Here's a tip to see something creepy. After getting the sword head into the main juntion (where you get to everything) and then head north (towards the ice place). There is a tree blocking the path, but you can go around it. if you hug the side, you wont drown when you go through. Get to the ice cave (where the tentacled beast lives). Once you go in, you find a sinister figure blocking the door way. Talk to him. Creepy!
I think that some of the hints it gives you are too obvious, going out of it's way to tell you EXACTLY what to use, while others are kind of vague, and don't make that much sense.
I think my only complaint about this game is the curve. It starts out pretty hard with very little supplies and by the end of the game, all your survivors are over powered and the game becomes just clicking through days until you win. The game, over all is AMAZING. 5/5