WHAT A GREAT GAME. My Review, minor annoyances and recommendations.

[Frag2000]

HI guys,

after few years of having this game in my wish list, I finally decided to give it a try.

First of all, this game is a master piece. The maps are the most beautiful virtual world I ever seen, and I play tons of game. I mean, could you imagine playing Arma 3 on such a beautiful map.

As a hunter myself, this is the firs time that I get the feeling of what it is really like to be out there. Those morning sights ... fog ... rain ... deer walking around minding their own business. Mood is top notch.

GREAT WORK devs, you have a classic here.

** MINOR ANNOYANCES that would make the game better if fixed **

- The hunting stand planks are commonly blocking the view, mostly the one that are installed in slope. If an animal is coming from up slope, the top plank will block your view ... and if you crouch, the mid wall will. I noticed this quite rapidly and I am surprised that this was not corrected quickly. Not a single hunter would let planks block his view. I struggled with this a lot in the first few hours.

- Content from DLC are free (game money) within the game. I think it would be funnier, from the gameplay perspective, to have access to the content, but not getting it for free in the game. The tents and ATV are an example of this. I would have like to deserve the luxury of the tent and ATV by buying it in game. Getting it right at the starts made it feels like some kind of cheat. Did not really like that feeling.

** FEW RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FUTURE **

SKINNING

- A good thing to make the game more immersive would be to have to "skin" the animal to make more money out of it. If you played Red Dead Redemption 2, you know what I am talking about. So you can sell the harvest as it is right now (if you dont stand skinning the animal), but if you skin it (which could take a minute game time), you get more money out of it.

KNIVES

- That would also bring the possibility to add knives to the game. Different models and quality, which would have an effect on the time needed to skin the animal, as well as the final value of the harvest.

LOG CABIN

- Please let us construct a log cabin anywhere we want (one per map). I would LOVE being able to drive back to my small cabin at night after a hunt and have some "home" feeling. These huge hunting mansion are not doing it for me. You already have a lot of really cool looking small cabin in the game. Let us build one, anywhere and fill it with few trophies.

- Would be fun at our cabin to have a fireplace inside and outside, where we could sit and do some maintenance on our gear (next section).

- We should have to carry the meat/skins of the hunt back to our cabin (or at an outpost) to get the money of the harvest. Carrying the fruit of your hunt is one of the big aspect of hunting. It would be cool for our character to have a weight limit and have to deal with moving the meat/skin. It would also give the ATV and ole new functionality, giving more weight transport capabilities.

In real life, travelling between the cabin and hunting spot brought me the nicest stories of my life. If there are hunters around here, they know what I am talking about. I think that the dev should really give more dept to that aspect. Let the people have their little cabin and let the people really harvest and deserve their meat/skins.

GEAR MAINTENANCE

- Gear maintenance would be great. By example, if you do not clean your riffle ...scope will get dirty and the reload action would get slower and more problematic. It would also give us something to do while sitting by the fire :)

DYNAMIC HUNTING STAND

- It would be cool to be able to build a hunting stand where we want. You could impose a limit on the number we have. Again it would add to the dept of the game.

TROPHY NOTES

- It would be cool to add a text note to the trophy we keep. Just to help us remember the story behind that kill.

TAG ON THE MAP

- It would be very useful to be able to right click on the map to add "tags" with a short description. There are some point that I want to keep note of ....

CONCLUSION

AWESOME game guys. Really. You blew up my mind. Just add some dept tot he hunter life itself, like I proposed and you have an instant classic. Also these things could be set as optional in the game settings, to let people who prefer to keep the game as it is.

[Byzantium]

we haev dynamic hunting stands kinda tripods treestands and groudnblinds and waterfowl blinds too but those are for duck hunting

[Frag2000]

That game could be the best survival game.

I always wanted a realistic survival game. The closest I found to this date is "The Long Dark", but unfortunately you cannot build anything in this game.

First of all, I am blown away by the beauty of Hunter: Call of the Wild. As I said in another thread about this game, this is the first time that a computer game approaches the reality as far as being in the wood. I am a real hunter myself and grew in James Bay, which would be the equivalent of the Siberia Taiga map.

Again ...great work devs!!! Really.

I think that you guys dont realize that you are sitting on a diamond mine. This game is close and could be the ultimate survival game. Keep the same engine for the maps and hunting ... but imagine doing a survival game based on it.

- Add the possibility to chop trees and build stuff. Look at the game "The Forest", the building engine is fun and immersive.

- Add trapping, skinning the animal, cooking, drinking and heat management with clothing

... and BOOM. I would never leave my computer again.

Briefly, who would LOVE to see a survival game based on this game?

[MintyGlass]

I would absolutely 💯 love that!