Real hunting remains disgusting, but theHunter is pretty good. There’s nothing stopping you from just walking around too: with trees rustling, birds chirping and – although I’d describe myself as firmly anti-rain in games, generally -gentle rain falling, theHunter manages to absolutely nail the feeling of being in the middle of a forest.Ĭompared to the all-action blasting of a Call of Duty or even recent favourite Trepang2, theHunter is a lovely way to disengage and relax in a digital wilderness. The fun of theHunter isn’t in the kill but the slow familiarity you gain with your rifle and the tradecraft you pick up as you traipse around the different areas.
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Often you’re just left alone with your thoughts and some light chat, with the occasional crack of distant gunfire as one of your pals makes a shot.Ĭrucially, that loud shot at the end is a nice reward if you’re that way inclined, but it’s not essential.
Once this is done, you move into a stalking phase where you’ll try to hunt down the animal while also making sure the animals don’t hear, see or smell you – theHunter could be one of the only stealth games to bring in smell as a factor.Īll of this is doable in co-op too with several friends trawling the map, but it’s rare that you’ll ever spend any real time with your co-op partners. There’s a few distinct phases – first you’ll walk around the woods listening intently and keeping an eye out for tracks. Animals, as long as they’re not the bastard dobermans in Tomb Raider 2’s Venice level, get a pass in my book.īut regardless of your feelings about hunting, there’s no denying that theHunter presents a pretty accurate depiction of it. Developed by Expansive Worlds, published by Avalan. This sounds weird, because I have put several thousand hours into shooters at this point and have probably killed hundreds of thousands of AI and player-controlled opponents, but it feels more fair when they also have guns. Experience the thrill of the hunt in a visually breathtaking, technically groundbreaking, vast open world. READ MORE: ‘Cult Of The Lamb’ preview: creepy but cute, bloody but wholesome mayhem.I despise the idea of hunting – I’m not a Tory – and so thought I’d get a similarly ick killing digital animals. Since it’s release in 2017, theHunter: Call of the Wild has been trying to do one thing: create the most accurate depiction of hunting in a video game. This week, Jake Tucker convenes with nature. Hit Reload is a weekly column on everything first-person shooter.
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