Next map discussion...

[heavensarewild]

What do you hope for in the next map ? a particular country/continent ? A snow map ?

I`d love to get an Australia map, as I really want to hunt Crocodiles !

[Warlord829895]

In my oppinion we dont need more maps. At this time. I think the devs should rather add more species to the current maps. On my behalf as DLC Animal Pack or whatever. There is so much unused potential on the available maps, especially at tikkamoon plains.
My wishlist for the maps would:

Tikkamoon Plains:
-Elephant
-Rhino (Black or Withe or both)
-Giraff
-Zebra
-Baboon
-Leopard ( the cat, not the tank...)
-Wild dogs
-Hippo
-Nile Crocodile

Nez Perce Valley:
-Bison
-Mountain Lion
-Wild Turkey
-Racoon
-Coyote
-Grizzly
-Pronghorn
-Bobcat

Aurora Shores:
-Dall Sheep
-Muskox
-Grizzly
-Coyote
-Ptarmigan

Transylvania:
-Sika Deere
-Racoon

Just my thoughts. As a new Map i confirm that australia would be nice, or Patagonia.

[Mauserich]

Personally, I would have a lot of fun with a TRANSSILVANIAN map as it is, as a SNOWY WINTER MAP. Player character in woolen winter clothing, long coat, felt boots, winter cap. A few meaningful winter hunting missions plus snowfall.

Basically, I would also like to see more ambience animals in the maps that don't necessarily have to be hunted. Some examples: Here and there a heron near by a creek, at the edge of a pond or in a wet meadow. Or in Africa, cattle egrets next to large ungulates. A few more ravens near wolves, buzzards, eagles, vultures in the air. A few squirrels rustling through the leaves and taking refuge in a tree. A raccoon running across the path. Just to have a little more perceptual density. Personally, I wouldn't be averse to ambience animal DLC.

[6Taylor4]

I watched an episode on National Geographic about Africa, and I was struck by the size of the herds, not at migration time, just hanging around, nice to see larger herds in game.

[StuTheMoose]

Really want a cold, snowy map next like Medved from CoTW

[kubanskiloewe]

the game would more profit if things like maps would be upgraded and get more features like changing seasons !
That was one reason why i give up with herd management because this take a year or even more ! And i missed badly the different seasons doing the job and hunting when its time too !

i dont like the way this game turns more and more into another cotw.

[Mauserich]

Originally posted by kubanskiloewe:

the game would more profit if things like maps would be upgraded and get more features like changing seasons !
That was one reason why i give up with herd management because this take a year or even more ! And i missed badly the different seasons doing the job and hunting when its time too !

i dont like the way this game turns more and more into another cotw.

Seasons in the maps would really give Way of the Hunter a certain unique position and an incomparable game depth. Also, one or the other animal species could be added or an improved version of the high stand to bring even more value into the game. Besides, there would certainly be synergies for the developers. ,-) Definitely makes more sense than imitating another game's maps.

I still have fond memories of Deerhunter 2005 Season where the Illinois and Black Forest map was available as an early autumn and snowy winter map. It was a completely different atmosphere. Also different animal animations like rutting fights and antler brushes on trees already existed. I personally find game depth and improvements more important than more game width.

[hunterPRO1]

Originally posted by heavensarewild:

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

I watched an episode on National Geographic about Africa, and I was struck by the size of the herds, not at migration time, just hanging around, nice to see larger herds in game.

I had a video come up in youtube last week, about hunting in Scotland, and I was surprised to hear, they have Red Deer, Roe Deer, and Sika Deer roaming about up there. Yes, SIKA Deer, for some reason, there is no T in their spelling of it, which was a bit weird !

I`m sure they also introduced Wolves up there as well, but having seen the film Dog Soldiers, I`m not so sure that was a good idea, and puts me off ever wanting to go camping there !

So a Scotland/UK map could be on the cards one day, which could also have some snowy parts to it, although it will probably just rain all the time.

Sika and Sitka are two different animals.

Sitka is a subspecies of blacktail deer found in alaska and northwest canada.

Sika are a larger deer native to japan and east asia, they also have established populations in New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, some small parts of Europe, and Maryland USA.

[Japo32]

Jungle, Spain, history in Transilvania, and a system to allow snow in present maps.
Also as said more animals variants in existing maps.

[6Taylor4]

Originally posted by hunterPRO1:

Originally posted by heavensarewild:

I had a video come up in youtube last week, about hunting in Scotland, and I was surprised to hear, they have Red Deer, Roe Deer, and Sika Deer roaming about up there. Yes, SIKA Deer, for some reason, there is no T in their spelling of it, which was a bit weird !

I`m sure they also introduced Wolves up there as well, but having seen the film Dog Soldiers, I`m not so sure that was a good idea, and puts me off ever wanting to go camping there !

So a Scotland/UK map could be on the cards one day, which could also have some snowy parts to it, although it will probably just rain all the time.

Sika and Sitka are two different animals.

Sitka is a subspecies of blacktail deer found in alaska and northwest canada.

Sika are a larger deer native to japan and east asia, they also have established populations in New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, some small parts of Europe, and Maryland USA.

I never cared for deer meat, but I am curious as a cook, is there a taste difference between the types of deer? I assume there must be some, just from dietary differences.
If you or anyone knows, please share, thanks.

[Alf Tupper]

Originally posted by heavensarewild:

I had a video come up in youtube last week, about hunting in Scotland, SNIP

Hello from England.

To be fair, as much as I love this country, and Scotland too, for its landscapes and scenery, it wouldn't be my first choice for a hunting map. And you are right about the rain!

We have four deer species - the Muntjac is the smallest. No wolves or lynxes have been re-introduced to the wild (yet) so our largest shootable predator is the red fox. The rest of our shooting is mainly the commonly hunted smaller species, it's shotgun and .22LR or even air rifles for most of our hunting here. That's mostly it - not much really.

Seasons - maybe a good idea, maybe even with seasonally changing animals behaviours.

Personally, I wonder how hard it would be to graft more territory onto the edges of existing maps, and my own preference would be for more animals on a slightly enlarged map.

[Mauserich]

One thing that I find negative with too many maps is the enormous amount of space required on the hard drive. Competitors now use up to 80 GB. That means huge download times and the need for large hard drives. I'd rather have a few less maps that are really beautiful and sophisticated than half the globe, and every subspecies but in principle everything is the same and just content feeding.

[kubanskiloewe]

indeed Mausi and with more maps the updates grow even bigger and bigger !

[Hampamatta]

in my very biased opinion i would like to see sweden. my favorite map in COTW was germany with its farmlands and actual houses, making it a more relatable map and not a reserve completely void of traces of civilization. something similar but central/northern sweden could offer a quite wide variety of game to hunt, depending on how much you want to stretch regional availability you can get way diffrent animals than you think.

i would suggest the region of Dalarna. there you can get wolves, bears, moose, wild boars, wolverines, badgers, difffrent kinds of deer such as fallow, red and roe, raindeers, beavers, otters, lynx and hares, those should be the basics, but if you want more rare animals that are almost regionally extinct, there is the muskox (as far as i know there is only one wild herd in all of sweden), european bison and arctic fox. also a vast variety of migratory birds. and i mean LOTS. such as ducks, geese and swans.

the reason why i choose Dalarna is that most of these animals listed actually roam there and due to its central location of sweden, the ones that dont could possibly travel there due to proximity of established population. the nature is rich in deep forests, rivers, lakes, mountains, bogs and the occational farmlands. sweden also takes preservation and population control very seriously so hunting culture is very large and takes it very seriusly.

also fun fact, Wild boars is the least regulated animals to hunt, adults are only protected during February and females with piglets are also protected. other than that you can hunt wild boars whenever you want and bag as many as you want. this is due to them being very destructive for farmlands and breeds VERY rapidly, they where also accidently reintroduced into sweden, in 1990 there was about 500 in all of sweden. now its estimated to be over 300 000, and that is with about 100 000-150 000 being killed every year for the last decade. without hunting there would likely be millions of them.

[hunterPRO1]

Originally posted by Mauserich:

One thing that I find negative with too many maps is the enormous amount of space required on the hard drive. Competitors now use up to 80 GB. That means huge download times and the need for large hard drives. I'd rather have a few less maps that are really beautiful and sophisticated than half the globe, and every subspecies but in principle everything is the same and just content feeding.

this times 100. In cotw there is no difference in how you hunt any of the animals, they are all in groups that are tied to need zones. if woth wants to beat cotw they will never do it with quantity, cotw has too much of a head start and more resources, it has to be quality.

We had seasons and rutting behaviors in 1999 and yet we haven't seen it in an open-world hunting game since Deer Hunter 2005.

[QLIQ]

I am pretty much fine with anything under one condition. I want that they work on expanding the herd management.
So any map DLC should come with a new game mechanic/ deepening of the current system on the basis of a realistic hunting simulation which is also accessible to the broader public.

I just hope they don´t become as lazy as COTW and just release assets.

An Asia biome would be something I haven´t seen yet. Sure snow would be equally cool.

I am all for quality of quantity. I want nice vistas, real world history (e.g. information signs you often find it natural parks with 4k quality so you can read it without opening a menu) and care less about the story (but they are still cool to get to know a map). I want to get to know the country and it´s hunting traditions while exploring the map instead of a fictional "cringe" story. This can all be done without voice acting, and would be a plus as being alone in the wild is what you do all the time in this game. So scrap the story and implement all the real world natural wonders and history/information which would be found when being outdoors in that part of the world.

I certainly think 8$ is far to budget constraint to offer anything meaningful besides a background, so I would rather pay 15$ which offers hand crafted detail in every part of the map instead of just trees randomly placed.