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Hunt: Showdown is a game I've had on my pile of shame for a long, long time. Having spent over 50 hours with it now, I really wish I'd gotten to it a lot sooner. Hunt is awesome.
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Skill Up: "You have to manage the sound you make."
Also Skill Up: Shoots explosive barrel to kill a single zombie that's already moving away from it.
To be fair, if we don't have expensive gear, we often agree to play loud to draw in hunters early and try to get our hands on better guns.
He also said that at first he played like a fool and it took awhile for him to figure out the mechanics
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Hahahahahaha thats funny, I was thinking the same thing. I haven't played this, so I thought maybe it was because it was an OP zombie.
Its worth noting that this game has gotten astronomically better, and has a significantly larger population than at the time of this review. Seriously. New guns. New ammo. New, really really good boss. Play this game.
Good to know. Thanks!
and we still cant center the f ing crosshair
@@ihx7 it’s not that bad after you get used to it, but yeah it’s still annoying as hell 😂
@@eddiemaiden4192 never gonna get used to it when hunt isn't the single only game I'm playing
@@ihx7 that’s fair. At least the ADS is good, if a little hard due to the iron sights on most weapons
For anyone watching this in 2022. Hunt: showdown is MUCH more alive than it was when this video came out.
Bought it on new years day in a steam sale, i love it so much, my kind of game, so much tension and the sound design is beautitful.
@matej nemec actually it doesn't require that at all. It used to be kinda like that, but only because you'd regularly be matched against people with thousands of hour of play. But since then they added skilled based matchmaking, so you can play with people who have put just as much into it as you have. That was added after this review actually, so that's not reflected in this review. And the player based has been growing pretty steadily because these changes make it more accessible.
After about 5-10 hours, you'll have basically everything you want unlocked.
The game is generally well balanced, so off meta guns actually offer an some advantages you can exploit over meta guns (usually being able to fire faster, with a larger ammo pool, at the sacrifice of bullet speed, damage at range, and wallbang power). Depending on your play style, you may actually prefer off meta loadsouts (I generally do)
And its a FPS after all, so other than learning maps, peak spots in compounds, bullet lead times at different distances and specific aural clues (which gun just fired, and how far it is away etc.) putting in alot of hours in doesn't really give you any real statistical advantage. But since your playing with people at the same experience level, it's fun wherever you are. Play a couple hours a week, or a few hours a day, you'll have fun either way.
good to hear, I just got it
@@cymeyers1255 ah same see you in the bayou
how about now
I started playing Hunt after watching this video and im now 2500 hours in, just wanted to say thanks, best game Ive ever played and its all thanks to you!
Thank you for all the compliments about the sound design. Among other things, I designed the sound for the Caldwell Rival. My main goal was to make it “meaty” and “boomey”. :)
cheers man, you guys absolutely nailed the sound design. it's an amazing experience and the top-tier sound is what really elevates the game.
I still miss the old sparks and crown and king sound:(
Good job to you and the rest of the dev team mate. This game is amazing.
You did great work! Can you convince someone to tone down the "Stepped on Glass" sound effect just a tad, its the only soundeffect that sounds out of place
always a pleasure to fire the caldwell
This video makes me want to buy hunt even though I already have hunt
Oh nice I'm the highlighted comment!
buy hunt for your freinds to play with then
Buy it for a friend, that's what I did
Ang go ahead and take it for me ahah
same lmao
3 years later and Hunt is still niche, but going stronger than before! And still a lovely game.
It's at the point of not really being niche it has a larger community than most games. It has over 15x the playerbase than when this video was out 😊
Bought the game and started playing it because of this video.
*Everyone reading this, please play Hunt if you haven't played it. It has changed my perspective on multiplayer games!*
No f you casual
I buyd it its absolutely good
But what is matchmaking like?
@@UrsinoPro its not that bad bro the most i had to wait was like 3 mins most of the times its fast and just recently they released a new boss so its worth it to try it out
@@riwan3618 thanks for the response but I just meant in terms of skill. Like will a noob be playing skilled players? I can't stand that
Hunt is one of the best games my friends never wanted to play
I feel you man. The guys i regularly play with are typically grand strategy or mmo players so convincing them to play hunt ain't easy :(
@@Dreadfield I even purchased it for two of my friends but they weren't willing to play more than a handful of matches to get over the learning curve. They constantly died to zombies and had no clue how to safely traverse the map.
the Same for me :D since iam playign it i tell everyone HEY play hunt with me its super fun so far i was able to take 2 of my friends to the bayou and they love the game, but some just don't want, they don't know they are missing a Gem.
still don't
same
I got 50 hours in after the review, and I'm finally becoming a reaper of men. It took about 70 hunters, countless hours, and a lot of nice people teaching me and putting up with me. And I just breached a boss compound. Blew a hole in the chest of one hunter with my shotgun, with my allies flanking. What followed was an 8 man skirmish like nothing I've played. It pushed every aspect of my gaming skill set. Listening, spotting and head shotting someone from across a swamp. Desperate flanks as I tried to save my pinned partner. Getting capped and rescued. Nothing like it.
The fact that there's no time limit on reviving your downed ally is such a smart gameplay choice - one among many. It lets you focus entirely on the fight you're in, and doesn't punish you with a dead teammate after you manage to win a stressful 1 v 2.
@@Jesse__H unless I toss a hellfire bottle on him.
@@FittedInThe798 Chokebomb says hello!
I did another big play like you. I was going on hunt with my bestie and it went something like « yo well go on hunt with shitty gear bc we are poor as fuck and get our ass kicked » boy oh boy was i wrong... first duo server wipe. Got out with both bounties and killed 11 people by ourself. 2 third parties, 1 four party and fkg rekt everyone. I was never as thrilled in any other game as i was in that particular one. One of my most loved games on my pc.
Literally in my third game I think, me and my teammate got into a skirmish with two other teams. All you could hear was bullets and zombies. At one point I spotted two guys trying to get away from an immolator, and I accidentally shot him, which set both hunters on fire and killed them. Probably the best I will ever hope to have in hunt, but damn if it wasn’t the most glorious thing I’d ever seen
Gotta say, even though it's been a while since this video was made, I'd say it has aged really well. It's my go-to to introduce people to hunt showdown who seem interested. Sure, things are outdated in the video, but it gets the message across really well. Very nice
Love that crytek is still innovative in a videogame industry of trend following.
Fax
Is this like far cry at all ?
@@kenm7078 nope not at all
@@kenm7078its literally wild west tarkov
I feel like this is the sort of game you need another reliable friend to play this with
@Yggdrasil Burnes out of 10 points how many u give??!!
Just don't rely on the in game matchmaking, there are a ton of regional discords and steam groups and I have bumped into 3 or 4 people that we play daily now
I actually found a random in the game, we had good synergy and decided to qeueue up together. Now we play most of our matches together.
@@robertbradford8210 add me I think I'm gonna try this out.. (HumbleDayZ)
To start yes. Once you get a hang of it it’s dummy fun running solos to ambush & upgrade
I bought this cause you off handedly mentioned you liked it in a recent Laymen episode. To cut a story short me and now 5 friends are all level 60 absolutely loving this masterpiece and cursing the fickle fandom Gods that it's not as popular as it deserves to be.
@AsiaNPC it is. full stop
@@tydendurler9574 Spoiled kids won't be playing it, just as they won't play tarkov. It's too hardcore and punishing.
isnt masterpiece a tad bit exaggerated
@@Exel3nce Because of the sound design and the high stakes gameplay I've never been so immersed in a games moment to moment. When you're in the bayou it commands your full attention and I can't say that for any other game I've played.
Not to say that I haven't been immersed in other games but I've never had to sit still and listen for dogs barking outside to alert me that I'm not alone or a shot out in the distance when I thought the server was cleared. It's certainly not perfect but it's definitely in my opinion a master class in sound design and immersion.
@@tydendurler9574 I'm only like a week deep but I want as many spoiled kids as we can get
So firstly, I wanna give a big word of thanks to Skill Up for this video. Hunt went on a 50% sale recently, and while I'd been interested in it for a while because of the theme and art design of the game, I'd always been on the fence about getting it due to the polarizing nature of its reviews. This video got me to take the leap and spend money on Hunt, and I literally haven't stopped playing it since: it's everything described in this video and MORE!
However, I do think it's important to note that this video was made a year ago: the game has changed a lot since then. It's the unfortunate downside of literally the best introductory Hunt video being made a year beforehand with nothing made recently coming close... this video is outdated in some major ways. That's not a real criticism of the video, it's more a commendation of Hunt itself: a LOT of the issues in the 'downsides' section haven't actually crystalised for me at all, and from the research I've been doing its because the devs have steadily been working tirelessly to fix them for the last year.
So to start with, the matchmaking. With 10 hours of gameplay, I haven't been matched against someone more than 3 levels above mine (with one rank 84 exception on my squad, who was loading in with a level 1 hunter sans even a medkit XD). This is probably because of an influx of new players during the sale of course, but suffice it to say that when there are new players for it to find... the matchmaking DOES work. I haven't experienced any trouble finding people willing to play with me either, in fact I've mostly been playing with other new players. The one and only time I got a rank 84 hunter matched with me, he not only communicated well and readied up immediately, but was also invaluable in teaching me some fundamentals about the game. All in all, if my experience is anything to go by, matchmaking for newer players seems to be better than it's ever been.
Secondly, punishment. Hunt now has a very important feature that was added after this video: firstly, your training character is now carried across to the main game, meaning you can start with all the essential tools Skill Up reccomends for free, but there's a far more important feature than that which I'm going to give it's own weight:
For the first 10 levels, YOU CANNOT LOSE ANYTHING. Not a hunter, not any gear. Nothing.
To make it even clearer, after 8 hours I'm level 5 and I've successfully extracted 3 times in a row, all of which means the amount of XP I've gained is above average. I think it's fair to say that for the average player you can estimate getting 10-15 hours at least of concequence free gameplay before hitting the meat of the game. This is very VERY important, as it's essentially 10-15 hours of completely free practise before you lose everything, something that honestly Tarkov could learn from. Also, for those first 10 levels skill based matchmaking is turned on. You can opt in to turn it off after, but those first 10 levels are clearly designed as a taster to get you aquainted with the basics.
TLDR: This video is fantastic, with the only 'flaw' being how much Hunt has improved since it was made. If you were hovering around Hunt, saw this video and were enamoured with the concept, there literally isn't going to be a better time to start than right now when I post this comment. The game is currently just finishing a sale, so it is full of new players like me to play with. The matchmaking is working fine and to be honest the game seems to be experiencing a renaissance.
Happy Hunting!
I would clearify that it is the first 10 Bloodline levels and not Hunter levels. Also Skill Based Matchmaking is a relatively new feature, that wasn't there for this video. When it is turned on, it helps avoid playing against higher ranked players. Except in Quick Play. Man, do I run into a lot of 5 and 6 star players. Outside of that I agree with everything else.
@@XShrike0 I don't think quickplay has skill-based matchmaking to be honest. I always run into sub 3-stars when I play it haha
@@TurtleGamers1 It doesn't. Because if there were it wouldn't be Quickplay anymore. The whole point is to queu, instantly get into a game and be done within 5 minutes. If there was SBMM queu times would be to long, since the playerbase would be to fragmented.
That being said your Quickplay results do count into your MMR
And now it's gotten even better 😂
Hi, steam recomended this game to me, just by the trailer i love the theme, im not a fan of battle royal but all the theme and how the gamplay and how the game feel is super atractive to me, i really want to buyit right now, but i really need to ask, today in 2022 would you recomend playing this game? (Because hell who knows maybe this game make me get in to battle royals xd) (i have the sensation that im gonna get adicted asf to this game, when playing game im all about the theme and world and the system)
So, I bought this game because this video recommended me to it. I went ahead, bit the bullet, bought the game and I've got maybe only fifty or sixty hours in there since I bought the bad boy. I've played when the servers are hopping, when they're dead, and I'm playing my first event as of today with "As the Crow Flies." Call it necro-posting, but I'm kind of doing a check back in, feedback kind of thing.
So, by and large if the video above doesn't get you sold on it, then either A, nothing will. Or B, get the game on sale and go out on a limb, it really is a cool game with a lot of replayability. But mostly, I'm here to kind of assuage and clear up any worries of some sort you might have. This video gave me a -lot of hype- towards how stressful the game is and I think for the first twenty hours I was too scared to actually play the game or be useful to my team mates. The consequences really aren't that bad. Your money is hard to come by, sort of, but it's not nearly so precious as like, your bonds or whatever. It's not like that thousand dollars is never coming back to you, you -will- get more money, and you -will- get your cool stuff and big bad-ass hunters back, just... It takes some work. To really illustrate the impermanence of your losses, one decent victory will un-do a whole series of bad matches, trust me. I spend most of my day getting pinged in the nugget across the match, or being forced into an immolator and getting punched to death. Or my favorite is trying to hide and hearing the dreaded wail of a hive -right behind you in the barn you're trying to hide in-. You die. Stupidly. A LOT. And as such you get used to it and it stops being such a problem to lose your stuff. Three matches or so with free hunters and one good and lucky run on the bounties and you'll have your tier two with a bomb lance and stuff in no time.
Don't assume the learning curve means you won't win. It -is- steep. Like, really steep. For Honor meets Dead by Daylight at high ranks kind of steep. But just because it's steep, doesn't mean it's like those two games with the way you have to learn. Often than not in DbD or For Honor, you learn by getting your ass handed to you on repeat and then learning by eventually getting a lucky guard in or something or out-maneuvering the killer with a chance spin and then perfecting that technique. Hunt isn't like that. There's no technique or stupid button you press and you have to time it right or you die. Hunt is about position and tactic, and even if you don't know what you're doing, sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you're hunkered down in a bush trying to avoid a meathead, and some dingus comes prancing along. They fight the meathead, they get hit a little. They're on low health and kill the meathead. And they also cleared the dog kennel, the crows, everything that you were worried about. And they're on low health. One good mosin pistol shot to the chest or head and they die. Cool! And it's late at night so the boss is right there and they were the only other player. Kill that bad boy, go get the second bounty, then extract. Boom. Just like that I won my first game of hunt as a solo. By accident while out farming grunt kills and hive kills for my lore entry. I wasn't above blood rank five, that guy was a better and experienced player who just got unlucky and thought he was in empty server and got caught in the open while wounded.
That leads me to another thing, solo play. This video kind of makes it seem like "that's not the way you should play." And just like the video I'm going to tell you that sometimes solo is okay. Maybe it's not ideal, but it's hard, and it depends on your goal and what you want out of the match. I go in looking to kill the NPC's first and foremost. I'm trying to unlock stuff and get lore and guns. I -do- play in PvP, and I do engage compounds, but that's because I play with free hunters or legendary skins with minimal cheap gear. Low risk, high reward. If there's no players though and a compound is empty or they're off fighting over the bounty, then I clear the compound I'm in and try to cut off the bounty holder at the extraction point or something. But because I'm just there to farm for stuff with little intention to actually take the bounty (it's a bad idea as a solo, don't do it, just leave the bounty as bait until everyone else is dead) I'm not let down when I die and don't extract. If your head space is on total victory, yeah you're going to be disappointed. But if you have smaller goals to complete before death or extraction then it's not so bad to play solo. Just, don't expect to clear the board on every run.
Trust me when I say, this game is a glorious experience in general. It has something here for everyone. There's a way to focus PvE, a way to just focus PvP, there's a really deep and complex lore behind the game and a cool way of unlocking it that forces you to play. And once you get over gear fear or some sort of innate attachment to your hunters (they're just skins, you'll see the same guy again in three re-shuffles, promise) there's nothing to lose and everything to gain. Every match is a new story, a new experience, and a new challenge. The environment is immersive and absolutely beautiful, and allows things to be eerie even in broad daylight. I've been nearly murdered by bungling idiot hunters with romero shotguns and shambling faceless horrors in the bright muggy bayou sun about as many times as I've been scuffling around an abandoned prison at night and been blind-sided by Armored or some psychopath with a bomb lance. I've never felt so sneaky in a game until I've had a trio of players walk right past me and get blown up by my dynamite bundle when they try to loot my team-mate, so bad-ass as leveling a duo with a chain-pistols last shots, or so invincible as taking a hailstorm of lead to the plate and smashing a combat ax into some cocky prestige player's melon.
Luck is your friend in the Bayou- may it bless you more than your enemies.
Thank you for the game recommendation Skill Up!
My favorite skin is barbershop hugh jackman
As someone with almost 500 hours in Hunt, thank you for giving this game the much needed exposure it deserves.
I have tried my absolute hardest to advertise this game and share it with other people, but will drop it faster than it took to convince them to buy it.
Like you said in your video, people will not understand that the game isn't meant to be fast paced, the gunplay isn't supposed to be extremely fluid. But when you put more than 7-8 hours in, you start to realize that the game is more complex and beautiful than everything seems
500 hours?! Is it really that worth it?? Cuz I've been eyeing this game for a long while now.
@@solid5502 Bit of an old comment, but if you still haven't bought it, please do. I know people who have 3000+ hours in the game. I, myself, have 800 hours. This game challenges you in ways you didn't think would be possible. And, as described in the review, I am exactly like those people mentioned, I love getting my ass handed to me until I can hold my own and perform well, being ignored by players until I can earn their respect. Very, very few games give you the sense of achievement and make you want to risk it all over again and again to have that one feeling you get by beating all others.
This review is to get people interested so obviously it can't cover every little thing, but a couple things not completely talked on is how the skill cap is so ridiculously high. It's very common for people to shoot by sound in this game, through walls or even through the floor above or below them. Clues grey-out areas of the map and people with enough game knowledge can very accurately predict where enemy teams will be based on that alone. Buildings in compounds have tons of cracks-peeks and tiny openings. Once you learn how to use them, or where they might be. Fights get even more tense, and fun.
Glad this game is finally getting around on more peoples radar
@@felixader
"If the community is shitty, your multiplayer game won't live long or grow much."
LoL, Dota and other games tell a different story...
IT"S THE BEST GAME EVER!!!! I LOVEIT. ... and I'm bad and I don't care.
@@felixader A victim of the whiteshirt genocide i see.
seriously though. its so damn good
More ppl that ignore what it means to be a conscious player and just need to push out money into the mouth of greedy storytellers...
Like a lot here I’m playing Hunt because of this review, I’m about 20 hours in and I’m terrible. This game is hard. This game is repeatedly getting an arse kicking. This game is the best shooter I have ever played. Headphones check. Lights off check. Spare clean pants check.
Thanks skill up - I’d have never have played a game like this previously and now I’m not playing anything but.
Buy it, stick with it, love it.
Just bought it as well, a good new refreshing style. I finally got max rank
@@austineis3790 You still playing?
Leaning forward in your gaming chair, sweat dripping from your brow...✔
@@0p32 1300 hours in and finally I can hold my own.
The best shooter I’ve ever owned. I introduced a friend and after also being 1300 hours in he said “you might as well have given me crack”.
It’s the most underrated game of all time.period.
Now the charts are 📈 35K peak players a day
Should i get this game now?
@@deadnardo2289 I love it its great but make sure to follow his guides on it and always q up for team battles. Its not a play for the whole day type of game more of a few times a week kind of game. Even better with friends.
@@deadnardo2289 get it with some friends. The audio system alone in the game makes me despise the audio in many other games.
@@deadnardo2289 Honestly? Yes. Even without friends, it's worth it. I'm playing 'solo' (mostly with randoms) right now, and honestly providing you're willing to look up some guides and dedicate yourself to getting better while you play, it constantly gives back to you for your effort.
An important feature that was added pre this video is that you can't lose ANYTHING for the first 10 levels, so you have a decent amount of time to get used to the flow of the game before it starts remotely punishing you for failure, and the harder you find it the longer you get to acclimate.
I got hunt 3 days ago because of this video, and haven't looked back!
EDIT: Plus, there's been a huge influx of new players (as the OP stated), so currently there are actually a lot of noobs to matchmake with, like me! Haven't had any trouble finding partners or playing against megagods.
what happened? the players aren't low now but it went up and dropped super sharply after a couple days.
People don't be scared!!!
1. I had fun since minute one in this game!
2. Do NOT care about your KD. You will start with 0.X for sure and climb slowly, until you start wiping servers!
3. If you do not want to play solo (which has it's advantages like independence and freedom of movement) there are discord servers where people look for a group (very nice and friendly people; you just have to find a partner with a matching playstyle)
4. The servers skillup is playing on are looking lagy for me. I didn't have any ping problems on European servers (I heard NA West are also fine)
5. The game isn't that dark for me.
6. You can choose the maximum size of player parties. That being max of 2 or max of 3.
7. All weapons are balanced. You can win gunfights with cheap weapons vs the best one in the game. Sometimes it does not even will like a disadvantage because you don't care if you die and just give the guy a quick headshot. He on the other hand is under a ton of pressure.
8. To make it very clear: with real money you can buy only cosmetic stuff!
This times a million. I'm only 14 hours in and I'm able to consistently get out with bounties and a decent amount of player kills. As long as you have some competent aim and some sense you'll be fine.
@@Peejayye Even that isn't required. I got in with garbage aim (pretty much no fps experience), I was intrigued by the style of the game.
It's still great, although I'm not even trying to face other players, for now I only try to fight the monsters. It is definitely a different experience than most players', more like a horror game, but I would still recommend it :)
@@sebastianoleksa I suck at aiming, my friend basically came out the womb sniping kids in games. He runs a sniper and I run a shotgun and we destroy, but it isn't because of aiming it is because we learned when it is right to push and hold back and how to push properly. First few days of playing made me want to uninstall but once you get your first bounty extraction the high is uncomparable.
@@natan8741 you havent fought the prestige 100s yet where they insta kill headshot you with an uppercut
Just got it the other day 9 hours win already got 4 wins ? And it's a blast
@ 4:07 when he throws a lantern at the Butcher...
Butcher: *laughs in immunity*
🤣 get them every time
Ikr
A little part of me dies every time he used a gun for PvE
Not if you wiped the server
Can you explain why? I am new to the game. :)
@@a.s.6272 shooting pve -> noise -> other players know your position -> might attract other players -> might get ambushed.
@@a.s.6272 gunfire from every unsupressed gun in the game can be heard from anywhere on the map. A good player can pinpoint where the shot came from and sometimes even which gun. When you shoot zombies, you're giving everyone in the lobby Intel about your loadout and location, while you know nothing about them. Lopsided information leads to lopsided fights.
@@a.s.6272 One of my friends is somehow constantly running out of ammo. So killing the mobs with guns can also be a waste of ammo.
There is also another aspect, you are removing potential alarms. If you kill every mob you see, you are leaving a wake behind you that others can follow and creep up on you. If you have located the bounty and are killing it, you actually want to leave most of the mobs alive. Other players can trigger them, thereby alerting you.
Now, a year later, will you make another video on Hunt: Showdown to keep it alive more? I've recently stumbled onto it and fell in love immediately. Would love to see others notice it too
Fun fact: The game was originally called Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age, and was a third-person co-op shooter prototyped by then Crytek USA. Those devs left to form Gunfire Games, and their ideas became Remnant: From the Ashes.
interesting
Hunt and Remnant are both awesome.
Another slept on gem
thats fascinating. Remnant was cool except for the AWFUL final boss fight....
@@cn.st.182 yep loved every minute of the game besides the final boss. cool design, cool multistage aspect and mechanics but it was so bad when you put all thos things together, ESPECIALLY when the entire game is great for co-op, and then that fight becomes literally impossible to beat because the second person is there.
Got to be honest, the part with the elder dudes siting at the table was pure genius
"Yeah, yeah, yeah"
Thank you for introducing me to Hunt. 200 hours in and it's become my favourite game.
I love the way you break down the game into trade-offs between stealth, speed, and lethality that interact with each other through sound design. Brilliant review.
Me at 5:36
"So it's Tarkov with Cowboys?"
Skillup at 5:37
"It's sort of like Escape From Tarkov only with Cowboys and Zombies"
Touché Skillup
Nothing like EFT, the fact he puts it in the battle royal category shows he never played EFT.
@@russianpueblo Let's have it,I never played it I would like to know your take on it.
russianpueblo At the beginning he says he knows BR isn’t the right category, but there’s no point in worrying about labels. If you watch the video it very much seems like Tarkov but good
@@russianpueblo You misunderstood what he actually meant.
@@russianpueblo well i mean, it has some eft features, like going to the extraction point and if you die you lose everything.
I watched this and bought Hunt. Having played exclusively solo for the last two weeks (masochistic roguelike player), I'm now about to prestige for the first time. It's been an incredible experience. You were absolutely right, this game is genius. I'm so glad I didn't miss it. Thank you for putting it in front of me Skillup, keep doing your incredible work!
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING IT I WONDER?
@@w1ldcard743 Probably. I still am. 750 hours.
@@EpicHysteria jesus
@@EpicHysteria Coming up on 1200 myself :D
I started playing about 2 weeks ago at this point, in that time I have introduced 10 of my friends to the game and we all love it. It’s been the only thing we play now, it’s so addicting. Love this game
I've just started playing Hunt recently and I found that if you join the hunt discord server and through that the one for your region you can always find someone happy to queue with a new player and help you as you learn. It's a great community.
Most games with an "unhelpful" community tend to be the best communities. I've seen people absolutely rail agaisnt the likes of fromsoft players and even fallout 76 players for being toxic yet they're some of the nicest players I've ever met.
Hunt is really great.
The thing that keeps me coming back to it once in a while is that tense and anxious feeling during firefights or panic moments.... the thing that prevents me from playing it more is that tense and anxious feeling during firefights or panic moments.....
After 1450hs or so it fades away.
well put xD
@@MRailef the novelty fades after a while forsure. Since I'm popping domes it got a lot less scary for sure
I get tremors in some firefights.
Yeah at least you actually get used to it in Hunt. That anxious feeling never seems to go when I play DayZ but I think the long pauses of silence contribute to that.
You just convinced me to pick up the game.
Edit: its on sale, sweet.
I'm only about 15 hours deep, see you in there fellow noob!
Sure, all is organized u dnt feel the soothing promoter voice he has? Don t u see these people are there not to review anymore... they create a name to do this and receive money to do this... skill up is burned.
I know 100 of this game and game design wise i know more than skill up on hunt showdown. It is a dead not hsrdcore game, it s a Hud invasive experience that could really be something if they had the capital to continue what was made in the beginning before 2018... but then premature release like it is typical today no QTesting all the steps old school are just jumped by the prducers for reasons too many ignore and boom u have crap... and u need a promotion like this to try to grab some more money from uncosnscious ppl...
@@DNH17
Or you are talking out of your ass...
Which seems to be the case, considering that your grammar is all over the place.
@@DNH17 Hunt showdown is such an amazing game, kinda sad alot people just do not seem to understand this. This video is defenitly not because he needs sponsors, money or any other thing. its just that we want some more community cause the game earns it..... not just that but they have plans for this game in the future. You probably won't know about them because it seems like it that you do not follow, neither play this game.
But truly dude, you are allowed to have your own opinion but trust me when I, Skill up and alot of other community players tell you that this game is truly worth more attention from ppl :)
Its not a dead game, its pretty much hardcore and punishing game if you make mistakes
Greetings
Which did you buy? Everything's on sale! I'm tempted to buy everything. This review is so good, and I trust him as his previous reviews led me to some of the best games I've played in my life.
You absolutely sold me on this game despite having literally zero online FPS/PvP experience. Within three weeks now I've bought myself a nice pair of cans with a decent mic, dropped every other game and constantly read and watch videos about tactics and what not. This game is unlike anything I've played and it's f'ing amazing, seriously. Thank you so much for this video and this is coming from an utter, complete beginner at even online gaming. The learning curve is vicious but it was absolutely worth it.
I have really bad hearing due to numerous medical issues but I still really enjoy Hunt, it’s honestly one of my favorite games and learning how to rely more on predicting and visualizing people rather than listening closely is an extremely satisfying and gratifying experience when it works.
Hunt is one of the best and most unique games I've played in the last decade. It can be a mess at times, it can be frustrating, and it can be exhilarating; all at the same time. No other game I have played has given me the feeling of atmosphere and tension that Hunt has every single match. I love every second of it.
^ This is basically a better version of my review.
@@SkillUp lol
@@SkillUp
Toss him some ear buds for job well done.
@@sebastiansochanski Haha I wouldn't say no to that :P
@@SkillUp The only bad part was all the bits where you kept shooting the grunts and never using melee haha!
I'm glad that Hunt is hopefully going to get the attention that it absolutely deserves. From bigger TH-camrs, the only other person I can think of that covered it was JackFrags who made a video every few months. Criminally underrated game in my opinion.
I wish I could have Hunt in the form of an RPG. I'm terrible at the pvp, but my god the visual and audio atmosphere is stunning.
I can relate to that. Had my eyes on this title so many times but I always decide to give it a pass and wishing it was more of a single player experience. Tarkov is giving me enough gamer -ptsd for now :)
Same here. Love the setting & style of this game, but as a rogue-like/battle royale hybrid it combines the two genres I've never been able to get into.
This. Honestly, this is probably why this game hasn't caught on. In PUBG there is nothing persistent, if I die I'll just literally jump into another game; In Tarkov, if I die I only lost what I was carrying, minus the safe box of course. But in this game, once you die, you pretty much lost everything you've built. The cost of failure is too high, it's more thrilling, sure, but it's just that most people learn by failing in video games.
@@EmpLeen you don't lose everything but yea, the cost of losing is definitely more than other games.
I played the pve training on hardest difficulty over and over... I just love the atmosphere, could easily make a story or some lore around the game
I came back to this game from escape from tarkov which, even though this game IS hard compared to the average battle royale, just makes this game feel like “easier tarkov” which is PERFECT! if you play tarkov and you’re tired of getting killed every two seconds this game will give you what you want
It has the perfect mix of PvP and PvE. The PvE isn't harmless, it can and will kill you if you don't put any thought into dealing with that element of the game and it can put you at a disadvantage in regards to PvP but it's just perfect. Unlike Tarkov where if you see a Scav he could just one tap you or injure you to the point you may as well just die anyway.
Revisiting this video I want to mention a game I had the other day in Trios - it was a double bounty map on Lawson Delta, the first boss was already dead and being banished by the time my team and I located the second boss. Taking the boss down was easy since we went loud and blew it up with a sticky bomb and guns, but after that we knew we were exposed. We spent about 10 minutes fortifying the compound before we even started the banishing ritual, and then, we waited...
Two other teams arrived almost in unison, but instead of fighting us (we were still holed up in the main building with all our traps) they start shooting at eachother. Beyond one or two pot-shots my teammates took at stray enemies, the two teams got into a massive gunfight which lasted around 4 minutes as they both battled for the right to take us on, with us just waiting inside and listening to the carnage unfold outside. Meanwhile, the fourth team finished banishing _their_ boss and, instead of going north to their closest extraction, decided to come south... to us.
So we've got two teams having an outright war around us, a third team charging towards us on the map, highlighted on darksight and in possession of occult wallhacks, and we're still sitting pretty in our little bunker as the bullets fly. Eventually, one of the two teams fighting us emerges victorius, and things go quiet for a while. There's one or two probing attempts as they try to push in on us and we fend them off with our guns and traps before, finally, the last team shows up, and another gunfight erupts between them and the guys who were there already.
The team with the other boss's bounty, who are still fresh and unscathed and also able to see through walls, easily dispatch the previous victors, and then they start trying to get at us. They foolishly try to push into our fortified arena, and finally it was our time to shine: With a combination of traps, good aim, and a bit of luck, we manage to take two out of three of the enemies down, only for me to go down to the third, followed by a tense moment where the final hunter backed off and forced my allies to push them. They put up a decent fight, almost downing another of my teammates before they, too, were finally taken out and I was brought back.
Some of the most fun I've ever had in a game, to be honest, and I spent a lot of the time just hunkered in a corner with a shotgun listening to a massacre happen outside my desperately fortified compound. There's no other game that can quite capture the feeling Hunt does.
This game needs a free play week on every platform with all new players being matched together.
Or make it f2p forever.And place some microtransactions to the game. Like cosmetics.
@@moshrae No just No
@@batisteloire4949 honestly i dont mind if this game is slowly bleeding out or not.
A free weekend would be great!
I would try it out. And I always never try out new games.
@@moshrae it feels like a br game for me, just with some monsters in there
After seeing many reviews of Hunt : Showdown, I gotta say, this one is the best review for the game.
That's a good review review
Every review skillup does is the best
one for that game.😜
General Sam made a review that’s more comedic and shows off gameplay
@@danielthornley7762 what video is it
Update, 2023: The game is in an even better state now, more guns, another new boss, new tutorial, and a new all time player peak. Definitely check it out if you're curious!
Playing hunt solo is terrifying! This game is just so unique and tense it's amazing
the crows *sobs*
I due wiped while they were crossing the water, the first guy die after on shot the second died after two
To everyone who is scared cause of matchmaking :
There is an official Hunt Discord Server where you find people to play with who are welcoming to new players and show you the rope.
I've met some of the friendliest people on the internet there who are mad dedicated to the game.
See thats the problem! No one wants to have to go to a discord just to find some nice fella to matchmake with on a game. The game sounds fun but it has massive problems in making it want to be played. Hence why its 126th most streamed and only got 6000 hardcore players
@@rubenwilde "No one wants to have to go to a discord.."
First world problems. I don't really mind having to tap a few buttons to join a server for a service I already use. Plus co-op games are nothing new - getting a few mates together instead of randomly matchmade bands is a lot more fun anyway.
You'll run into the same problems on discord unless you are experienced or good. Very tough on the mediocre player just seeking fellow scrubs to play the game with. I get it and think the game should honor its design. I'd like to eventually see a skill-based matchmaking system but that is just a personal wish.
@@GeriAttric I think they would love to implement that but the playerbase is sadly too small for skill based matchmaking
@@syraster1359 Makes sense; wondering if it might change that. I'm sure I'm not unique when it comes to, played it, loved it but simply could not find a way forward. The progression hurdle might be limiting the player base numbers. Chicken and egg thing.
I played this for about a month straight and whilst I was frustrated at times, I also played for those moments.
When you have a character that you've been tailoring for game after game and you suddenly find yourself on the receiving end of a sniper's bullet or a stray round, an explosive or getting caught out with a shotgun and that's it, work effectively wasted.
But it wasn't ever enough to stop me playing, I felt that Dark Souls desire to throw myself in and hope for the best.
The tension is impeccable. Those last moments of a banishing were dripping in tension, I would be sat with friends and we wouldn't be saying a word, three of us sat in total silence listening to the jangle of chains, the crunch of broken glass, estimating if that fired gun was marginally closer then it was the last time it went off and I absolutely adored it.
Running through a bayou with a bounty, especially when you played on your own, hearing footsteps powering through the water behind you, trying to navigate zombies and water demons, quickly switching between map and first person to try and find the best means of escape.
I started to wind off after I maxed out my level but I've been yearning to go back and I think I was worried about how good people would have gotten in the meantime. 😂
But, y'all owe it to yourselves to try this.
I've honestly never, ever felt such delicious tension in a game then I have with this. Accept some games aren't going to go your way, but that's the point, and get drawn into it's world. 💪
Literally perfect description of Hunt
Embrace it and hit the prestige button - it's not as bad, as you think it is. It's kinda pointless to sit on rank 100.
I have 80 hours in Hunt: Showdown, more than you have at the time of this recording.
I'm shit at it.
Lmfao. As long as you are having fun it doesn't matter.
you should probably get your first kill around 700 hours.
Git gud son lol
Dont worry i have 4000 hours and im still shit at it, but i have a soft spot for this game i dunno.
I have over 1500 hours in rainbow 6 siege and I'm still shit
The annoying thing is that none of my friends are probably gunna get hunt, so I’ll be solo queuing for a long time
this is hands down the only reason i wont be getting it...
@@FailingHurtz boys boys
Boys
Squad up, ps4: lordjjpowell
@@FailingHurtz and the fact that for some reason (just to irritate the beginner) every hunter comes to kill you before you expel the demon - why??surely they'd want the demon dead wouldn't they? shouldn't they help you? a solo mode proper would have made this a great purchase but it seems like it's pointless unless you have a bunch of mates who can play when you can...
after taking bounty with my partner we spent 30min sitting tight not moving, we had traps laid around the barn and didnt want to make sounds while we saw enemy teams shadows move outside, looking for us, trying to steal our bounty, and we waited them out as they wandered not knowing where we actually are, stepping into traps and getting jumped xD amazing expierence
Well they must really suck since once you get the bounty, you're position is accuretly displayed on the map.
@@Stormyzael its not accurate, something like a 30 meter range that they could be in the area it shows the bounty carriers.
Once we got the bounty in iron works and saw like 3 teams sitting around waiting for us. So we decided to simulate a shootout inside and what do you know, suddenly everyone outside smelled their opportunity and the fighting among them began :D
They knew you were there. If not they were as bad as you. Camping in the bosslair for so long is a pure snoozefest and prolly another reason people dont want to play his game. Play like you want but imo its boring af and you wont get better.
THANK YOU!!! I haven’t really enjoyed a MP shooter in 15 years. It’s a genre that really hasn’t grown much at since the Quake 3 days. It bores me to tears. But not Hunt. No no no no. It’s a brilliant slice of “I’ve never played anything like this” to the umpteenth degree. I put about 300 hours into this on PC.... using a controller with no aim assurance versus every other player using M+KB. I almost only ever played solo. I died a million times. But, but BUT; every now and then my sneaky savage a$$ would have a run of straight swamp murder that sent my pulse racing through the roof. For 30-40 minutes at a time. White knuckle “I’m gonna have a stroke cocaine’s got nothing on this” raw survival instinct overload. Its the single most tense and exhilarating experience I’ve ever had in a video game. The atmosphere is unmatched by any other MP game I’ve ever played. Playing with a controller (I pretty much have to for reasons) put me at a huge disadvantage on PC but I stuck with it anyway. Its reputation for being “hardcore” is overstated. It’s just brutal and you gonna die. You gonna get mad. But eventually you’ll be the one ending another player’s match in spectacular fashion. Everyone who likes survival horror and shooters, even if you don’t like online ones like me, needs to give this a try. It’s very worth wrapping your head around it’s unusual (unprecedented, really) gameplay
That's basically how I convinced a bunch of my mates who hate BR games and often online games in general to play. The horror and tension can not be overstated and that rush is like taking down a From Software bossfight for the first time. They now love it.
Hoopla10 I don’t even like “hard” games anymore. I’ve never finished a Souls game even though I adore the art style and vibe. But Hunt got me. I don’t mind dying in it, over and over. Because it’s such a thrill getting there. And it makes those moments of success feel earned and 100 times more potent. The build up in Hunt is long and slow. But that makes the release when it lands incredible. Unmatched for me. Glad you and your mates are enjoying it! Feels like a strange privilege being among the relative few who stuck around to “get” it and experience it
Ha this reminds me of the day I was playing rumble in destiny 1 when tlw and thorn was king I I won using Necro
Ahh good times
Nailed it!
wait a second u play a hardcore precision shooter with a gamepad on pc???
holy shit how does that work out for you
Apparently there can be only one review of Hunt, and this is it. Beautiful, detailed, well-thought out, and with great pacing. You made excellent points, most all of which I concur with and would have included myself. I send this review to people I'm trying to get into Hunt. Thanks.
Hunt quickly became my favorite game after I bought it and I even bought two copies so my friend could play too, I got mine on sale but his was not, still dont regret it. Im happy i could support this game.
This looks like a game that requires, patience, skill and forethought and doesn't rely on the audience being 12 year olds coked up on Ritalin being dazzled by all the pretty colours and loud noises.
So, it's the Battlefield 4 of BR games...
@@mr.raslyon6626 Battlefield 4 is not a competitive or skill based game... Plus I remember it having a lot of kids-teens.
Yes, i do love final fantasy
The fact that against all odds Fortnite has a huge skill gap makes this type of comment so funny. Like, yeah, colours and all, but Fortnite is still hard as fuck for a new comer.
It sounds cool to watch or hear about but it doesn't at all sound actually fun to play. Standing around waiting for 15 minutes for the person to come out of hiding? Not being able to actually fight the boss properly because you have to be quiet? Doesn't seem fun.
yes, Skill Up bring us more fresh meat for the slaughter
:)
Games gonna be real fun for a few weeks...
Yeah. Installing now. ready to get my butt kicked. COD is getting boring.
@@PostRequisite dont look at your K/D in the beginning, try finding people to play with on discord / reddit, always carry at least a medkit + knife
Just bought it.
The intro with the poker game is brilliant. I still come back to experience it every now and then 😂
2023 and still love this video! I send this if I want to explain what Hunt is to any of my friends.
Started playing Hunt a month ago - one of a kind masterpiece.
Recently thought to myself I hope Skill Up reviews this under appreciated gem of a game and gives Hunt some much needed attention. So delighted to see your excellent review and point out how few people are playing it. A game like this deserves more exposure and a thriving community.
Here’s hoping your valued opinion have many, many good people discovering and loving this truly engrossing and ingenious game :)
They took the concept of BR and made it in a way where there is no zone to push you unwillingly towards fighting each other but "areas of heated battles" that you approach however YOU choose to. It's a genius concept!
I finally went for it and bought hunt even though I knew I'd be playing solo and always have been bad a FPSs. I'm 15 hours in, getting killed all the time, and loving it! It's nice of you to warn potential new players about these somewhat off putting aspects, but to me even when always dying as soon as I see someone else there is so much fun in this. I've never before been so immersed and I like the 90 quiet percent of just roaming the landscape as much as the intense sudden action filled 10 percent. If you are at all tempted after seeing this review I would go for it! Thanks for all your good work, Ralph!
I watched your review way back when it came out and I was interested but afraid to give it a chance due to the steep learning curve so I held off, I decided to watch this review again last week and decided to take the plunge and give it a chance and it’s been tough but this game is amazing, often times in matches I just stealth it out with a random in duos, killing the monster and gathering the bounty and escaping the map all without ever encountering another player, those matches are pretty chill but there’s always an underlying tension, thank you for this review Skillup (and your getting started guide for Hunt that helped me a lot too)
Picked this game up with a friend months ago, fucking loved every game i played of it. Never sweat so much in my life
Same here. The end of every match, whether a victory or a loss, is so GOD DAMNED cathartic.
The passion in his voice is palpable.
Rightfully so.
Well that’s his schtick
and palatable.
You can palp it.
It s the passion of money that come from promotion contract...
This video got me and my friend into Hunt and 500 hours later, I still come back to watch this from time to time. Ty
thanks for making this video. had no idea this game existed. picked it up a couple of days ago. my first multiplayer game in years, having a blast.
As a player who's been playing since the game particularly hit Early access this is a pretty damn good review. The only point I'd disagree with is your point on people leaving the queue and community. If you're joining randoms using the matchmaking. Personally, if you are going to get this game, I'd recommend joining the games official discord and looking for partners that way. People in the discord are almost always happy and willing to play with newer players and to teach them the ropes and mechanics of the game.
Bar that, this is a really comprehensive review and is a great overview of what u can expect in the game.
To anyone reading this comment as a member of the hunt community, we welcome you to the bayou if you are willing to take the plunge and join us
You convinced me of getting the game.
I'd rather use the proximity voice chat with random players. I feel like starting a discord chat ruins the experience.
I'd disagree. There's lots of folks always advocating the "Official Discord Server" of -insertgamehere-, but I've found that sometimes those folks can be just as toxic (arrogant, know-it-alls especially, rather than willing to teach you) as using in-game chat. At least the latter means I don't need an extra app (if I wasnt using it) and searching for those people.
You kept saying how this game has a huge learning curve and can be frustrating and all that jazz and it kept making me wonder how you felt that way... - until you talked about Escape From Tarkov. Then I realized, I did my time, and thats probably why me and my friends loved this game and never went through the frustrations, cause we already did with that game. Good review! Love watching both your channels (and Sam's singing ;) ). Cheers!
Yeah I agree, if you've served your time in the likes of Tarkov, Siege you'll take to the game a lot easier
Man, this video is so true to the game. I love this game! I understand how can it be difficult to get into the game, but its amazing once you get good at it!
Great review! It's difficult to categorize Hunt, it's part tactical shooter, part survival horror, part battle royal but it's 100% amazing.
I like how devs incorporate sound in gameplay. I remember how in hellblade the sound guided you in combat such that the devs didn't have to use health bars.
The absolute commitment to no gameplay UI in that game was amazing and I loved every second of it.
How did sound replace health bars in Hellblade? I know the voices told you about the directions of an incoming attack but as far as enemy health goes, I just tried to hit the same enemy until they go down before moving on to the next one.
@@weaverquest The more Senua got hit the more frantic the voices got with a lot of statements of despair. If you were doing well in a fight the voices calmed down with confident and encouraging statements.
@@marigi- that's bloody brilliant. My God I love that
Super rare and unique atmosphere.
Propably the best sound in a video game today.
Raw and authentic gunplay.
Everyone should give it a try at least for 10 hours because it's hard to learn and even harder to master.
Hunt still going strong. There still ARE issues, not gonna lie, but still the best multiplayer shooter experience out there.
When you started reviewing the audio, I instantly thought of Doc and Warzone lol. Glad to see that clip in there
god dammit skill up you made me walk all the way to my living room to get head phones. Dis how much I luv u
Did the same.
worth it.
I remember sending you a superchat on the Lamon Gamon channel a long time ago, asking you to give Hunt a try.
The review's been a long time coming, but it's been worth the wait. :')
"Noi weapon that can one-tap you at range."
Well, not anymore there isn't. I remember back during Early Access when I legit got one-tapped by a Nitro Express at 80m+.
I do think Hunt is one of the most criminally underrated games out there, and seeing Escape From Tarkov do so good (and I do like that game too) while Hunt just sort of flops about.
The Nitro Express is known to be the one shot machine, but it has a hard sight and a very limited ammo with MASSIVE damage
Yeah the nitro is really unfair. Luckily it is rare except for whales and the top 1%
Isn’t it weird that 10 months ago this game was at 4K players and now it’s at 29k players lol
You'd genuinely be suprised. Skill Up is right to say that solo is harder, and playing with a friend in comms is ideal, but even playing with a random with no comms is still incredibly good, at least from my experience.
Always meant to buy this game. Downloading it now thanks to your review reminding me why I should play this game. Thanks SKillUp
I love how you covered the deadly chain reactions of PVE when you make a single mistake, that lead to attracting other players towards the noise you make. I love how you covered how incredibly many organic layers this game has and how it's not appreciated since it's not a straight forward FPS but a game you need to take time for and understand. Only then it will blow your mind over and over again.
Thank you for this review. Even after watching it I didn’t think it was a game for me, but I played it and I have over 100 hours in and it’s easily my most favorite pvp game of all time. I’m on vacation atm and wish I was at home playing it now lol
Your reviews are so poetic and articulate. I can't get enough.
@@derpal5284 What does that mean? That he will die or something?
The feeling of tension and the reliance on sound are the exact moments me and my friends get from Escape from Tarkov. Both of these games are very similar.
This review just makes me want to watch people play Hunt, sounds way too hardcore for me but sounds amazing
I recommend Psychoghost.
It's not that hardcore.
@@whothoughtthiswasagoodidea it is in this generation of cheap thrills
@@whothoughtthiswasagoodidea Perhaps not, when compared to games of old, but compared to today's market of games, this seems pretty hardcore.
its actually the only game where i can get enjoyment from just watching somebody else play it
Maaan I almost exclusively play solo, and I tell you what, it's an absolute thrill, but trying to get that last bounty, I cannot count the amount of times I've lost because it's been a duo vs me as the only people left.
Playing solo is my preferred way to play, I hate the liability the other player always seems to be, too noisy, never getting kills, not being useful, etc... but my god, this game actively seems to punish you for being solo, which is fair, because they're trying to disincentivise it. Basically get minor bonuses for doing certain things solo, but if you are successful, you're basically hit with half the reward for double the effort, a real shame.
But I've got to say, I bought it and was ready to refund before the 2 hour mark, but I stuck with it, and it's currently my go-to game, and I've been enjoying it ever since :)
The underdog bonuses are considerable, and way better than , lets say, 6 months ago. The reason we don't have exclusively solo lobbies is because it will encourage a very passive gameplay style. As a long time player, I can tell you that in a full solo lobby, you're best fit with a marksman sniper rifle rather than a suppressed weapon or a shotgun. Why? Because as long as you get the information about the boss or player movement, you can sit tight and wait the match to play out for you, while you're far away, save and watching from a tall structure, or maybe bush. Solo gameplay leaves no place for mistakes or misfortunes. You can't predict how everything will turn out, so it's logical that just exposing yourself to less risks will have a higher success rate. You don't need to find,kill,banish bosses, and neither do you have to fight the whole server. You just need to hunt that one skilled or lucky player that remained alive after all the fights, the one who used up most if not all resources to survive,the guy with a lightning strike over his head at all times, since he carries the bounty. It's a boring way to play, yes, but some people try hard because it's the only way they enjoy the game.
@@laggingjaeger1148 Essentially. If you see a player in a lobby with an ABSOLUTLELY absurd high KD ratio, then that player more likely then not does have very little actual skill.
Because
EITHER it is a hacker
or
It is a bushwanker.
Just started playing this game a few weeks ago, very new to it, but I'm digging the atmosphere and the gameplay loop a lot. I'm a pretty experienced fps player, but hunt is kicking my ass for now. Just had my first multiple kill game/win, and I'm now hooked.
I bought this game last saturday because of this video.
I do not regret it one bit. I played it like crazy. This game is fucking insane. I'm a sucker for these kinds of games, I play Rainbow Six Siege, I played fucking DayZ for years when it was still a mod and I had a fucking pathetic computer that barely made the game run above 20fps and had no friends to play it with. And you know what? This put me right back in those old DayZ days, but it is fucking better. That teaming up with strangers, figuring out where shots come from, learning to use guns in a way you are definitely not accustomed to, getting lucky sessions where it seemed all the odds were in your favour, losing everything because of a mistake you made... yeah, it's all in here, and it's fucking awesome.
I hope this game picks up because I am CERTAIN there is a public that would adore this. We've all had those games or ideas that you really wish other people would get into as much as you do, but actually there really wasn't a big enough target audience that would truly get into it. Not this case, I'm sure there's a lot of people like me that enjoy these experiences, there's a lot of other games that were able to attract these audiences, and I think this one truly deserves it.
“It’s probably a good time to talk about the not so great things about Hunt:Showdown”
*Video Link: Fallout 76 in 2020*
I see what you did there!
Ive been playing for a couple of months and man this game is something else. One of my favorite shooters of all time, period. Glad it made a comeback and its doing really well today
Thank you for your video man. Best review out there. Numbers have been slowly rising. Keeping my hopes up.
Hunt is my favorite game of 2019 and 2020, and it is honestly only getting better and better
I started playing hunt this year, and I honestly have to say it is one of the best games I have ever played. At the moment it is my favourite one for sure. The game is awesome and it will attract a lot more players in the future i am sure. Just be patient...
I've been looking for a multiplayer game to get into recently and I'm trusting your good word, buddy.
Great review.
An exceptional game that's player base is doing a lot better in 2022. Excellent sound design. A must play.
I recommend disabling the HUD.
I played about 20 hours of this game and it was quite fun.
I stopped cause it was a bit too frustrating to play alone. A PvE mode would have been really cool as they originally intended.
But yeah, a really good game that is super brutal if you don't have a friend to play with.
que up with randoms. i am almost prestige 10 and some people higher or lower than me leave my group. it happens. just keep playing. it will get better. i always play with randoms no matter their rank. i want this game to have a healthy player base
As someone with about 250 hours into the game, I can definitely attest to the unwelcoming nature of randoms in the game. Generally it is a better idea to find people to queue up with in Hunt's official discord, which has a relatively friendly atmosphere and there is plenty of people there to give advice or play along with beginners. It has helped me find some like-minded people to do the stupid builds and meme runs I've done so far.
That, and the memes are just absolutely gold in the Discord.
Started playing this game because of this video. Now one of my all time favourites. Thank u ShillUp
Thank you for your review! I watched it a few weeks ago and picked the game up from then. Great game, met lots of nice people, and have had lots of good times (:
I can already hear “the dark souls of the battle royale genre”
Lmfao
I hate it here 😂
Ds is more like try/error game, I have no idea why it is associated with "HC" games. But yea, some people have probably made that refrence, heh.
@@brajuhani i found the badass guys, darksouls is easy for him, he never lost a single soul 😂
As a big fan of this game who’s loved it for a while now all I have to say is... that god damnnn humming!
I've put a little over 1100 hours in the game and I LOVE it. As of late it's not true that high lvl players leave you in lobby. Well some do and some don't. Part of it is that there is a penalty now. I watched all the vid for no reason. Well cuz there was nothing I didn't know. But I love when people like you promote the game. It's amazing game and and unlike anything else out there. More people should join the community and stay long enough to see and feel what this game is really about. See you in bayou...
The soundtrack for Hunt is amazing
Humm humm humm hmmm