>>558020i like it; once you've got a safehouse as a base, you can loot the entire map from there.
the priority list is:
-get to a house with an oven (safehouse)
-loot food, boil water
-gather firewood
-check you status (cold, hunger, thirst, exhaustion)
-if anything goes yellow, (indoors/fire, eat, drink,sleep)
-search for fishing equipment/rifle
-survive
oh, a map is helpful, of course