Nature Photography Mode

[Icky Ike]

Wouldn't it be cool if they expanded photo mode into a sort of game mode where you take pictures of animals and the photos are rated based on proximity, clarity, animal quality, animal behavior, etc. Instead of buying just guns, you could buy better cameras and lenses. It would add more depth to the game and probably double the player base to include people that aren't big fans of hunting. Personally I think my wife would join me and take a shot (picture) before I took the shot (hunting).

[Icky Ike]

More on the subject. This game is almost already built for this. The binoculars and scopes have lens sizes and qualities. The equipment slots are mostly empty at the moment (binoculars only). You could take pictures and either sell them or mount them on your wall, just like you do with kills. There could be challenges to take certain shots or certain animals at certain times of day. They should do this just to take advantage of the great scenery and variety in animals already built into the game.

[Pete Gaimari]

Competition for pictures will just bring cheaters like it does with hunting comps.

Just enjoy taking your pictures like hunters should do with hunting.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Icky Ike:

They should do this just to take advantage of the great scenery and variety in animals already built into the game.

Every time I go into this game after playing something else for a while, I'm struck by the beautiful scenery and atmosphere in general. It could be used for many things!

I've seen there is a bird watching simulator in the making, for example.

I've played a game where you run around with a metal detector to find old items (and also take pictures of flowers and other things), but it was a bit boring, and graphics much worse than this. Having 'missions' of doing that in this game would be fun.

But it is a hunting simulator first and foremost Yet many possibilities for nature-lovers. Some stunning places in the game, and I haven't even started properly in Transylvania yet.

[Icky Ike]

Originally posted by OldMtnMan:

Competition for pictures will just bring cheaters like it does with hunting comps.

Just enjoy taking your pictures like hunters should do with hunting.

I'm not sure what you mean. I never suggested anything like competition for pictures. The game would have algorithms to determine the quality of pictures. This has been done before in games like Pokemon-snap. The pictures would be for in-game rewards only. Cheaters can cheat all they want. It makes no difference.

[Pete Gaimari]

I took the challenges as a competition but I see you meant it another way.

Carry on.

[DaisyCutter]

Good thoughts Ike! We probably all do this a time or two, while tracking a herd, then decide "Nothin here to shoot..all newborns practically. Imma just sit and watch'em for a bit." Your thoughts could birth a spin-off of "Way of the Nature Reserve Photographer." Reminds me of the irl photos of photographers prone with their camera observing animals, when other animals come in very close to observe what the observer is observing (ie Meerkats perched on the head and back of a prone photographer).

https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/adorable-meerkats-ambush-a-pro-wildlife-photographer-in-amazing-funny-video

[Icky Ike]

Originally posted by DaisyCutter:

We probably all do this a time or two, while tracking a herd, then decide "Nothin here to shoot..all newborns practically. Imma just sit and watch'em for a bit."

Absolutely does happen. Great point. Sometimes I bag something just for the effort of tracking them, even though I shouldn't.

Yeah it could be its own spin off game, but all the architecture is practically already built in this game. Very little development time I would think.