Hunting. It's a hunting simulator like climbing your staircase is a mountain climbing simulator.

Think of it more like a virtual shooting gallery.

You have to be patient and slow if you want to tag the most difficult animals, so tweakers, tryhards, and sweatyboys should probably stick to TheFinals. You can literally walk for 20 minutes and fire only one shot.

The thrill is the hunt. I could not ever hunt these animals in real life, not for sport. Here though, let's blast away whatever we can find.

The APEX engine is a beautiful thing, but water performs poorly when backdropped behind tress and foliage. Environments are breathtakingly gorgeous.

No bugs. No bugs at all. Like, flies, mosquitoes, bees, blackflies. You don't get cold, either. Or wet.

Sometimes these huge maps feel unnaturally void of life, but then I remember: this isn't really a hunting simulator.

Draw distance for animals is about 400 yards.

A lot of essential equipment (like the ATV and the Bloodhound) is accessible only by DLC.

Having said that, you can get a great package deal on this game often. If you're interested in this game, I highly recommend that you wait for a good discount on a package that contains a few maps, a dog, etc.

They say you can play with friends. I haven't tried that yet. I just like to go on adventures and walks in the taiga, south Africa, New Zealand, Nepal, etc.

Recommended if you want your FPS slow and quiet.