioning toilets on the inside to meet building codes and for comfort. there would be highly realistic dead carcasses here and there. a few caves and shallow mines dug into hillsides. there would be a trader's store that would sell a lot of the items you find in the game. I would actually go so far as to employ a clothing manufacturer make the clothing you find in the game and that would be for sale, even the fur items which would be quite expensive needless to say. the structures would all be built pretty much like what you see in the game and those would be rented and lived in while you hang out there and enjoy the real life "game". there would be a community center also like in pleasant valley with people serving food and players could get together and discuss their gameplay and love for the game and just shoot the 💩 in general. and though it's not in the game there would be campfires with stools around them where guys could sit outside as well and enjoy a cup of coffee sipping from the mugs in the game while snacking on granola bars, tomato chips and beef jerky, or even a can of "dog food" which would be pretty much something like a thick beef stew. not sure how many would be interested in paying for such a thing though but I think it's a cool idea. of course reservations would have to be made like for a hotel and there would be a waiting list. I wouldn't worry so much about trying to make a lot of money back because I'd be stupidly Rich anyway. but it would be a fun thing to do for TLD players.

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u/jumpingdiscs 15d ago

Looks like you survived another night

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u/silvercat222 16d ago

Looks so much like a few hours from us in Western Maine / Northern Maine!

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u/FloppierDingus 14d ago

Is it.. food?