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I will try to give you my opinion so as you can purchase what you feel you will want before the sale ends on the items in question.
I bought the base game for myself and for my good friend. From there I slowly added DLC's over the course of days as we went and got into the game and learned what I wanted/needed. I eventually ended up buying him some DLC's that I felt were essential. For myself, I ended up buying them all over the course of the week. But that doesn't mean I recommend buying them all as you clearly DO NOT need them all.
Some amount to QoL items only that you end up not really needing or using to help you hunt. I'm talking specifically about the ATVs. They're nice to have but non-essential because with the Tent DLC you can just teleport fast travel to tents placed down instead. You will scare away and won't see animals within like 150-200m when you do so just so you know. Source: Flinter on Youtube.
The reason I say the tents are more important is because you can just run to an outpost drop a tent have a friend teleport there to unlock that outpost and now they can fast travel to all the different regions in a map. The interbetween points are only a jog away from reaching thereafter. And generally you don't wanna scare every animal away driving a ATV they run from 1,000m out. You can't run within 150m of an animal either. 80m crouch. Less than that you likely need to be prone. Source: Flinter on Youtube.
Now back to the DLCs and which you'll need and are essential.
Map packs.
Anyone can host a multiplayer lobby and you can join and play on any map in the game for free. You don't need the DLC. EDIT: To clear up any confusion by my wording here; Only the person who hosts the multiplayer session needs the mappack. Anyone else can join his/her session for free.
That being said you might want to buy one or some of the map packs if you wish to play them on singleplayer. And if you want to experience the story missions for them. Which most are fetch quests or travel point A to point B but some of the missions are kinda cool. Liking having to sneak up close to a specific animal species and snap a picture. The story is not on the level of an RPG but I think the dev's did a good job writing each maps storyline and plot and making it fit the region the reserve is in. I've been really enjoying the story of Medvid-Taiga and haven't delved too far into the other maps yet even though I've hunted on all of them in multiplayer lobbies I've hosted for my friend because he didn't buy all the DLC map packs.
Weapon packs.
I'de say get Smoking Gun Pack and Yukon map pack which comes with a new gun (.300 Magnum) for sure. You will have some of the better/best guns in the game currently then. Guns that will cover Class 1-9 and everything in the game animal wise. From there the Weapon Packs 1, 2, 3, and then equipment packs of Duck, Goose, and High-Tech (Night Vision) are all minor additions and things you can live without. The Tent DLC and TreeStands&BipodStands DLC are things I would go ahead and purchase though. Definitely Tents for sure. A must have. Access to buying shop anywhere, can make fast travel points anywhere which is essential for exploiting need zones when you figure out how to do that. And you'll probably want the tripod stands for this too. Each is a measly $2 DLC so why not...
All of the other weapons/equipment DLC packs have really cool stuff in them though but most have been replaced by the smoking guns pack and yukon gun you earn eventually by unlocking it through rifle score xp. The smoking guns pack you get the gun right away the M1 30.06 caliber rifle. But even the .243 is no slouch until you unlock the base game 7mm. Both them base game guns can cover basically all the animal classes you need to hunt and the .22LR rifle and shotguns can cover Class 1 small game.
I did buy all the weapons and equipment because the prices were low and I didnt want to miss out and decide I wanted them. I haven't used them all though yet but i plan to give them all a try and I do plan on playing this game for hundreds of hours in 2021.
Another example I wanna give is the High-Tech packs comes with some night hunting gear. You don't need it but it opens up more options to hunt at night with. More effectively anyways. Using the night vision rangefinder binoculars also helps right away day or night but in the base game you can eventually unlock a range finder and there's ways to spot an animal with the regular binoculars then check map marker tooltip to get the range. A workaround sort've for not having the DLC equipment. The Duck/Goose packs are nice though to hunt those species effectively and that's one way many suggest to kinda boost and farm some quick cash/weapon xp.
The trophy lodges you don't need and I've heard they are bugged even. By the time you would need them or want them and feel your missing out you will have already invested a ton of hours into this game anyways and probably would feel warranted in the purchase at non-sale prices at that point.
Recap:
Yukon - (for the great map but also the best gun)
Smoking Weapons - (for the M1)
Tents - Essential for game tactics end game, meta
Tree Stands/Bipod Stands - Essential for game tactics end game, meta
Duck
Goose
Africa Savanna
any other maps you really dig and wanna play in single player when you cant find a MP session to join...
ATVs
any other weapon/equipment pack
That's my order I suggest. Only 4 being absolutely essential IMO to enjoy the game to it's fullest. An additional $10 roughly isn't bad.
I think I will get the 2019 edition as recommended by snake, and also get the 4 DLC's (yukon, smoking barrel, treestand) recommended by cipher.
If I got the base game + 4 DLC only, it would cost $17.75, but if I got the 2019 edition + 3 DLC's (since the 2019 edition already includes the tents pack and many more), it will be like getting the 5 DLC"s below for $5.78: (and some of them are recommended by cipher)
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ - ATV SABER 4X4, $2.27
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ - Medved-Taiga, $4.55
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ - Weapon Pack 1, $2.27
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ - Wild Goose Chase Gear, $2.27
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ - Vurhonga Savanna $4.55
Guess I'm going to end up spending $27.88 instead of $5.99 haha
I have a girlfriend that I'd also like to play with.
Since Cipher said multiplayers don't need to buy their own maps, should I just get her the base game only? I'm not sure if she would like it yet.
Yes, I'd buy the game. It's fun. Yeah you can play all the maps on multiplayer, but you won't be hosting them... another player will be. You can join any map / host via multiplayer. If you just want to play alone, the two of you you'd need to have the map as one of you two would need to host it. Just a clarification there.
Get the DLC you want. I'd recommend whatever maps you favor. Vurhonga, IMO, has the best story line so that, being on your list, IMO is a good choice. I also favor the Yukon(large animals) and Silver Ridge(turkeys/goats/sheep) for the animals those maps provide.
I've been playing since 2017 as well and also have all the DLC.
If you don't take the complete edition. Take at least all the reserve. They are really worth it.
The base game I don't think will be that entertaining because you only get 2 maps to play on and very limited gear, weapons, and equipment to use. There's so much content that was cut out of the base game to be sold as dlc which includes: atvs, tents, tripods, tree stands, blinds, and etc. So without most of these other dlcs I don't think it will be that enjoyable. Some of the dlcs are buggy/broken garbage and in some cases don't work at all. So read the negative reviews before you decide to buy any.
Also, once the bugs start kicking in it will ruin any fun you had with this game. Most are game breaking and haven't been fixed for years.
Just to name a few of these bugs: not being able to see animal tracks, not being able to see blood trails, invisible animals, animals not respawning at all, your trophies being deleted, and etc.
for the last time, GO PLAY ANOTHER GAME, stop saying garbage about the game just because it's not true
PS: do you know that it is easy to see all of your posts ?
And for 40$ when you see all the reserve than there is in the game, it's worth the money spend. There is hours & hours of playtime.
For the tracks problem, i never saw it & i've been always able to find my prey, you just need to search where the prey flee. For the animal respawning problem, you can delete a file in your save who will reset the respawn. For the trophies deleted, apparently, there is a backup of the save in the game documents folder.
I wanted to have more of a hunting experience using calls and ambushing, but its boring to just sit there. I haven't used a call since the tutorial. They don't train you to ambush as far as I've seen. The tutorial basically just tells you to track and then you're on your own. The tutorial just isn't very good. I haven't watched much of anything on youtube. The world is beautiful, but it needs more things to do. I'm constantly chasing something down and then you just click on it and start chasing something else.
When I played The Long Dark I hunted. You could use bows and rifles and snares and you didn't have to buy special packs. You gathered things and butchered and cooked and you had to learn how to make fires and preserve food. You had to survive blizzards and animal attacks. A lot of it was very cool experiences in whiteouts that I won't ever forget. This game is totally lacking that kind of thing. Its beautiful. Yes. The animals are weird. They don't really let you see the hits because the gun kicks so hard. You do have tracks and I have had fun chasing things down for an hour or two.
Not much is explained about the guns and ammo. They just act like you ought to know all about them already. You never meat the people who talk to you and they all are these country stereotypes that are kind of a bore or insulting a little.
The events seem gimmicky to me. Its just something they've thrown in to keep you from losing your mind with boredom. Its not like the mammoths in Skyrim which were just jaw dropping, or the giants. They haven't even got the buttons working right. They give you big buttons to click on with tiny invisible sweet spots so you have to look for that every time you get a kill. Pathetic quality control there. Building stuff is like add money to this one spot and poof, its a little tower.
I've got an inventory full of dead animals. I have to throw some away before I can add more, but i don't know why I'm collecting them anyway. Nothing is explained. Is it worth it to taxidermise things? I've no idea. I'm killing lots of bears and moose with the beginner gun. Its no big deal if you're willing to follow the animal for 500 feet.
Sweet, hope you both enjoy it as much as I personally have and hope to see ya on multiplayer sometime.
And yes I'de start her off with base game and she probably would be just fine jumping in with the default guns on same map as you and you can hunt together or just enjoy the wilderness simulation. :) theHiking: Call of the Wild
This guy is just full of it. Tripods and Tree stands were NOT removed from the base game they came much later. I have the tree stands DLC and I've never even used it. NOT NEEDED, as he would suggest. I was playing before most of that even existed and it was STILL FUN. I almost never use tents either.
The only thing that might have been accurate is sometimes having the ATVs to unlock certain cabins can be nice, but it's not a thing you NEED. Just sometimes it's pretty nice to have.
The bugs are not that bad. Any bad bugs are taken care of quickly. I've been here since 2017... I've seen it all. This guy just has an axe to grind.
Honestly this is one of my favorite games ever... It's worth the money if you are even remotely interested in this type of game.
That's funny you mention that game. My friend(s) said the same thing upon first playing tH:CoTW. The Long Dark is a good game.
It would be neat seeing what Expansive Worlds does next when they decide to make another hunting game. I think some kind of a survival mash up where your food/water, health, etc matter and you have to 'hunt to survive' in the wilderness would be fun as heck. A little different from being a reserve warden's main helping hand like in this one. I don't know if anyone here ever played SCUM but that's what I enjoyed the most in that game is the survival stuff in the forests and hunting in that game kinda worked similar to this tracking them down via their tracks and blood trails that were highlighted but then you actually had to skin them with a knife and actually harvest their meat which you then used in-game to eat and survive. That game had a robust metabolism system. If they could make a The Long Dark + SCUM + theHunter: Call of the Wild I would love it! But I love just about every survival genre game I've played.
* I'll make it clear - base game is playable and is OK if you are going to be really casual player. Once in a while
* If you are going to play more often, then you are going to want some DLC
Here comes the question of your budget. I bought the game on sale and very few carefully selected DLC. Over relatively short time (few sales) I bought almost everything - DLC left that I am most likely going to buy now. Thus retrospectively I should have bought Complete edition. Do not forget - you can buy bundles only if it is your 1st purchase. Once you buy anything (even bundle), you can buy it only by single purchases.
Both 2019 and 2021 Edition are OK.
2021 is missing Wild Goose pack which you want (money maker) and ATV4x4 - but that is not that essential and after discovering reserve you'll stop using it at all - almost.
2019 is missing stands&tripods (you want them) and any Trophy lodge (and why hunt those rare diamond when you have nowhere to show them?)
SO:
A) buy base game, try, keep buying DLCs or forget it at all. Full-package version is 7 Euro cheaper than Full version bought by pieces - but does it make such a difference?
A2) buy base game on secondary account, if you like it - come back and buy pack or Full edition and let someone else play the secondary account. Instead of saving "astonishing" 7 Euro you save only 1 for Full edition + base game. But otherwise you are in version A) buying everything - that will cost you as much
B) depending on your money buy one mid-prized pack. I'd maybe choose 2019 edition and afterwards added Treestands, Saseka Trophy lodge, 1 Weapon pack, and I'd think about maybe 1 more reserve, but this can be postponed (Silver Ridge Peaks and Quatro Collinas are my tips). Now you are (depends whether you take that reserve or not) on a prize of 2021 edition of few Euro below.
20/22 Euro or ~29 Euro
C) get 2021 edition + Wild goose pack. ATV is purely optional
31 Euro
The ATV pack give you a vehicule who can be useful to go from an outpost to a tower when you can't fast travel to come back on your foot.
The pack linked to bird, i don't know if it's unlock duck & goose. But they give equipment & weapons to hunt them.
The high tech DLC is not really worth the cost, it's just Night vision & other stuff but it's really crap in this game, you see nothing with it. The torch made the job plenty enough. (So look at the detail of the pack)
Cuatros colinas reserve can be avoided, tiny reserve who is not really interesting. Watch some video about it before buying it.
The equipement like tent can be useful, but the tripod, i don't know if it's really useful, i don't feel the need to use it.
The trophy lodge. It's only if you want to display what you hunted. Can be avoided if it's not something you like.
The rest is free.
Just take time to look at what unlock what. And make your choice. But if you are looking to put 30 euros in the game. I suggest you to take the complete collection for 43 euros. You will not waste your money.