WOTH or TheHunter call of wild in 2025?

[NYGiantsYankees]

Debating which to get back into, i played a bunch at laucnh and i think WOTH was gonna end up better but whats the verdict

[Antorius]

Play them both again, and decide for yourself.

I purchased both at the same time, and started with WotH. After a couple of hundred hours in WotH I tried CotW and within half an hour had refunded it. I suspect it's largely a matter of which game you start with seriously, but I found the following with CotW compared to WotH:

• The guns look HORRIBLE
  
• The scope while aiming down sights looks HORRIBLE
  
• Your hands look HORRIBLE
  
• The bullet-cam looks HORRIBLE
  
• The animals sound HORRIBLE
  
• The visual cues for tracks and calls are absurdly obtrusive and cluttered (HORRIBLE)

Individually, these items are all quite small. Put them together, and that's the majority of what you are actually interacting with when you play. /shrug

Update (Mar 22, 2025): I have given CotW some more time, and I can definitely appreciate what it does better: beautiful graphics that are not at all grainy or pixelated, a much cleaner and more customisable UI, and of course, far more in the way of DLCs including a snow map (Medved). But to me, WotH presents the better hunting experience because the animal models, sound design and behaviour, as well as the weapon graphics and ballistics, are all far superior. I am very glad that I have both titles in my library! :)

[Boira]

For me WotH is much better.

[Alf Tupper]

A tricky one; if you've read some of the news and announcements section, there's no new maps in WOTH for 2025, but we are getting some quality of life changes and I assume some bug fixing too. COTW however will keep growing as I guess it has a much bigger player base and budget.

I was in at the beginning with COTW and also with WOTH; I tried going back to COTW a few months ago, and really didn't like it compared to WOTH, which I think is the better of the two game systems. That's an opinion obviously!

There's plenty to do in WOTH, and perhaps the changes to herd management that are due in March will make it more fulfilling. However there are suspicions that the game has possibly peaked, and won't get much further development - just my hunch, no real proof of this.

[dbond1]

I play both, and that's not an easy question to answer. Ultimately it comes down to player preference I think.

I'd put it like this, that WOTH is the more authentic hunting experience. I prefer the rifles, scopes, animal models and behavior, ballistics and penetration models.

COTW on the other hand is a better gaming experience. The game play loops are more fun, it tracks statistics, and has far more content -- reserves, weapons, kit and animal variety.

In the end I think if you dig hunting games you should have both. Which one is more suited to you is hard to say.

[The Eagle]

I see the fan boys have not jumped in yet, bur then you will get all the biased opinions. I play both and each one has its good and bad points. Try both and that is the only way you will know which one you prefer!

[6Taylor4]

Originally posted by The Eagle:

I see the fan boys have not jumped in yet, bur then you will get all the biased opinions. I play both and each one has its good and bad points. Try both and that is the only way you will know which one you prefer!

FANBOYHERE I love WOTH, it's the only hunting sim to play for me; I have the others, as collection items, but tried them and disliked them all. WOTH fits my gaming requirements perfectly.
So consider yourself jumped!

[Mauserich]

WOTH no question.

[Andi]

Both suck with WotH in the lead of suckyness. Waiting on UH, just go out and do the real thing in the meantime or just have a nice wood walk.

[6Taylor4]

Originally posted by Andi:

Both suck with WotH in the lead of suckyness. Waiting on UH, just go out and do the real thing in the meantime or just have a nice wood walk.

I'm confused, as that is exactly what I do in WOTH!
I have a real hunt, and then go for a long hike, and take pictures, and it's as real as hunting sims get.
Lastly, "real life" hunting is not on my bucket list, and I can't go hiking in the woods anymore, so WOTH is perfect.

[Andi]

Originally posted by 6Taylor4:

Originally posted by Andi:

Both suck with WotH in the lead of suckyness. Waiting on UH, just go out and do the real thing in the meantime or just have a nice wood walk.

I'm confused, as that is exactly what I do in WOTH!
I have a real hunt, and then go for a long hike, and take pictures, and it's as real as hunting sims get.
Lastly, "real life" hunting is not on my bucket list, and I can't go hiking in the woods anymore, so WOTH is perfect. :csgostar::csgostar::csgostar::csgostar::csgostar:

To each their own. You do you bud, glad you like it.
You don't have to explain yourself, really, it was the OP I responded to.

[pizza7]

so pointless these posts, just play what you like best, i pref cotw, btu thats mainly beacuse on console woth does not run well for me.

[Etny2k]

COTW runs better, no graphical glitches. WOTH is more fun for me but has graphical glitches on a 4080 super. Ground texture pop in. Hopefully next months patch has some cool stuff.

[6Taylor4]

That glitch is most noticeable in Tikamoon; it comes and goes, if you toggle back the details, it improves. The running graphics is much less important to me than the accuracy of the weapons ballistics, the herd management, the FREE ammo, and I like WOTH's unusual approach of some quirky missions that add a unique flavor to the simulation.
Comparisons get tiring, as it's really a matter of to each his own. I've bought all the hunting games, so I support all the hunting games, and it's great that we still have so many choices, a condition I hope does not change, and all the hunting games are carried forward so we can all enjoy their variety. For me, WOTH is simply more enjoyable to play, and I enjoy the exchange of ideas here on this forum.

[NYGiantsYankees]

Originally posted by Andi:

Both suck with WotH in the lead of suckyness. Waiting on UH, just go out and do the real thing in the meantime or just have a nice wood walk.

I do

[cdayjr11]

I'll take COTW any day over WOTH. At least when you hunt you can walk. And when you fine a herd or pack, they leave TRACKS to follow. Which makes it easier to do follow up kills in the same herd/pack. Also when you shot an animal, you can track it with blood and tracks. Animals don't float in COTW they leave tracks. WOTH could be better, just need to improve on some things like walk and animal tracks. They got the landscape graphics hands down.