I've been playing The Forest for a few hours, and the game is just too difficult due to how dark the caves get. I've not made much progress in the story because I've heard you need to explore the caves to continue, and I've only managed to do one so far. The problem is that the caves are so dark, its make it so annoying to explore them. I've made fire torches, but it's annoying that I can't equip it to my left hand and equip a weapon on the right (unless you can).
When playing the game, I thought it was a survival game, but the thought that I have to keep going into the caves as it's the only way to progress the story is off-putting for me. I don't mind how hard the enemies are in the cave. It's just that the darkness makes it impossible to see what's happening, and I get lost very quickly, no matter how high I increase the brightness in the settings. It would be nice to be able to equip a lantern on your waist or equip some source of light that isn't limited, but I know it's a horror game, so it's a part of that.
I did find a flashlight, but I didn't realise how quickly the batteries run out, and I don't have enough spare batteries. I'm only at the start of the game, and I know it will get harder, so I think I might stop playing before I go insane because I like everything else about it, except for the darkness. The more caves I explore, the more I realise the next one is getting bigger and deeper. I enjoy the realism and crafting aspects of the game, but the darkness in the caves is stopping me from playing further, and Its been an on-and-off thing as I keep deleting and reinstalling the game since I like everything else in the game except for the caves.
I play a lot of horror games, and this one seems to make navigating in the dark even harder. I'm wondering if this is the same in the second game, as I might skip the first to move on to the second, which might have fixed many issues, but I'm worried about spoilers.