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Old 12-17-12, 06:03 AM   #1
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I knew it was around since years, but their business model and the online-only-mode had me stand apart for all these years. Which now I consider to be worth a regret.

Got it now and tested it over the weekend, even better, I activated via the - Germany-exclusive - DVD package, which gives the player plenty, really plenty of additional weapons and equipment that else would be needed to be bought in the virtual shop for virtual money (that must be exchanged for real money).

Wowh. Just wowh. Beautiful, stunning, addictive, many details so very realistic. Will maybe write a (years late ) review some time later.

This one is gonna stay on my HD for years to come, no doubt. A new longtime-performer.

Must leave now. The wilderness is calling, and she is a harsh mistress if you let her wait for too long.
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Old 12-17-12, 02:13 PM   #2
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I've been playing this sim since it was first released. It is easily the best hunting sim\game ever.

Elk, Whitetail, Blacktail, Mule Deer, Roe, Red Deer, Wild Boar, Pheasant, Black bear, Moose, coyote, turkey, and half a dozen hunting areas each with their unique vegetation and terrain.

You can play free with limited tools. (hunt one species only, one rifle caliber only, etc)

Take a free walk through the free hunting reserve and maybe take aim at a big Mule deer. You'll not regret it.
http://www.thehunter.com

There are also a lot of gameplay videos on youtube.
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Old 12-17-12, 02:48 PM   #3
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It'S like with a decent flight sim - you get as much simming and realism out of it as you are willing to put into it. Fly realistic flight plans, procedures, obey real world rules, and your flight sim is most challenging and rewarding. Fly like a moose in love, and you have an arcade game. Same with The Hunter. Approach this like you would approach real world hunting, and you get the most out of it.

I totally love it! And it is hands down the best-looking world-simulation I have ever seen. It is relaxing to just look at this.

Today I was sneaking on a blacktail, but the boss of the herd remained invisible. Spend one hour avoiding those females to become aware of me and fleeing, having the whole herd going to alert mode and stampede away. Like a sub avoiding the escort to get close to the real bummer. It is totally satisfactory gameplay even when not firing a single shot in hours.

Not perfect though. Sound could be done better, it is already great, but calls by animals are always the same sound level, and distance and direction is not properly matched by what you hear in the earphones. Grasshoppers still chirp like crazy even in severe raining. Steps by animals are too loud, imo. Lures work to easily, I think.

But that are luxury issues.
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Old 12-17-12, 03:15 PM   #4
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A german guy has made a long series (over 40) of Hunter movies, and many of them are very well done and explanatory. The title is "Hunting with Pratze". He started them in English, but since 4 or 5 films has started a parallel series with German comments. What I like about these films is that he takes his time, like a TV docu.

Check his channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/pratze86?feature=watch
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Today I was sneaking on a blacktail, but the boss of the herd remained invisible. Spend one hour avoiding those females to become aware of me and fleeing, having the whole herd going to alert mode and stampede away. Like a sub avoiding the escort to get close to the real bummer. It is totally satisfactory gameplay even when not firing a single shot in hours.

Not perfect though. Sound could be done better, it is already great, but calls by animals are always the same sound level, and distance and direction is not properly matched by what you hear in the earphones. Grasshoppers still chirp like crazy even in severe raining. Steps by animals are too loud, imo. Lures work to easily, I think.

But that are luxury issues.
I do not have surround sound, but I'm told that if you do you can tell the direction of sound. I cannot.

The focus on competitions is my gripe. Many of the competitions force you to play unrealistically so I ignore them almost totally.

There is always that line between a true sim and a game. If you could go for days or without finding an animal worth shooting like in real life they would have few players and go broke. One must as you say, use a realistic play style to get the most enjoyment from it if you want to play it as a true sim.

The team of devs working on this game are very good at listening to the community and making changes or adjustments when they feel it is warranted. They have made many, many tweaks and as they do the game slowly gets better and better.

The original developers of this game went broke and after Avalanche Studios picked it up it began to show its true potential.

EDIT: Those videos you posted show off the beautiful environments very well.
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Old 12-17-12, 05:50 PM   #6
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I love open world, or better: open landscape simulations. That's why I love Skyrim and Oblivion, ArmA and ArmA2. The action is not that important to me.

As a child I also loved to play "Kriegen", I think that is "Cowboys&Indians", "Hide&Seek", yes? Hiding from the other while trying to sneak on him at the same time. That's why I love Steel Beasts Pro. Few games allow that so well.

Like you, I also do not care much for highscores in The Hunter. I have simulated a day's roaming by having 3 sessions: From 07 to 11, from 11 to 15, and from 15 to 19. I use to set up a tent now at the end of a session - and starting right there again in the next. That way, I can wander for example from the very North to the very South of - what was the name: Whitesomething Island. Could be done in one session only when running in a straight line. But then you do not see any animals. The forests there are very nice, plenty of underwoods.

But of course I need to adapt to the activity time tables of the species sooner or later. A bear I probably will not get the way I play now, not without setting up a bait some days earlier. those beasts so far have only shown me their backs on two occasions, in another reserve, running, and from great distance. But I got one coyote, from a blind stand, luring.

I think the blind stands, especially the one on the ground and the tripod, are too effective. The callers are too effective, too.

A self-imposed rule I obey is that I do not shoot it if it ain't give me a score, that rules out all female deer already, and female turkeys. But they stay around, and I must avoid making them panicking, else they flee and make the trophy-carrier leaving Dodge, too.

But the best part is to just wander around, looking, staying hidden. It's like a mini-holiday.

Question, by your experience, what do you prefer, the Deer Grunt Caller or the Deer Bleat Caller? I think I so far missed their difference, if there is any. Should attract Blacktail, Whitetail and Mule Deer, but is there a difference between both callers?

Scents I have not used so far.

I hope they are going to implement night time, too.
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Hunting? I don't need this game. I do this in real life. It's much more fun in real life.

It is also glamorized by games. Have you ever been Elbow-Deep inside a deer taking the guts out? Can't do that in the game. It doesn't teach you how to hunt safely or ethically.


I am slightly against hunting games if you couldnt tell. They aren't ever accurate.
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Like you, I also do not care much for highscores in The Hunter. I have simulated a day's roaming by having 3 sessions: From 07 to 11, from 11 to 15, and from 15 to 19. I use to set up a tent now at the end of a session - and starting right there again in the next. That way, I can wander for example from the very North to the very South of - what was the name: Whitesomething Island. Could be done in one session only when running in a straight line. But then you do not see any animals. The forests there are very nice, plenty of underwoods.

But of course I need to adapt to the activity time tables of the species sooner or later. A bear I probably will not get the way I play now, not without setting up a bait some days earlier. those beasts so far have only shown me their backs on two occasions, in another reserve, running, and from great distance. But I got one coyote, from a blind stand, luring.

I think the blind stands, especially the one on the ground and the tripod, are too effective. The callers are too effective, too.

A self-imposed rule I obey is that I do not shoot it if it ain't give me a score, that rules out all female deer already, and female turkeys. But they stay around, and I must avoid making them panicking, else they flee and make the trophy-carrier leaving Dodge, too.

But the best part is to just wander around, looking, staying hidden. It's like a mini-holiday.

Question, by your experience, what do you prefer, the Deer Grunt Caller or the Deer Bleat Caller? I think I so far missed their difference, if there is any. Should attract Blacktail, Whitetail and Mule Deer, but is there a difference between both callers?

Scents I have not used so far.

I hope they are going to implement night time, too.
Scents work just like callers but their effect lasts longer. I do not use them but if you bowhunt it can be effective to move 30 meters laterally (to keep the wind favorable) then waiting. The animal goes to where you put scent down giving you a broadsides shot. It also helps somewhat keeping those pesky does from making a beeline strait to you and ruining your chance at the buck.

Grunt and bleat caller have the same exact effectiveness for all deer. You have no need for both.

Bear at Redfeather Falls can be taken fairly easily without bait, which is overpriced. The other bear map (Settler's Creek) is much more dense in vegetation so much more difficult. Walk high ground along rivers or the marsh areas to the West and North of RFF where you can see long distances.

Shooting does and elk cows has but one purpose for me. They level up your rifles\bows which make them much steadier, and stay steady for a bit longer.

The animals do not really have activity like game trails or bedding areas but they do tend to spawn in some areas more than others. There are maps at the community forum which diagram the more probable areas they spawn. Or just look at another hunter's hunt listing his kills and click on each animal.....then on the bottom right there is a map button which shows a map and exactly where he killed it. Do this enough and you can see patterns.

Good hunting.
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Old 07-10-14, 02:20 PM   #9
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This game is incredibly disappointing. Play-to-win hunting multiplayer game, enough said. Also the 'running' in the game is more like walking.
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Why this obsession of newbies to run in this game...? Gives them nothing but an empty landscape.
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Old 07-11-14, 07:32 AM   #11
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might be a disappointment to you but some of us like it and when you run you sound like a heard of elphants and play to win are we talking about the same game
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