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The Hunter: The Most Realistic Hunting Game Online
mlauzon
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I don't know if it's been posted before, but I've done a search and came up blank. I found out about this game a few months ago, let my friend know about it because he's into the hunting type games: Deer Hunter, et al. I decided to finally give it a whirl today. It's not that bad, but I only say that because I am not into hunting games.
Here's an in-game screenshot, more can be found here:
Here's a video of the game, more videos can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH7qc8XSlnc (MMORPG.com really needs to allow embedded YouTube videos)
A list of features:
Register here:
http://www.thehunter.com/site/register/
Download here:
http://www.thehunter.com/pub/client.php
And, here's the URL:
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Michael
Comments
By "realistic hunting game" do you mean that you play for 8 hours during which you move only small amounts, see maybe 2 deer if you are lucky and shoot 0??
I shot my first deer within 10 minutes of playing, because you get told where to find the deer for your first quest, I haven't started the second quest yet, but you have to track a deer without being told where to go.
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Michael
I shot my first deer within 10 minutes of playing, because you get told where to find the deer for your first quest, I haven't started the second quest yet, but you have to track a deer without being told where to go.
I wish I had the same luck. I found the process of just getting started and into the game very unintuitive and then, once in, even with the HUNT NOW buttons I didn't see anything to indicate what I was supposed to be doing. Even the logout options wererather confusing.
Loads quick and neat graphics, though.
- RPG Quiz - can you get all 25 right?
- FPS Quiz - how well do you know your shooters?
Where is the challenge? Do the deer shoot back?
I shot my first deer within 10 minutes of playing, because you get told where to find the deer for your first quest, I haven't started the second quest yet, but you have to track a deer without being told where to go.
I wish I had the same luck. I found the process of just getting started and into the game very unintuitive and then, once in, even with the HUNT NOW buttons I didn't see anything to indicate what I was supposed to be doing. Even the logout options wererather confusing.
Loads quick and neat graphics, though.
Did you bother going to your inbox on the web site, it's where you get contacted by Doc, and where he gives you the info on the quest and thats where you have to accept the quest. If you just entered into the game without doing that it'll take forever to find anything but you won't get credited for kills.
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Michael
Obvious troll is obvious! It's a hunting game 'tard!
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Michael
Obvious troll is obvious! It's a hunting game 'tard!
Oh so the deer also hunt the players. Now that's more interesting.
At first it sounded boring, hunting defenseless deer with a high powered weapon in complete safety.
I shot my first deer within 10 minutes of playing, because you get told where to find the deer for your first quest, I haven't started the second quest yet, but you have to track a deer without being told where to go.
I wish I had the same luck. I found the process of just getting started and into the game very unintuitive and then, once in, even with the HUNT NOW buttons I didn't see anything to indicate what I was supposed to be doing. Even the logout options wererather confusing.
Loads quick and neat graphics, though.
Did you bother going to your inbox on the web site, it's where you get contacted by Doc, and where he gives you the info on the quest and thats where you have to accept the quest. If you just entered into the game without doing that it'll take forever to find anything but you won't get credited for kills.
Well, between your previous post and this response, it's obvious we have some serious fanboi action kicking into high gear here. I stated that it was unintuitive and confusing, and you respond with:
"Did you bother going to your inbox on the web site, it's where you get contacted by Doc, and where he gives you the info on the quest and thats where you have to accept the quest."
I was supposed to know to go to my inbox on the website in order to get a quest for the game?
...
I just went back to the page and there isn't a single menu entry for Inbox.
The widgets do not mention anywhere that I need to go to my inbox.
There is a "You have 1 new message" image inline with the banner ad, but since there is nothing to indicate to me that it part of the site and not an advertisement, I did not click it.
So it is not that I "did not bother" to do something, rather the system that you've probably been using for weeks or months now and are accustomed to is rather unintuitive to at least one new user.
- RPG Quiz - can you get all 25 right?
- FPS Quiz - how well do you know your shooters?
Maybe you should read my OP, before you open your mouth again!:
I decided to finally give it a whirl today (01/08/09; Saturday, August 1, 2009). It's not that bad, but I only say that because I am not into hunting games.
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Michael
I would only play this game if it allowed you to hunt and kill other hunters. Now, that would be excellent.
Doktar - 70 Troll Priest - Perenolde
A hunting MMO? How exactly does that work?
Don't get me wrong, I applaud the effort and the originality but I just don't see it taking off.
Can I play a moose? I want to lead the other moosen in an attack on the hunters.
That would be rather cool.
- RPG Quiz - can you get all 25 right?
- FPS Quiz - how well do you know your shooters?
It sounds innovative so it gets a thumbs up from me, not my sort of game though.
But this would make a great mini game in a regular MMO. Certain areas could be hunting areas where you had to move in stealth and use the terrain to stop mobs seeing you and fleeing.
I'm not interested in this game because I hunt in real life so I don't need a game for it. The thing that suprises me about this thread is the angst some people are expressing about poor defenseless virtual animals being killed in a game. Geez, how many millions of virtual boars and bears and wolves and badgers and bunnies and so on have been killed in other mmorpgs? I've never seen any complaints about that so why is this different? I guess it's cool and fun to hack video game animals to bits with a sword or burn them alive with a fireball but shooting them with a gun sends the wrong message? Heh, it's a crazy world we live in.
I never killed a virtual animal that didn't fight back and have a chance of killing me.
Rats in EQ1 have killed my character at low levels.
Seriously I don't see a challenge in hunting something that can't fight back or doesn't have a chance. What is the attraction?
In real life or in game? I haven't played that game so I can't say. In real life the attraction is watching it die.
Er, ok, maybe not so much but I imagine that's what some people want to hear. In real life you get to eat the animal after you kill it of course.
There is some challenge in finding the animal usually. It's not like you're walking into a petting zoo and blasting away at the critters as the trot up to you for treats. And then there's some challenge in hitting the animal when you shoot. I'm not a sit-and-wait type of hunter so I've rarely shot at an animal that wasn't moving. The very first deer I shot was standing still but that's because he was running from my dad to the east of me. I was a ahead of dad's position so the deer ran behind me where I had already walked through and when it hit my scent trail it froze and started looking around, which was it's last mistake because I was already sighting on it through the trees before it stopped. I still have it's antlers hanging on my wall to this day.
What's the attraction? I don't know. Maybe because it's real. Maybe because it's tradition. Maybe just to have something to do outside. I'm not sure if I have a good answer for you but I don't see any reason not to do it as long as we're talking about species that are in no way endangered. What's the difference between killing and eating a deer and killing and eating a cow? What's the difference between eating a pheasant you killed or eating a chicken someone else killed?
It doesnt have any of the multiplayer (Hunt with other hunters) yet, and that alone is a big enough reason I havent cared about it past games like my "Deer Hunter the Season 2005"
It also charges monthly for a hunting(Warden) license so you can use the other weapons past the rifle and other deer besides mule deer will spawn. --I dont feel like I own the game, I feel like im paying to borrow a single player game in beta--
The required browser based interface for dealing with your hunter/launching the game feels cheap/slow and clunky. --You cant really even customize your look past choosing premade face templates and getting a randomly generated hunter name/not your username.-- It was a dissapointment.
=I keep my eyes on it constatly at BIGGAMELODGE but its no where near complete enough for me to consider paying for anything=
I like when this happens to hunters
Ghost Dog - Emptiness is Form
Obvious troll is obvious! It's a hunting game 'tard!
I cant fucking stand the whole repeating adjectives before and after fad. Say that out loud and you actually sound like the tard.
Originally posted by Scagweed22
is it the graphics? the repetativenesses? i mean what is the point? you could be so much more productive in real life
Real life brings repetition and pointlessness too. The only thing real life offers is Great graphics. Its kinda expensive too and way to dependent on the cash shop. Totally pay to win as well. No thank you. Ill stick to my games.
No, realistic would be when you sit in the deer stand for 8 hours and see nothing so you get down, get in your truck and as soon as you get up to highway speed a deer runs across the road hitting your truck.
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I never killed a virtual animal that didn't fight back and have a chance of killing me.
Rats in EQ1 have killed my character at low levels.
Seriously I don't see a challenge in hunting something that can't fight back or doesn't have a chance. What is the attraction?
Have you ever PK'd someone from stealth, or better yet, ganked a carebear? They couldn't fight back and didn't have a chance.
Just saying.
Having something like this as a mini game would only work if it did not use traditional MMO mechanics. So stealth and prey AI that could detect LOS would be needed. If you make too much 'noise' or are too clearly in the LOS of the prey, you won't even get near it.
I never killed a virtual animal that didn't fight back and have a chance of killing me.
Rats in EQ1 have killed my character at low levels.
Seriously I don't see a challenge in hunting something that can't fight back or doesn't have a chance. What is the attraction?
Have you ever PK'd someone from stealth, or better yet, ganked a carebear? They couldn't fight back and didn't have a chance.
Just saying.
In a PVP environment, stealth and surprise are skills one should expect to be utilized and one should always be on their toes. If the other player isn't paying attention, that is their folly. I don't think carebears choose to play a MMOG with PVP, if they do they get what they deserve.
Of course players hunting players or humans hunting humans is entirely different than a person hunting deer with high powered weapons. Now if you attack a deer with a knife, I would consider that more of an equal footing and a challenge.
In a PVP environment, stealth and surprise are skills one should expect to be utilized and one should always be on their toes. If the other player isn't paying attention, that is their folly. I don't think carebears choose to play a MMOG with PVP, if they do they get what they deserve.
Of course players hunting players or humans hunting humans is entirely different than a person hunting deer with high powered weapons. Now if you attack a deer with a knife, I would consider that more of an equal footing and a challenge.
So you're cool with bow hunting then? Or maybe atlatl hunting?
Tell me something. Do you eat meat? If so, have you ever seen the inside of a beef or pork slaughter house? There isn't much fair about the way we kill cattle, pigs and chickens. Why do you think you need to be fair with deer, rabbits, squirrel, pheasant, ducks, etc.?
If you think it's a matter of cruelty, then ask yourself this: does the animal die faster from an arrow or a bullet? The faster it dies, the less pain it will experience.
Then again, I don't think you really care. I think you're just a troll flaming for the lulz.