>Game takes place in the night, with no moon in the sky, and

Sales. You don't want your players to get LOST and give the game a bad rep because they didn't know what to do.

>>377742895
>game has accurate constellations and moon phases for its location and time period

>>377742895
>The game's day-night cycle is determined by latitude and time of year, with arctic regions experiencing midnight sun during summer and polar night during winter

This is why I like Morrowind.

>games where you run into dark areas frequently
>have two hands
>one for weapons/tools
>the other you just cant use to hold a torch or a flashlight
>for reasons

Playin creativerse right now. I dunno how minecraftfags dealt with not being able to just hold a torch in your left hand or a lantern or something that gives off light by itself without putting the shit down.

Did terraria have that feature? It's been so long.

I know it has glowsticks you can toss but can you hold a tool and a torch and have the torch light up the area without placing it?

Because they would require some kind of light mechanic. One of the harder parts of good nights is making the flashlight work well. Making them get the properiate amount of difuse light is hard

Bright nighttime has been part of the standard idiot/casual pandering for a long time.

>game has torches, flares, or spells to light up dark locations
>game never gets dark enough to use them
Why do they even bother?

>>377742895
Breath of the Wild did it the right way. The night is creepy as fuck and the enemies are a lot stronger.

Let's be honest.

Playing a video game when it's literally pitch fucking black gets super old if you don't have any sorta way of dealing with it.

Just walking around in total darkness is dumb.

I'm not defending the pseudo night shit, but really.

Some of those autistic stalker mods people made where night time is literally impossible to see in, and on shit like ARK.

Not being able to see through a fairly reliable means is really fucking annoying. Darkness only has novelty a few times, then it becomes annoying as hell.

I'm all for total darkness AS LONG AS the game gives you actual ways of dealing with it, or reasons to suffer in total darkness.

If the game is pitch black just for "le spoops" and "le realism" just fuck off honestly.