Hunter call of the wild pc review full#
Hunter call of the wild pc review simulator#

TheHunter: Call of the Wild has a massive amount of content. In the dozen or so hours I played, this happened a handful of times-a surprising amount, unfortunately. Other times, animals get caught on terrain or trees-stuck running, but not moving. Sometimes a deer I’m tracking would just stop moving. If you want, you can turn these settings off to give yourself fewer crutches, making the hunting more “realistic” and thus, harder.Įven despite its realistic animal behavior, sometimes animals acted in ways I wouldn’t expect. Your hearing is so advanced you can definitively gauge animal direction and type. You’re given the ability to see tracks, blood stains, and animal droppings through foliage. Screenshot: theHunter: Call of the WildĪs a hunter, you have a few abilities that help you track animals-almost to a superhuman degree. If you kill too many animals in a location, they’ll start to avoid that area-a mechanic that forces you to find new spots to hunt, which is sometimes a challenge. You can track them via droppings and tracks and look for animals at locations they might frequently visit like water holes or feeding grounds. Animals will cry out warnings if you catch their attention, warning nearby animals. There are calls to lure them out, and sprays to mask your scent. Animals flee when you make too much noise, or when they get a whiff of you. theHunter: Call of the Wild is probably the most realistic I’ve encountered in a hunting game. Long distance hunting suffers a bit for it, but it’s manageable.Īnimal behavior also plays a huge role in hunting games.

Hunter call of the wild pc review full#

Not only that, it seems like the level geometry isn’t at full detail when you zoom in with rifle scopes or binoculars. Sighting targets over a couple hundred of meters is treated like you’re shooting targets at an astronomically far distance.

Long distance shooting still suffers from video game long distance syndrome. Actually shooting the guns and bows feels good, and likewise challenging. There’s a weapon sway mechanic that artificially creates a need to wrestle your reticle, but it can be reduced with perks. Shooting feels satisfying, but difficult. That’s definitely the case in theHunter: Call of the Wild. If a game wants to claim to be a hunting “simulator” it has to have satisfying gun mechanics. And I have to say: it’s easily my favorite hunting game. For this review, I spent most of my time in theHunter’s latest DLC, Rancho del Arroyo and put it through its paces.

theHunter: Call of the Wild has been around for a few years now, which means it has a ton of content-and while most of it is locked behind DLC, there is a lot to check out in the base game. Each task you perform, or animal you successfully bag nets you currency and experience gain that you can use to buy better equipment and improve your skills, respectively. You can explore various beautiful outdoor environments, see beautiful animals, and shoot them. TheHunter: Call of the Wild is a first person hunting game. I recently had the chance to try out theHunter: Call of the Wild, and I’m mad at myself for not playing it sooner.

Hunter call of the wild pc review simulator#

Hunting Simulator 2 and Open Country were both ultimately disappointing. I wasn’t sure that there was a modern hunting game that I could lose hours in. They have the tendency to lean too heavily towards realism at the expense of fun, or too much towards arcade-like at the expense of challenge. Hunting games have always been a hard sell for me.