How much time can I waste on this game?

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I'm extremely autistic, you can probably tell that by looking at my time spent in single player games. But obviously you can't really play over a 100 hours in a single player game which only has story line to follow unless you go completely mental. Is there anything else to do besides main story which I assume exists here? Can I just spend my time building ♥♥♥♥ and hunting critters and upgrading my character skills\whatever?

[Medusahead]

Pretty much go into survival mode and see how long you can last. I haven't touched story mode yet.

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Originally posted by Medusahead:

Pretty much go into survival mode and see how long you can last. I haven't touched story mode yet.

Speaking of survival, I've read that it's not that realistic, like for example you can't just eat snow to reduce dehydration. Is it that bad?

[Lonelywolf]

Depends on what you're looking for. A real life copy SIM, or an engaging and fun game world with realistic settings and mechanics? The game is centered around fun and balance, so some things, such as realism in some cases, suffers for balance. That said, this is an incredible game and you could probably sink at least 250+ hours into survival mode alone, if it scratches your fancy. But if you're simply looking for realism above all else, you'll not enjoy it as much.

[Mobscene]

Originally posted by Icepick Trotsky:

Speaking of survival, I've read that it's not that realistic, like for example you can't just eat snow to reduce dehydration. Is it that bad?

TLD is probably the most realistic survival game out there.

You can easily dump hundreds of hours into this game if you enjoy it.

Btw, eating snow to hydrate yourself is a good way to kill yourself quicker irl.

[jswilliams]

The ONLY way you can eat safely snow in an environment like this if you are already warm and can stay warm. And by warm I mean not chilly. And even then putting your body thru eating a liquid liter of snow...dang. Sure so to be realistic we could collect a good amount of snow in a bucket and let it melt slowly unattended in a warm room, but c'mon

Look anybody looking to play ultra hardcore realistic survival, there's no game out there that can pull it off. It would be soooo boring and soooo deadly.

Twist your ankle...like a good one that tears a lig? Who the hell is going to operate and fix it for you?

Every game has its limits, but if you want a game where walking out your front door costs you your run because of a recipe of 1 ounce bad luck + 1 ounce of dumbity, greed, miscalc THIS is it.

There is nothing out there as punishing as this game, and you have to invest in it to get good at it. And yes, part of being "good" is learning where the game is broken or wonky but whatever.

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aight I'm getting it
this better be a gud game or else...

[mystivia]

I have sunk hundreds of hours into just Pilgrim mode. Refining my survival techniques, exploring, earning achievements, doing stupid things that make me die because I wanted to see if it would kill me. I played one game where I pretended my toon was a diabetic and had to eat specifically every day. Now with the custom settings you can do soooo much in sandbox mode that it's worth the price at least in my opinion. The community here is great too for those who have questions.

[jswilliams]

Wow...$8.74 on sale????

It's a steal even if it turns to not be your best buy.

[Mobscene]

Originally posted by Icepick Trotsky:

aight I'm getting it
this better be a gud game or else...

You could also purchase the Humble Monthly for a few dollars more. That will get you about 5 more games. Whether any of them interest you is something else :p

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Originally posted by jswilliams:

Wow...$8.74 on sale????

It's a steal even if it turns to not be your best buy.

was 2.5$ for me

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I fell in campfire while trying to warm up

[deelee58]

I wouldn't call it a waste. LOL I've spent 1722 hours in tis game. Most of those hours were before story mode came out. If you want an engaging experience as well as a challenge there is always Survival Mode. It has 4 difficulty levels you can choose from. The only object to it is to survive. See how it goes. Interloper is the most punishing of them all. Also when you decide to take a challenge there are several to choose from. Enjoy....I do!

[iheartmyocd]

755 hours for me, still as exciting a game as it was the day I bought it. Once it gets it's hooks in you, it doesn't let go. There's this magic line you cross without realizing it, once you can survive a bit and know your way around the maps a bit. After that, you can spend forever playing it and loving every minute of your 'second life (lives lol)' in Canada. Apart from the hurty bleedy diey bits.

[{O|G} Erik the Red]

Originally posted by Icepick Trotsky:

I fell in campfire while trying to warm up

Did that go about as expected?


To some degree, we've all been there...rookie mistakes. TLD may not be the most realistic it could be, but once you get past the quirks of the mechanics and learn how to play (boiling water for instance), it should be very rewarding.

[Nil Desperandum]

IMHO (for what that's worth) - time filler it is for sure (almost 1700 hours here) time waster it certainly is not. It's worth every hard earned pound I've spent on it, its a brilliant game. It's challenging (you must not die, perma-death means just that) if you die you have to start over, you will grieve for what you think is your wasted effort, but then find out your effort wasn't wasted at all, because, you finally learnt what you must/mustn't do to stay alive. Oh it's a good game alright! Buy it, enjoy it, love it! Best advice you will get this year.