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Recommended
13.2 hrs last two weeks / 2,383.9 hrs on record (500.3 hrs at review time)
Posted: 5 Jun, 2020 @ 12:26pm

I just hit 500 hours played so now I'd say would be a good time to leave a review.

First off, I have played very few games I have over 500+ hours in, as someone who's been playing video games since the original NES this is saying something. I've also been playing this game since Alpha release when you could fall through the floor at any given time and it ran terribly.

The game is a cross between a traditional battle royale and has a PvE element with NPC "zombies" and other misc creatures. Your objective is to hunt down a boss by finding clues spread across the map at various locations.

Once you find 3 clues, a boss location is revealed and you must kill the boss, banish it's corpse and take it's bounty. The goal of the game is to escape with the bounty collected from the boss.

Originally when the game released you had duo teams of 2 people, so not only are you dealing with the NPC AI that roams the map but also with other random players who are all going for the same objective.

Most games you will have around 10-12 people in a server total, so there is some slight "running simulator" going on but a typical match may last anywhere from 15-30 minutes depending on when you encounter other players.

The game is set in a time period when machine guns were not really a thing, it requires real skill and thought into every move you make.

All the guns are mainly slow shooting rifles and pistols along with the mixed in dynamite, molotov's and misc. traps you can use during game play to make things that much more interesting.

One wrong move in terms of a gun shot, running, setting off a cage of dogs or running into a pack of birds could mean a huge signal to the entire server and an incoming ambush from other players.

Playing with a headset is absolutely required as knowing the direction of a gun shot or other sounds is going to be critical for your success in this game.

What makes this game so awesome, is it's outright intense to be in a gun battle. I've never played a game that's gotten my chest straight up pounding during a battle like Hunt has.

Your character will die forever once they go down, which is what makes this game even more interesting. They included a core 'level' system which unlocks new perks, weapons, and gadgets as you make progress.

This level system caps at 100, but you can "prestige" and re-start from level 1 in exchange for weapon skins. Higher prestige levels grant additional unique weapon skins that don't effect the core game play.

Your character itself will earn levels up to 50 and with those levels you earn perk points which provide huge value during battle (for example, one perk let's you run slight faster, another may allow you to get revived with 100% health or reduce sway when looking through the scope of a sniper rifle)

The game introduced trio's in it's major release which is even more intense to play with a couple of friends, I highly suggest if you have a few fairly patient gaming buddies to play this with you will also easily sink hundreds of hours into this game having a blast killing other players and bosses trying to escape with the bounty.

Overall the graphics, sound, guns and overall game play is pretty unique compared to other games. While some battles can be frustrating (people shooting through wooden walls to kill you for example) most battles are straight up awesome and really fun even if you all go down with a loss.

You can also always join the discord server and easily find duo or trio groups of people to play with at pretty much all hours of the day.
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