Shanklesbread Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Throughout playing the long dark, I have loved what the game has become. It is very fun, and very realistic. However, there are some additions that I think would make the game even better. For one, more bears. As of now, from what I see, there is only one species of bear, and that's the black bear from what I know. Since this game's setting is located in the Canadian Arctic, I think that at the very least, Polar bears and Grizzly bears should be added. (I don't know too terribly much about bears, but i'm going based off the region.) As well as the new bear models, each species of bear should have different behavior, and marginally different growling sounds just like they do in real life. (Meaning like how aggressive they are, depicting behavior toward the player, etc.) Each different bear should respond differently to the player trying to scare them off (yelling at them, standing your ground, etc) like they do in real life. For two, more bear countermeasures. Yes, i know they're adding more countermeasures in the final sandbox update (early may-late june from what i've read on the long dark website), and more in story mode, but i'm going off on what we have now and what we don't know (that they haven't said) as a future design plan. For one, and this ties in with the different species of bears, climbing trees. I know in real life that's a horrendous idea because most bears are great climbers, but that would be used as a last resort if they don't back off. The chance of you being killed by the bear by climbing up the tree depends on the species of the bear. (irl, black bears are great at climbing, grizzlies are not.) That's all i can think of right now. What do you all think? Leave questions/comments below, and i'll answer as soon as I can! Thanks for reading up on this, have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Wolf Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Welcome to the forums @Shanklesbread! 58 minutes ago, Shanklesbread said: For one, more bears. Of course, I'm always up for more bears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanklesbread Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Timber Wolf said: Welcome to the forums @Shanklesbread! Of course, I'm always up for more bears! I meant in regards to a greater species variety, but yeah! More bears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanklesbread Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 7 hours ago, Timber Wolf said: Welcome to the forums @Shanklesbread! Of course, I'm always up for more bears! (ty for welcoming me also, haha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shade_grey Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I'm not sure what latitude the location of the long dark is in, but I think that, due to the fact that there are trees, it's safe to say that there are no polar bears that far south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanklesbread Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 6 hours ago, shade_grey said: I'm not sure what latitude the location of the long dark is in, but I think that, due to the fact that there are trees, it's safe to say that there are no polar bears that far south. Good point. But grizzlies? Would they be there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicko Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I would like to see some other different wildlife first. be it a bird or other animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanklesbread Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 18 minutes ago, nicko said: I would like to see some other different wildlife first. be it a bird or other animal. Good point. The game does need some more wildlife varieties.. It gets boring when it's just bear, wolf, crow, rabbit and deer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misuke Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Thats good idea!More bears and every one has other species and voice that should make game more interesting!about birds and other animals i aggre too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorseRaven99 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I think that having a greater species diversity among all types of animals naturally found in the Canadian wilderness is a good idea; its something the community has been ask for forever. My only thing with bears is that, the black bears we have now are way too big. I know they can get pretty large but a real black bear is quicker than a grizzly, climbs trees, and is pretty small in comparison. I would say the size of bear we have now is about what we should have for a grizzly or brown bear. One other thing though, black bears are more offensive when stumbling upon humans. A grizzly will hopefully leave you alone if you play dead, but a black bear won't settle for that. In black bear attacks you need to be on the defensive while remaining calm and unthreatening. If we are going to talk about countermeasures against bears (which I think is also a good idea because I hate not being able to do anything once attacked in the game), then they should be used with technical accuracy against the respective bear species. Play dead against brown bear = good Make yourself look big and back away from black bear = good. One more thing: I see a lot of people requesting polar bears. I don't think this is very likely because: 1- If polar bears are added perhaps things would be a little too divers amongst the ursa population 2- Polar bears are OP! They can stand up to be over 10 ft tall! 3- A polar bear's natural diet of seals and fish, along with the fact that a polar bear's natural habitat of frozen tundra and arctic region is opposed to that of the woodlands of TLD's world and abundance of deer and wild berries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togg Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 New models, new species and new behaviours would be nice. Sadly Wintermute took a lot of resources away, it was even on the roadmap. Let's see how it goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanklesbread Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 12 hours ago, NorseRaven99 said: I think that having a greater species diversity among all types of animals naturally found in the Canadian wilderness is a good idea; its something the community has been ask for forever. My only thing with bears is that, the black bears we have now are way too big. I know they can get pretty large but a real black bear is quicker than a grizzly, climbs trees, and is pretty small in comparison. I would say the size of bear we have now is about what we should have for a grizzly or brown bear. One other thing though, black bears are more offensive when stumbling upon humans. A grizzly will hopefully leave you alone if you play dead, but a black bear won't settle for that. In black bear attacks you need to be on the defensive while remaining calm and unthreatening. If we are going to talk about countermeasures against bears (which I think is also a good idea because I hate not being able to do anything once attacked in the game), then they should be used with technical accuracy against the respective bear species. Play dead against brown bear = good Make yourself look big and back away from black bear = good. One more thing: I see a lot of people requesting polar bears. I don't think this is very likely because: 1- If polar bears are added perhaps things would be a little too divers amongst the ursa population 2- Polar bears are OP! They can stand up to be over 10 ft tall! 3- A polar bear's natural diet of seals and fish, along with the fact that a polar bear's natural habitat of frozen tundra and arctic region is opposed to that of the woodlands of TLD's world and abundance of deer and wild berries. Good point. Maybe in future regions of the map, wayyyy far up north, there would be polar bears? High risk, high reward kind of thing? In all honesty the entire wildlife system needs more variety.. Thanks for commenting, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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