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  1. In addition to what others have said about getting to make your own nervewracking, white knuckled story – nostalgia plays a huge part of what I enjoy about this game. I grew up near the Rocky Mountains, and spent many winters skiing, snowshoeing, and hiking through them. Every sigh of air through the trees, the creak of snow underfoot, the crunch of ice, the sight of deer just through the clearing, the slow kaleidoscope of palettes that cycle through day and night, the battering of powerful winds, and the sense of relief that floods through when you finally reach shelter, exhausted and ravenous, reminds me strongly of one of my favorite parts of my childhood. And layered atop of that, is the overarching sense you're an intruder to a world that isn't and never will be yours. I never felt this so keenly, as when I chose to traverse Pleasant Valley in the middle of the night, wrapped warmly in animal skins, and assured by the rare break in storms it would be a prudent move. Everything glowed. It was the same green of the Northern Lights, but none were to be seen. It turned the familiar alien, and made me feel even more of an outsider to this strange, beautiful, hostile land.