Te Awaroa

[dalgo]

As a New Zealander myself I am really enjoying the Te Awaroa map. The native bush is familiar (beech forest, tree ferns, flax, snow tussock, cabbage trees etc), the story line covers famous NZ landmarks such as the tree in the lake and the boulders on the beach, and the iconic .303 rifle is also included.

I thought the missions were very well done too, especially 'the last moose' mission, and the various points of interest are relevant to our history.

The only slight quibble I have is the choice of Sika deer as a game animal. Te Awaroa is set in the South Island of New Zealand, but Sika deer are only found in the North Island. More appropriate would have been Wapiti or Himalayan Tahr (or even Wallabies).

My thanks to the COTW team.

[DanthemanBoone]

Where you at. Im in Rotorua. I was also quite pleased with the Te Awaroa map and felt sad that there were no Thar or Wapiti up on the high central ridges. Its actually pretty dead up on the tops with nothing above the timberline. One but maybe not both would have set the map up perfectly.

[Geronimo]

Interesting!

Previously I posted regarding getting people to remark about the accuracy of these game reserves in their native homelands

It's pleasing to know that the simulation in which we wander and explore is being realistically rendered. Especially since I have not travelled far from my home IRL.

Being from Atlantic Canada, I was excited to see how EW would fare in this task with New England. I'm not familiar with that area, but I assumed it would have topography similar to New Scotland, (Nova Scotia).

However, the New England reserve doesn't seem familiar as I explore it. Of course my ignorance is not a means of authentication in any way, lol.

I would like to hear if any of our community can offer their reviews on New England, as you folks have done here with regard to The Awaroa.

[nzmountainclimber]

Fellow kiwi here, the voice acting in the NZ missions was absolutely on point.

Apparently they don't add missions to maps anymore, apparently at some point the community voted that they weren't their favourite part of the game or something. Me on the other hand, lost all interest in the game when the missions were completed.

If they launch another survey about whether the community wants missions added, I am going to be all over it, I suspect the last survey was the whinging of predominately trophy hunters. What a mistake they made...

[dalgo]

Originally posted by DanthemanBoone:

Where you at. Im in Rotorua. I was also quite pleased with the Te Awaroa map and felt sad that there were no Thar or Wapiti up on the high central ridges. Its actually pretty dead up on the tops with nothing above the timberline. One but maybe not both would have set the map up perfectly.

I am in Auckland but have hunted the South Island on many occasions.

[TruebornJester]

Really need an Australian DLC soon