The Hunter
The Hunter is an amazing and free to try hunting simulation game on your PC that is incredibly lifelike and very fun, the slogan on the games home page says it all: The most realistic hunting game ever.
Ratings:
Graphics & Audio: 24/25,
Gameplay: 23/25,
Creativity 24/25,
Fun 25/25
Total: 96/100
Can You Spot the Deer?
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Usually when you hear free games you think of those silly 2 dimensional platformers and other poor graphic games that you can play on very low end systems. The Hunter brings the full games graphics and realism to the free gaming right from the start with an incredible simulated experience for a fantastic hunting game.
You start off simply by creating your character with a predetermined name and face then you can go hunting pretty quick at the Evergreen Hunting Reserve. The free game includes the full games graphics and abilities like using one of four weapons and a tracking computer as well as being able to hunt Mule deer for an unlimited time.
Once you have your character you simply go hunting using the Emote Game launcher and get right to the forest for your hunt, you start at one of two spots you select on an island for your hunting. These two islands that are connected by a small spit of land have lodges where you can get more gear, hunting stands and plenty of varied terrain to hunt in.
You can choose the location before the hunt as well as the time of day but only daytime hunting is currently available, they do plan more upgrades for the future though. Emote Games has a lot of plans in the works like other animals to hunt, more weapons and even more preserves to hunt in so the game is just starting off but it looks so good.
When you do get in the game there are no other players you can see or interact with in the game, that’s for the leader boards and the web interface as well as journal entries and of course bragging with your screenshots. The game is very realistic from the chirp and caw of far off birds to the hum of insects as they flitter around you while you march through fields, it is amazing at how much detail has been given to all the scenery.
Pick a morning hunt at 5 AM and you can see the sun rising over the landscape as morning mist hangs in low valleys and the animals come alive. When you walk through the forest you can see a really good distance just as you would in real life as well as being able to spot far off deer.
I have one picture that shows what I mean and I was very lucky to get the shot, picture shot that is, I was walking around trying to spot something when I noticed a deer off in the distance. I have no idea how far away he was but you can barely see him in my screenshot that I have included with the article, but you’re going to have to really hunt for him.
When I raised my rifle by clicking the left button on my mouse he took off like a shot and I never did find a trace of the large critter. I did however find others and had a great time hunting mule and whitetail deer on my review hunting license but could not get the hang of hunting those turkey’s.
I picked what I thought was a good spot in the woods and hunkered down with an occasional 8 to 10 sequence call on my box caller thing and did not see any turkey’s. I was ready for em but they just never showed up and while hunting deer I never did see any sign of turkeys at all, must not be close enough to Thanksgiving.
The Hunter really is a great game and very easy to play for all the lack of hunting skill I have, you can simply wander around or pick a deer stand and wait, occasionally using your deer bleat caller that my son calls a cow can. The game is very realistic when you do see those deer as well; they act just like I have seen deer in the wild act.