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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGOTYfGMyoE                  Created by Expansive Worlds and released back in 2017 on Steam, Humble Store, Xbox One and PS4; theHunter: Call of the Wild is the latest, most beautiful and arguably best game in the niche but interesting hunting simulation genre. Hunting games? PFFHAHAHAHAHAHA! Wait, don't go! While it's true that hunting games are often relegated to B tier titles published by only the finest publishers, the genre has also matured a lot over the past couple decades. Once painted as budget or even lowbrow shooty-tooty ye-haw! animal murdering simulators, today you can find hunting games that have evolved into some of the most stunning, engrossing and even educational games you can find on the market. Ok fine. What is this game? theHunter: COTW is an open world hunting game set across different hunting reserves all over the world. Designed to be an approachable experience for both novice and seasoned hunters alike, you play as the eponymous "The Hunter": a world-class, mysteriously mute man or woman who is free to explore the world as they see fit as well as provide his or her unique hunting skills to the different wardens overseeing each reserve. Enjoy the sights, explore each one of the massive hunting reserves at your own pace, discover points of interest to learn more about your surroundings, help the local warden with the unique trials and tribulations of each reserve and in the process aim for the best hunting trophies you may find. quote:Featuring: So is it good? Yes. COTW is not only one of the most beautiful games available anywhere right now but it's also incredibly relaxing and entertaining. With huge maps full of locations and lore to discover, terrain to navigate, animals to hunt and a distinct "flavor" to each reserve, the game offers hundreds of hours of gameplay. Is it hard to get into? No. Each reserve begins with a brief tutorial quest that teaches you the basics about movement, hunting, and other gameplay mechanics. Beyond that, nothing in this game is hard to grasp and is mostly a matter of keeping your eyes and ears open as well as knowing when to be patient. If you do have problems, I have also written a brief beginner's guide below. I heard this game had a terrible subscription service. You are thinking about theHunter Classic, the previous game in the series. Call of the Wild does away with all that. Is the DLC good then? Yes and no. Truth be told the first two DLC packs, ATVs and tents, were something that should have been in the game from the beginning. After facing massive backlash because of it, the developers promised and have since delivered much more meaningful and sensible DLC packs that actually add content without inconveniencing the player and is sometimes even free. That said, no DLC is strictly necessary to enjoy the game and I have written brief reviews of each DLC pack down below too. I'm not comfortable with the idea of shooting innocent animals. No worries. For the past decade or so hunting games have embraced the concept of ethical hunting and Call of The Wild is no exception. You are not meant to go around shooting everything you see but instead hunt responsibly: You are expected to and are rewarded for having good marksmanship, recovering every animal you kill and of course using the correct gun caliber to kill animals as quickly and humanely as possible without excessive destruction. The game is pretty mindful about these things, does not feature gratuitous gore or mutilation and while there's plenty of free hunting, each reserve's quests and storyline also give you sensible, realistic reasons as to why "The Hunter" would need to go around doing what they do. If you still prefer to keep the shooting to a minimum, you can freely walk around the reserves exploring, discover historic artifacts laying around and take photos with your in-game camera. Multiplayer? Yes. You can join your buddies to freely wander about and hunt anything you like or you can pick specific challenges to complete. You can choose things like hunting one of each animal species in the reserve, be the first to hunt a Gold rated animal and so on. Any difference between versions? PC version usually gets updates faster. I think the console versions don't allow you to save photographs you take with your in-game camera but I'm not sure. Is there multiplayer between consoles or from console to PC? 'fraid not. Is there a list of hunting goons? Maybe! In the future!  Should you buy it? Keep in mind that everytime a new DLC comes out, the devs put out a limited-time pack that includes all of them at a discount price, usually 15%-25% off. They also go on sale fairly frequently. -DLC Reserves: Not unless you want to. The reserves are very nice and by far the best value but there's nothing stopping you from enjoying the reserves already in the game. DLC reserves are more for variety than anything else and you should only buy them if you like the game and want more of it. -ATVs: The first big "oh what are you doing, Expansive Worlds?" DLC, this probably should have been in the game. That said, I wouldn't say they are strictly needed and in fact, I stopped using them pretty quickly since they scare animals away in a huge radius. These are also borderline useless in the bad terrain of Layton Lake and Medvev but still useful to unlocking fast travel points, especially in Africa. -Tents and blinds: The second annoying DLC, this one is arguably unnecessary. Tents are essentially fast travel points that you can set down in any given location but fast travel points are already pretty abundant across maps so they are not that useful. Blinds too are like the already existing hunting structures all over the map except you can place them anywhere. These are mostly for the veteran hunter, someone that has found a favorite hunting spot somewhere and wants to spruce it up. -Weapon Pack 1: This was added together with the free inclusion of huntable rabbits in Layton Lake. It includes a rifle to hunt small animals (there's already another one in the base game too), a crossbow and an old-timey bow that can't be equipped with fancy sights or anything else, unlike the other bows already in the game. Another pack that's just for variety and probably won't be a priority for you until you've experienced the game's vanilla weapons. -Wild Goose Chase Gear: This was added together with the free inclusion of geese in Hirschfelden. It includes a 20-gauge shotgun with different types of ammo for it, goose decoys and a new blind that lets you lay flat then spring up like a jack in the box and shoot at geese. Note that this does NOT include the geese caller, which was added to the game for free, so you can still potentially hunt geese without needing all this stuff. I haven't tried cause birds are boring. - All the free DLC: There's no reason not to get any of it so I ain't gonna review that.  If you are interested in playing with goons, please post with your platform and nickname. Det_no fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Oct 8, 2018 |
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  Personally I think figuring things out is part of the fun. If I were new, I'd go mess around a couple hours and see what I discover but if you are completely lost or feeling frustrated, here are some tips. The Hunting Process. There are essentially two methods to find and bag your prey and each is reflected in the game's skill trees: Stalking and ambushing. Ambushing, while effective, can take a lot of time and is also dependent on gear that you won't have as a beginner, so we'll focus more on stalking for now. Finding your prey. When it comes to finding animals, the first instinct of many would be to run around the woods until you either find a track or hear an animal call, at which point you would give chase. In practice, this is not very effective because both your smell and running around will spook the animals long before you can see them. When you are trying to find something to hunt, there are some basics to keep in mind: 1.- Your scent will be the first thing to reach an animal. Distance varies by species but animals will first be warned that something is wrong if they catch your scent, which is why you should always try and move against the direction of the wind. The green cone in your UI represents the wind's direction so ideally you should always try and move so that it points away from your target's location. This is not always easy so you should try and do it well in advance of reaching your hunting spot, keep an eye out for any changes in the wind as you do.  2.- Being quiet is vital but this does not mean you have to crawl or crouch walk all the time. When you are starting out it's easy to think that animals have god-like senses and they'll run away soon as they hear you zipping up your hunting vest in the morning. This perception is false and can be a source of frustration for players, so knowing when to begin sneaking around is important. Generally, it is good to go at a normal walking pace most of the time, with running left for simple travel or chasing an animal you know is very far away; You can know if an animal is far away thanks to the age of any droppings you might find. Crouch walking is best left for when you know the animal is close, more often than not because you heard rustling in the nearby vegetation, the tracks say your prey is nearby or you can outright see the animal. Crawling for its part is best used when you want to get within animal petting distance OR know that the animal is around but you don't know where. In this situation, crawling towards a nearby tall bush/tree can help you camouflage yourself in order to then stand up and get a better look at your surroundings without spooking the animal.  The visibility indicator changes if you are inside a bush that can hide you from view. The smaller the indicator, the better you are hidden. Going prone can also help you make yourself as hard to spot as possible so that you can listen to your surroundings and pinpoint the animal's direction, either by itself or with the use of a caller. For the record, if you are sneaking around and mindful of their blind spots, animals will seldom see you. Noise will always be a far more important factor in getting close. 3.- Terrain matters. Tying together with the last point, it's important to know that some terrain is far noisier than others. Grass and leaves crunch underfoot, branches brush against clothes, loose rocks can roll around with your step and it all makes noise reflected in your UI's noise indicator. It is important to try and navigate around these obstacles as often as possible or to slow down when crossing them, either by going into a crouch walk or even crawl if you are very close to animals. High ground, on the other hand, is amazing and you should check it out from time to time. Binoculars are your friend and they will help you spot animals from really far away, even if you are at ground level, so from high up you will have a massive advantage. Following these tips, you'll quickly catch up to whatever it is you are hunting. Up comes the next part: Effective shooting. Making good shots is arguably even more important than tracking because a failed shot will spook the animal. You'll have to start tracking all over again or get frustrated and go do something else. Uncertain shots are always bad shots, never take shots that you are not 100% sure can at least hit a vital spot or else you'll end up like me:  Over an hour of tracking later, I finish off an animal that wandered so far off it ain't even in the quest area anymore. With this in mind, let's talk about shooting techniques (for this game, not real hunting.) 1.- Know where to shoot. We humans are of the idea that headshots are the ultimate go-to but that's only because we have our big dumb heads and our big dumb brains. Animals have weird skulls and their brains are much smaller targets so going for the head is not really recommended unless you are 100% sure of what you are doing. Instead, the easiest and best shot you can take at an animal (any animal) is at the area sometimes referred to as "the boiler room":  Lungs, heart and liver all in a tightly packed area. Shooting at this area, a little bit above and behind the animal's front leg, will ensure that you hit something important one way or another. This will make the animal drop pretty quickly and as you can imagine that's better for everyone involved. Keep in mind there is an argument NOT to go for the boiler room if you are shooting from the front, with the animal facing you, because there's a lot of meat and bone in the way of the important bits and your bullets will not always reach. A side shot will always be the safest bet. Once you have more experience with your weapon, you can also try neck and spine shots. IRL I think a fair amount of people would say that this is a terrible idea but in COTW these are pretty much instant death shots and a good way to tackle both bigger animals as well as animals that might be facing your direction when you take the shot. As mentioned before though, these are more risky shots. 2.- What weapon should I use? Well, that's up to you. Every gun has a caliber and ammo that makes it more or less suitable for hunting certain things and COTW accounts for this with the "integrity" system. When you score a trophy, integrity is a 100% or 0% bonus that indicates you either shot an animal with a fitting/underpowered gun (ammo's description includes a little icon roughly indicating which animal it is good for) or that you blew it and brought a gun that's way too powerful for whatever it is you are hunting. As a novice you don't really have to worry about this too much and in fact the rifle you get at the start can kill most anything with a good shot (like a really good shot if you are hunting anything bigger than a red deer) but as you try and get better scores or just want to make your life easier, this becomes more important. 3.- Ballistics. Bullet drop in the game is pretty small, at least for rifles. In general, you won't have to deal with bullet drop for shots that are below some 150 meters or however long that is in yards or whatever (yes, you can change unit measurements in the game's options). As you might imagine this does not apply to shotguns and bows, the former losing a lot of potency after around 25 meters and the latter subject to more serious deviation thanks to wind and gravity alike. If you'd like to test your weapon, there's a free shooting range DLC that plonks down a new structure in Hirschfelden for you to test your weapons in. Choosing a reserve. You could start playing anywhere you want or switch locations at any point but not all hunting reserves are made equal. Let's briefly talk about each reserve, the kind of animals you can find and their general theme and difficulty. 1.- Hirschfelden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsV8ubOCoYA Aah... hunting is so good, you guys. Based in Europe and with a perfect mixture of immaculately kept forests, farmland, mountains and roads; Hirschfelden might as well be a paradise for hunters. Here you can find several types of deer, boar and red fox among others; There are lots of targets suitable for low caliber weapons. Under the supervision of soft-spoken but enthusiastic warden Cornelia Holzer, Hirschfelden is a reserve rich in history and interesting locations, it is well suited for beginners and deals with hunting as a modern, beautiful and admittedly somewhat posh hobby. -Very pleasant terrain. -Lots of rain. -It's like going on a hunting holiday. 2.- Layton Lake District. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fit-YafCu98 Rugged and wild but charming. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Layton is all about mountainous regions, large lakes, expansive marshes, and dense scrubland. Here you can find big game like black bears, moose and elk among others, all in a more rugged location under the supervision of knowledgeable Colton "Doc" Locke. Still well suitable for novice hunters, if you want a reserve that deals with a sincere passion for the wild then Layton Lake is the place to go. -Rugged terrain. Marshes and tall grass make it harder to follow tracks depending on the region. -Occasional fog and rain. -It's an all-american hunting adventure with your survivalist but not crazy uncle. 3.- Medved-Taiga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArD7Te25UGU DLC content! Nature at its most pristine, majestic and deadly. Based in Siberia, Medved-Taiga is a land of haphazardly scattered trees in a sea of snow broken only by patches of ice that stretch as far as the eye can see. Home to mostly large animals like reindeer, moose, and bears; This reserve combines beautiful but dangerous and difficult to traverse terrain with the need to increase your firepower. Alena Khasavovna is your contact for this reserve and she needs some assistance from experienced hunters that can help her maintain the wild. With such a huge patch of inhospitable land, your job here feels more like an actual job that must be done and less of a fun vacation. -Incredibly rugged terrain. Everything makes noise under your feet, furious winds can deafen both you and the animals to your surroundings and some of them are very territorial. Most animals are huge. Not the easiest place for beginner hunters. -Occasional wind storms. -No holidays here. The taiga is gorgeous but there are things to do and the story of this reserve reflects that with more serious topics. 4.- Vurhonga Savanna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gJFIC_qb_k DLC content! Vurhonga is bleeding. Awe-inspiring as the cradle of life but battered by drought, disease, and poachers; Vurhonga is not a care-free hunting expedition but a very sobering look at the realities of hunting and nature conservation. Covering the savanna, woodlands, fever tree forests, swamps and scrublands; Home to warthogs, springbok and blue wildebeest among others, Vurhonga calls to you together with your grandfather and senior warden, Njabulo Tshabangu. Tshabangu feels his time is almost over, he needs a new warden - He needs you. Can your skills and diligence help the savanna? Will you inherit the post as warden of Vurhonga? Or will you miss the point entirely and complain that there are no lions or rhinos in your Steam review? Only time will tell. -Huge and mostly flat terrain mixed with the odd mountain. Tons of tall grass. This reserve will constantly make you squint at the horizon in order to find hordes of animals then put your marksmanship skills to the test with long-range shooting unseen in other reserves. -Torrential rains mixed with heat haze to make your shots even harder. -Incredibly, almost depressingly sober tone. Vurhonga is all hosed up in some ways that sound pretty familiar to real-life situations. Will probably make you want and go donate to animal conservation organizations. Extra tips: - You can often find need zones scattered around the map. These zones persist as long as you don't kill all animals related to it and can be a good wait to populate your map with specific species. - The game introduced a "Hunt Club" feature a while back, which can be found in your status menu. It's still in beta but it's basically daily hunting missions that reward you a little extra experience and money for completing them. Det_no fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Nov 3, 2018 |
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That is a lot fancier an OP that I thought, nice effort. I bought this game a few months back and have played it in short fits until only a week or so ago where I've started really getting into it. So I thought I'd share some tired late at night rambling tips and suggestions. The best way to find game early on is to stick to the open areas. Wandering through thick forested areas can be pretty, but its also very hard to see anything. So go to places where you can get good sightlines. This means places like the river delta areas in Layton, the fields in Hirschfelden, or the frozen lakes in Medev. Approach the edge of the area, whip out your binoculars and take a look around. For most game, Animal Render Range seems to be about 400-450m, so you can spot stuff from surprisingly far away. And while travelling always keep your head on a swivel and check out any open areas you might be passing by. Since it is the free starting weapon, you might be tempted to think the Ranger .243 rifle is poo poo, especially when you're first starting out and it seems to do crap all. Well, thats not completely true, the free soft-point bullets are kinda lousy. They have good expansion but poor penetration. IMO, penetration is far more important than expansion. Expansion doesn't matter if the bullet can't reach the juicy bits of the animal. In general with most weapons I'd not even bother using them until you unlock the high-penetration ammo type for that weapon (sadly these never unlock at the same time as the weapon itself). Once you unlock the polymer tipped bullets the .243 turns into an extremely reliable weapon that you can depend on the entire game. For extra guns my suggestion is to rely on your trusty .243 until you unlock and can afford the Regent Magnum 7mm Break-Action Rifle and its polymer-tipped ammo. The 7mm is a powerful and accurate weapon and is great for hunting the larger game like elk and moose, punching into them pretty effectively and will make a mess of any bear if you can get a clean shot into its chest. You might be tempted to pick up the .270 Huntsman/Stradivarius, but IMO the slight performance improvement over the .243 is cancelled out by the weird fact it doesn't get 100% Integrity vs Blacktail and Fallow Deer on Layton and Hirschfelden repetitively. If you're really itching to get a new gun before the 7mm my suggestions would be the Fosco .357 pistol or the Whitlock Model 86. The Whitlock is similar in performance to the .270 but is still valid for Blacktail and Fallow deer, its disadvantage is roughly half the effective range and requiring a special scope (but the iron sights are pretty good IMO). The Fosco is a bit lovely at first because of the poor penetration of the starter bullets. Just grind it out blasting Roe Deer, Rabbits, Coyotes. Once you get the flat nose hardened bullets, the 357 turns into a great weapon. I just unlocked the pistol scope for it and its just great. Overall the .243 and 7mm are a great pair and together can get you 100% Integrity on everything but the small game, though the absolute biggest of prey, ; bison and buffalo, might be infeasible with the 7mm without extremely accurate shot placement As for skills and perks, IMO the one to beeline towards is the skill Soft Feet, which makes you quieter when moving around. The actual noise meter doesn't seem to change, but I think it made a big difference when I finally unlocked both levels of it. Perks is a matter of whatever you want, but you'll probably be going for the rifle ones first, which are all useful (the zeroing active perk is especially pretty handy) except windage, which is pretty useless with the distances you'll be shooting at and you can only use one active perk at a time and it'll probably be the Zeroing. Buy your callers ASAP. They're invaluable tools for luring in prey. Starting out you're hungry for XP and cash, so go for quantity over quality. Don't go beyond your means (trying to hunt Moose with the .243 and soft-bullets is a fool's errand) but when it comes to targets you CAN take down, don't be picky. Shoot down does and hell, even blast rabbits and foxes. Don't worry about integrity and trophy score, you just wanna claim kills early on. Once you've got better tools and some experience you can start getting pickier and looking for the juicy higher ranking Bucks and Bulls. My suggestion is to start on Layton lake as the open river delta area can provide a good amount of targets. I'll admit though my experience with Hirschfelden is somewhat limited. The easy early missions are a good source of XP and cash, but don't be afraid to ignore them once they start getting harder and just go shoot stuff. Don't ignore the little guys. You might think those rabbits and coyotes are unimpressive worthless distractions vs that big ol' bull moose, but the game's scoring system doesn't care about the size of the animal, only its quality. A jackrabbit can get you the same gold or even diamond score as a bull moose and just as much XP and cash, if not more. Once you've reached a point where you're starting to reach a point where you care about bagging Gold ratings or even dreaming of those elusive Diamond trophies, its important to keep in mind the difficulty ratings you see listed when spotting animals. The numbers range from 1 to 9 but each animal has a different maximum it can be. A level 3 bear is a poor prize, but a level 3 Jack-rabbit might actually be a diamond trophy waiting to be claimed. The magic numbers are 3, 5, and 9, depending on species. This is a spreadsheet listing what animals each weapon is ethical (max integrity) for as well as the maximum level that animal can be If you've shot an animal and are unsure if it died, check the map for a new purple bloch to show up where the animal was shot. The purple bloch is hunting pressure and animals will avoid the area as it gets worse. The only way to get rid of it is to blast animals somewhere else and move the pressure there. Finally, for now a couple clips from me playing tonight. They both show pretty much how I hunt. I tend to just walk from point a to point b and hope I run into something along the way. In the first one I'm walking to a watch tower I haven't been to before in Layton while watching for targets and end up hearing something moving around nearby. I quickly recognize its probably rabbits and slowly crawl into a tree nearby them. Spot a couple level 2 (of 3) rabbits and take them out. The gold rabbit ended up being my third best score to that point, though I ended up killing an even better rabbit a few minutes later (and learning the top 20 kills log has some kind of culling mechanism cause the rabbit in this video was removed from the listing). The second clip starts a bit late (my replay save is only 5 minutes) but I spotted a group of reindeer while approaching the lake and see a level 4 (of 5) in there, a decent prize. Unfortunately I was a complete idiot and totally failed to notice which way the wind was blowing (if I had, I would've approached from a different angle), so of course all the reindeer are hesitant and cautious despite responding to my lure. Thankfully while most of the herd runs off, the bull I was after had been more cautious and once it finally decides to approach it conveniently moves away from the direction of the wind (which was also shifting the other way) and fails to be anything other than wary. At that point it was just waiting for the right shot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLTIXOxm15I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMmDMs85xpI (the music isn't part of the game, I just like chill music when hunting) Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 07:45 on Sep 13, 2018 |
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Sep 13, 2018 06:46
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I really love this game. I very rarely actually shoot anything; this is the best 'walking in the countryside' simulator I've ever played. It's genuinely beautiful and I think there's something to be said for just walking around the huge maps and looking at things. There is a decent exploration game in here.
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Sep 13, 2018 12:45
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Looks like they might be adding ducks or maybe turkey to Layton Lakes. https://twitter.com/theHunterCOTW/status/1040238745147133954?s=19
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Sep 13, 2018 22:41
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Guess I should hunt goose and figure out if they are fun cause more birds are coming. In other news they are also doing some Hunt Club quests with large ingame money cash prizes. They want to give some money back to people that bought the new gun at its original, higher price.
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Sep 13, 2018 23:10
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Bought the game because of you op. Not disappointed would buy again.
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DrHub posted:Bought the game because of you op. Not disappointed would buy again. If you bought it on steam, maybe refund it if you still can. Until monday, The game is currently 33% off on Humble. https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-hunter-call-of-the-wild [edit] Its amazing what a difference the handgun scope makes for the .357 Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Sep 14, 2018 |
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drat I just bought think steam too. Spent an hour chasing around a giant buck that never died and stumbled across a feed spot. So I shot a big doe in the head from 75 yards and watched her run off too. Apparently the starter rifle hates skull bones.
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The soft-tipped rounds for the .243 are horrible when it comes to penetration, I'm not too surprised that they'd fail to penetrate a good sized buck's skull.
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I'm curious, is it possible/feasible to play this game with weapons & gear from different time periods, i.e. 30s, 50s, etc. or is it strictly current day?
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Sorry folks, I thought the Humble Bundle discount was going to expire a few hours after I finished the thread so I didn't put it in the OP. They seem to not only have extended the deal but made it cheaper too, which is weird. Glad people are having fun messing around though. Hannibal Rex posted:I'm curious, is it possible/feasible to play this game with weapons & gear from different time periods, i.e. 30s, 50s, etc. or is it strictly current day? People have been asking for WW2 era rifles so we might see something like that at some point. Beyond that the game currently has these two lever action rifles: http://thehuntercotw.wikia.com/wiki/Whitlock_Model_86 http://thehuntercotw.wikia.com/wiki/Coachmate_Lever_.45-70 This revolver: http://thehuntercotw.wikia.com/wiki/.44_Panther_Magnum And this ancient recurve bow, part of the weapon pack 1 DLC: http://thehuntercotw.wikia.com/wiki/Houyi_Recurve_Bow I'm not that knowledgeable about which guns the game might be trying to rip off so there might be more that fit the bill. I guess the shotguns could qualify too. Det_no fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Sep 14, 2018 |
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Sep 14, 2018 07:18
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Hannibal Rex posted:I'm curious, is it possible/feasible to play this game with weapons & gear from different time periods, i.e. 30s, 50s, etc. or is it strictly current day? There are a couple lever-action rifles and modern compound bows in the game. A modern crossbow and a old-fashioned recurve bow are among the DLC items. But really besides the recurve bow everything is relatively modern.
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Idly checking rabbits as I went along paid off, as I spotted a level 3 rabbit (the max level they can be). so hell yeah, I just got my first diamond animal. (950 is the minimum for a diamond, so he just qualifies) Sure, its "only" a jackrabbit, but sneaking up on his little colony was quite tense. I was half tempted to fast travel back to the nearest outpost and grab my .22, but the wind was favorable and there was plenty of cover to make an approach from. Also, anyone wanna try multiplayer this weekend?  [edit] Kinda wish there was a .22 pistol or something I could shoot rabbits with to help work on my pistol score. Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Sep 15, 2018 |
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I just killed a whole herd of European Bison. I found a half dozen in the western part of the German map and despite being told the starter rifle was garbage against them, I loaded the polymer rounds and popped the closest one to me in the chest. Of course it got angry and charged me and it took two more shots to bring it down. Spooking the herd must have made his friend angry because the second charged me as soon as I got the trophy for the first. Again it took multiple shots and I dropped it with a point blank head shot. The four remaining bison took off to the north and I ran after them. As soon as I got close enough to aim in I shot the third from behind and into the spine. He dropped almost immediately. Four and five came after I ran after the herd some more and fired shots into their lungs from long distance. They both ran for a kilometer or so before dropping. The final bison took me almost another 30 minutes of tracking before I found him again but once I did I shot him 8 times before he finally dropped too. I wouldn't normally play shooting gallery but I spent the previous 90 minutes tracking a red deer buck with a giant set of antlers when I lost the deer and came across the bison. I didn't really think I'd kill it but after the second charged, I decided to try to off them all. None of the trophy values were high since they were mostly swiss cheese and/or spinal shots but I thought it was kind of cool that I could actually drop them.
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Oh the .243 with poly tips can pretty much kill anything with enough bullets, but it just won't be good for trophy score. However starting out you want quantity, not quality, a lovely kill still gives you a good chunk of XP and cash, so blast away. [edit] for example, I just blasted a very unfortunate rabbit with my .357 just to see, compare the XP and cash with my diamond above.  Not much rabbit left though. [edit] Just found out something not listed in the keybindings. Pushing the middle mouse button will remove your weapon's scope. Handy if you've got the x16 zoom Augur and something presents itself at point-blank I guess. Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Sep 15, 2018 |
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Sep 15, 2018 05:39
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Oh the .243 with poly tips can pretty much kill anything with enough bullets, but it just won't be good for trophy score. However starting out you want quantity, not quality, a lovely kill still gives you a good chunk of XP and cash, so blast away. Reminds me of the Patrick McManus story about him and some other kids sitting around a camp fire cooking the "matchsticks" left over from a day of shooting squirrels.
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I've been watching some videos of TheHunter Classic, and while the pricing models are definitely not my thing, I hope some of the features in it make their way to Call of the Wild eventually. Mostly stuff like the trophy poses and Hunting Lodge where you can put trophy animals on the walls/displays, but even some smaller things like other kinds of deployable hunting blinds (towers or even tree mounts) or the ability to mark the map via the binoculars. If anyone feels like trying multiplayer in the next few days, feel free to throw me an invite. https://steamcommunity.com/id/Galaga_Galaxian/ Speaking of which you don't actually need the DLC to play on the DLC reserves if you join a multiplayer game, so if someone who lacks it wants to check out Medved or Vurhonga, you can join a muiltiplayer game. Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Sep 16, 2018 |
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Sep 16, 2018 01:42
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I've been watching some videos of TheHunter Classic, and while the pricing models are definitely not my thing, I hope some of the features in it make their way to Call of the Wild eventually. Mostly stuff like the trophy poses and Hunting Lodge where you can put trophy animals on the walls/displays, but even some smaller things like other kinds of deployable hunting blinds (towers or even tree mounts) or the ability to mark the map via the binoculars. I just sent you a friend request but I remember it's under my original SA name which is Hekk. I am in California too and am down to try multiplayer sometime.
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Sep 16, 2018 03:48
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Looks like they might be adding ducks or maybe turkey to Layton Lakes. Could be pheasants or something too, sounds like a lighter bird to me.
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Sep 16, 2018 20:37
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I'm going to guess grouse. I wonder if this means we'll see hunting dogs sometime soon, that would be pretty cool.
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Sep 16, 2018 21:23
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I tried this game a year ago in April and it was garbage. Is it good now?
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Sep 16, 2018 21:49
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I dunno, what was your issue with it?
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Sep 16, 2018 22:12
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Det_no posted:I dunno, what was your issue with it? Nothing was explicit, it was incredibly unintuitive, the movement, visibility and audio ranges were inexplicable and inconsistent. It was impossible to learn from mistakes because it wasn't clear what caused anything. Tons of small bugs too
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Sep 16, 2018 22:20
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I'm on PS4 and after maybe 10 hours I had no bug at all.
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Sep 16, 2018 23:38
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There's been lots of bug fixing but new ones pop up here and there, mostly with expansions. Things that have been fixed include shotgun integrity, sights that couldn't be attached to guns, blinds that sometimes didn't conceal, weapons have been buffed; Lots of little stuff here and there. I think the biggest bug right now is a Layton Lake quest that asks for blacktail or whitetail but only accepts whitetail. As for the rest, I wouldn't know. You still don't get like a number telling you how far away the animals will spook but I think it's pretty second nature figuring out why something got scared.
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Sep 16, 2018 23:48
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If you already own the game it might be worth giving it another try. I can't say if its better than almost a year ago as I only got a few months back. Also I'm in a random multiplayer server and having a chill time hanging out with some random guy. Its kinda cool just wandering around and shooting what you find.
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Sep 17, 2018 00:36
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Galaga Galaxian and I have played multiplayer a couple of times and have a pretty chill time just wandering around killing things. We usually take turns trying to spot for one another but if one has a better shot on something he'll take it. It's an admittedly niche game but it is pretty satisfying to drop something from a long distance shot or hide well enough that an animal walks right up on you. There is some jank with player animations and physics bugs on occasion, but the fun parts are fun enough to make me forgive those.
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Sep 17, 2018 03:01
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Alright I'll give it another shot. Real talk: What color do you guys use for your tracks (it defaults to cyan/white for active/inactive)
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Sep 17, 2018 07:41
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I've used different shades of green and blue, they are alright. Currently using Electric Violet just because it looks nice. Collectible Outline I set to yellow because white makes them easy to miss when you are not expecting them.
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Sep 17, 2018 08:08
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Cyan for inactive, Magenta for active, and int. orange for collectibles. I’m surprised at how into the game I’m getting. Hell after watching some Flinter videos on YT I might even give Classic a shot, at least the free guest mode.
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Sep 17, 2018 08:22
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https://mobile.twitter.com/theHunterCOTW/status/1041688326649069569?s=19 Quack Quack
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Sep 17, 2018 19:45
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Does this game let you hunt feral hogs / have a Texas hunting part? Question spawned from watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ribiDIkEv_s
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Sep 19, 2018 01:17
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Cyan for inactive, Magenta for active, and int. orange for collectibles. Looks like all animals are free to hunt this weekend. If you want to try Classic, now is the time. Ambaire posted:Does this game let you hunt feral hogs / have a Texas hunting part? Not really. There's eurasian wild pig and warthog but no nightvision and most rifles are level/bolt action.
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Sep 19, 2018 01:46
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Is there a discord for dicking about shooting animals?
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Sep 19, 2018 02:02
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Given there is less than a half dozen people in this thread that have posted more than once, no, there isn't. If you have any questions just ask them here.
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Sep 19, 2018 02:47
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Given there is less than a half dozen people in this thread that have posted more than once, no, there isn't. I meant more for multiplayer shenanigans
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I swear, I can pick any direction I want to walk in and suddenly I'll notice the wind is blowing that way. Confirmation bias mostly, but  .Also decided to try Classic out. Its definitely a slower and more deliberate game. Might poke at it occasionally, but I think I prefer Call of the Wild. I'd love to see a few more of the features in Classic make it over. Like trophy shots:  
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Sep 20, 2018 06:16
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Sometimes you get unlucky, sometimes you get lucky. And sometimes, both happen back to back. https://giant.gfycat.com/RemorsefulBlissfulDartfrog.webm  
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Yup. Quackery. https://mobile.twitter.com/theHunterCOTW/status/1043138162397200387 Not super excited for this but I’ve also largely ignored geese.
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