Fast travel options do become available, as does the aforementioned ATV, but it’ll still take you at least twenty minutes to drive across each of the massive maps. Nor are the hunting grounds endless forests of procedurally generated trees aside from pushing your way through the undergrowth you’ll clamber over rolling hills, cross abandoned railway bridges and traipse through cornfields. The inclusion of a mere two maps may seem stingy but they’re so vast, taking a minimum of twenty minutes to traverse on an ATV, that you won’t feel the least bit short changed. Patience is absolutely critical, not least because of the size of Call of the Wild’s arenas one with a North American theme, the other inspired by European hunting grounds. You’ll gain just as much from the game’s auditory cues, like the sound of branches cracking under your feet, as you do from glancing at the on-screen indicator that indicates how stealthy you’re being. Despite my initial squeamishness, I found dispatching the game’s virtual inhabitants to be curiously satisfying.Ībout as far removed from Duck Hunt as you can get, Call of the Wild requires you to take great care in pursuing your prey. But animal murder’s what you signed up for, and Call of the Wild doesn’t disappoint. Insects flit by and trees sway gently in the wind, just two of the little touches that sell the game’s immersion before you’ve even fired a shot. But the game’s locales are so utterly breathtaking that merely wandering through them is likely to reduce your blood pressure.Įven when you’re tracking down your quarry, it’s easy to get distracted by the sheer beauty of your surroundings. Not for the animals that is, I’d imagine a bullet to the third eye would really mess up your chi. Yet theHunter: Call of the Wild is not only an excellent hunting game, it’s a surprisingly meditative experience. And if you’d told me that, one day, I’d enjoy playing a hunting simulator, I’d have said you were out of your tree. Okay, I haven’t actually been hunting, nor do I have any desire to do so. Truly, there’s nothing nobler than rushing through the wilderness, wind in your hair, as you attempt to mow down a deer with your ATV bike.
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