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Wilson must learn to exploit his environment and its inhabitants if he ever hopes to escape and find his way back home.\n\nEnter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style. 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Mastering the wilderness is a difficult road, but from it comes a sense of empowerment. Of course, you could still lose it all in an instant. Such is the fickle nature of Don’t Starve.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com\u002Freviews\u002Freview-dont-starve\u002F","2013-04-29","\n\t\t\t8.5\t\t",85,{"id":50,"author":51,"outlet":54,"summary":59,"review_url":60,"review_date":61,"original_score":62,"normalized_score":63},48010,{"id":52,"name":53},108,"Joey Thurmond",{"id":55,"logo":56,"name":57,"website_url":58,"score_format":43},63,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPush-Square-Logo.jpg","Push Square","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002F","Nature is beautiful. We observe it from pictures and videos from the safety of our home. We get up close to it on vacations through tour guides and hikes. And sometimes, we even interact with it by camping in the wilderness, preparing with ample supplies and experiencing only a sliver of what it must be like to rough it for real. But what if you suddenly found yourself in a stunning yet strange land with nothing but the clothes on your back? What would you use around you? What strategies would you implement to fight back hunger, maintain your health, and keep hold of your sanity? Don’t Starve presents the scenario that these questions pose as it slaps you down into an unfamiliar and unforgiving world with no tutorial, no guidance, and no mercy. However, will its harsh difficulty discourage and deprive you from experiencing much of what the novel PlayStation 4 release has to offer, or are the title’s beautiful visuals enough to keep you coming back for more?","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002Freviews\u002Fps4\u002Fdont_starve","2014-01-15","7",70,{"id":65,"author":66,"outlet":69,"summary":74,"review_url":75,"review_date":76,"original_score":62,"normalized_score":63},74281,{"id":67,"name":68},5687,"Marty Sliva",{"id":70,"logo":71,"name":72,"website_url":73,"score_format":43},69,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","Like most roguelikes, progress in Don't Starve oftentimes feels like a Sisyphean task. Time spent battling shadow creatures, building a farm, and ultimately an inevitable death are rewarding once they get going, but failure to recognize success robs them of meaning, and there's a long period of doldrums at the start of every new game. While I appreciate the world, atmosphere, and mechanics, I can't help but wish that there was a light at the end of Don't Starve's dark and lonely tunnel.\n\n\nNote: On 1\u002F8\u002F14 we updated this review with impressions of the PS4 version. However, the updates were more significant than we initially realized, so it has been rolled back to the original version.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002F2013\u002F05\u002F02\u002Fdont-starve-review","2013-05-02",3,0,[21],[21],[],false]