Been following this for a while now. Love what you’ve done with the lenses. I’ve been waiting for games to get more realistic where the whole screen (outside the scope) doesn’t also zoom-in. Hurry up and get it released!
@@zebatov so just to explain and clarify- I’m *not* a developer of this game- I’m just a content creator covering its progress in the lead up to release, with hopes to make content on it when it’s finally out! I’m also very excited! 😅😊
I thought this game was a scam, we hadn't heard from it for so long after the last teaser. But this makes me so happy. Zebras, hippos and monkeys? Hell fucking yes!
The trailer looks pretty good, still a big fan of putting a surppressor on my rifle. Elephant hunting going to be fun especially in multiplayer. Great video sweetheart xxx❤
We have to remember games sometimes take 6-10 years on top of dev team size because nine rocks and ultimate hunting have small dev teams so things take time
@@melsgaming01 smaller dev teams means slower updates and a trickle of content with big updates every now and then because of pressure from investors and time consraints so yea
Great review Mel. I can just feel your excitement. I'm exactly the same & can't wait to see all the things I've heard about over the years. I just hope it's more sim than arcade without needs zones & random populations. Bring on 2025!
It lives! Also, it looks really nice, and when it comes out it's sure to have an impact on the other hunting games. Going to shake things up, I think. Launch live stream, Mel?
the trailer looks good hopefully the game does too it would be nice to have some more good hunting games out there. also I had very intrusive thoughts when the guy aimed the 416 Rigby at the baboon lol
@@melsgaming01 something else I thought about is I wonder if they dropped this trailer today on purpose or just by coincidence with the release day of the new COTW map🤔
If they add some stuff from cotw and way of the hunter like different / rare fur types, hunting stands, a lodge / place to display your kills and multimounts amongst many other things this'll be fun when it's fully done because currently it is looking like hunting simulator which will 100% be changed by release day
As you said Mels, this is a new dawn for hunting games. I think we need to recognize the awesome job done so far by the COTW developers who have seen their player base steadily increase over the years. Because, I believe, that is what is making this possible. I'd love to see their strategic meetings from now on. To have this bombshell dropping on such an important date for them. Also, ultimate games have been a kind of underdog - look at their fishing games - I hope they manage to gather a good following delivering on such high expectations.
Looks great i hope to see and get albino nile crocs I'm also happy the game will have wood ducks which fun fact they hybridize a lot so hopefully some hybrid variants but ever since Mississippi Acres I wanted Wood ducks and now they're finally coming
The animal interactions look pretty awful. I think they cut out the buffalo, bear and elephant gunshots on purpose, not just for dramatic effect. Also, the bear running at the camera looked embarassing. When the car is pulling up to the "Southern Africa" sign, it looks worryingly like a number of terrible unity driving games I've played. They have very small scenes on display, there's no great shot of a big open world, especially in the shot that flies above the grass looking at the zebra's etc. in the watering hole. You can clearly see that this game is nowhere near ready. Of course, it's not even being released this year, but how much can a small dev studio improve it in 6 to 18 months? Only time will tell, I suppose.
Well clearly the only thing he is good for is bitching about everything like you could do better than these hard workers who not only that have a smaller dev team than cotw and this game already looks better than COTW graphic wise
@Eugenecapobianco I wouldn't think the graphics are amazing, like mid. I mean, some of the environments look a bit saturated and exaggerated but still look good.
It seems very linear and the predator/charging mechanism looks very “big buck hunter” which is a little concerning but hopefully it gets fine tuned and turn out great. Great video!
Well, it isn't. The two open-world maps were essentially finished by mid-2022. They're showing what people are going to find interesting and/or pleasing.
It looks good, has a lot of new gameplay, nice graphics, but this game must be well optimized, if not many players' computers shouldn't be able to run it
I'll be honest I wasn't a fan of the trailer. Some things make me really really worried in particular. The first thing is the fact that the bear and elephant attack exactly the same way coming out of the bushes. Makes me think that this is some rng phone game like nonsense where there is an x% chance that an animal attack will spawn out of bushes and it's exactly the same every time. The other thing that worries me is how there seems to be a path outlined in most of this footage, makes me think that we will not be able to just walk around freely everywhere the way we can in CotW. Wouldn't be surprised if the sides in most of this footage are invisible walls. Both of these issues would absolutely kill this game on arrival for me.
can't really bass everything off of the trailer the animals attacking like that very likely just set up like that for the trailer to show animals can go aggressive also I can't remember if they said anything about map size but if they did they should be pretty good sized maps so definitely going to be open world. we just need to wait and see when more stuff comes out or when people get to play it
I didn’t like way of the hunter until I played, I’m a little worried it’s the reverse with this one. We’ll just have to wait till we see some real gameplay!
This game excites me and concerns me. Like many have said, some of the movements and graphics look a bit clunky. Of course, the game is still early. I’m happy they are not rushing the release. I think this game could change hunting games if made right. I love the idea of being able to put trophies in your truck. I also love how they do not care about the animals they add. Very different and makes them stand out, and fulfills my dream of hunting animals I cannot in real life.
This was a fair review. For me, a lot of it looks really janky and artificial, especially that waterhole setting, which reminded me more of an animatronic scene in a theme park ride. However, the equipment and some of the animals look really good. Overall, though, it kinda feels like a visual update to Hunting Simulator 2. Hopefully they get it turned around!!
My one gripe is southern africa doesnt look like this...Im happy for the species list, but the Africa map looks like a bad version of the lion king in terms of setting. We have grass over here...and tons and tons of grass, and Flat top acacias are not as common as stereotypical east africa. So far, Way of the Hunter has the most Authentic African map and even they dont have enough grass in certain areas...for trees we should be seeing combretums, buffalo thorn and the like...and did I mention grass? WE NEED GRASS!!!
I am so excited for this game it's not even funny I'm most excited for hunting the elephants with my most favorite gun that I own in real life too the 700 nitro Express I love shooting a gun in general but it's expensive as hell to shoot and I hope it's the same way that it is in the game lets go
Yeah like I said the first watch through I nit picked at a lot of stuff (certain animations mostly) but with at least 6 months till it releases? I can see a lot being improved.
First redflah: IGN second redflag: Frame stutters like a This game is going to be a catastrophic failure... yo IGN pin my commnet so I can comeback and say "I Told you so"
@@melsgaming01 All the models are ripped from the store. The reason the African map only has TWO antelope species is because those were the only models available on the store (Kudu and Wildebeest). This game has also been in "development" forever...back in summer of 2021 I remembered they mentioned that the "trailer would be soon"
Yeah all of the animal models are made by a 3rd party called GIM Studios and are available for anyone to buy. WOTH also uses a lot of the same models but have since refined many of them (mule deer for example) + evidently developed their own models and re-skins using those since day 1 (for example lesser scaup made from the mallard). This is why WOTH has some funky models sometimes like the feral pigs looking so boar-like since they are just remodeled boars, and the Sika looking like an Axis - because GIM Studios only has an Axis Deer available, and nine rocks didn't change it enough when matariki launched.
Just to expose your deinformation, some models are from GiM but just for now. Obviously they're aiming for creating the models by themselves. So far they made couple of them like kudu, warthog, guineafowl, buffalo, baboon and some more
@@karolus1931 For now? it's been 3 years and we haven't seen anything resembling tangible gameplay minus walking around and using default Unreal Engine settings with posed assets lol. Not to mention the South Africa map being a generic desert with a pond and a few trees?
Thank you for video Mel!
Thank you so much!! My pleasure!!
Been following this for a while now. Love what you’ve done with the lenses. I’ve been waiting for games to get more realistic where the whole screen (outside the scope) doesn’t also zoom-in. Hurry up and get it released!
@@zebatov so just to explain and clarify- I’m *not* a developer of this game- I’m just a content creator covering its progress in the lead up to release, with hopes to make content on it when it’s finally out! I’m also very excited! 😅😊
I thought this game was a scam, we hadn't heard from it for so long after the last teaser. But this makes me so happy. Zebras, hippos and monkeys? Hell fucking yes!
The trailer looks pretty good, still a big fan of putting a surppressor on my rifle. Elephant hunting going to be fun especially in multiplayer. Great video sweetheart xxx❤
Thank you so much babe xxx❤️
We have to remember games sometimes take 6-10 years on top of dev team size because nine rocks and ultimate hunting have small dev teams so things take time
Of course! Exactly!!
@@melsgaming01 smaller dev teams means slower updates and a trickle of content with big updates every now and then because of pressure from investors and time consraints so yea
@@tkdsaints5738 Indeed. Thank you for understanding.
Great review Mel. I can just feel your excitement. I'm exactly the same & can't wait to see all the things I've heard about over the years. I just hope it's more sim than arcade without needs zones & random populations. Bring on 2025!
Thank you so much!!! 😊
It lives! Also, it looks really nice, and when it comes out it's sure to have an impact on the other hunting games. Going to shake things up, I think. Launch live stream, Mel?
Yes!!! Exactly!! Ohhh hopefully I’ll be able to stream by then!!!
the trailer looks good hopefully the game does too it would be nice to have some more good hunting games out there. also I had very intrusive thoughts when the guy aimed the 416 Rigby at the baboon lol
Yes!! Lmfaooo goodbye baboon 😂
@@melsgaming01 something else I thought about is I wonder if they dropped this trailer today on purpose or just by coincidence with the release day of the new COTW map🤔
We shall see how it turns out. I like the customization options. Will love elephants to be able to hunt. Great video mels.
Yes indeed! Gonna be very interesting! Yessss! Thank you so much!!!
I love how they included that alot of the animals are endangered and love how they have the animals fighting (bucks)
If they add some stuff from cotw and way of the hunter like different / rare fur types, hunting stands, a lodge / place to display your kills and multimounts amongst many other things this'll be fun when it's fully done because currently it is looking like hunting simulator which will 100% be changed by release day
Hope they add their version of great one's elephant great one would be so god damn cool i would be sweating my ass for that every day 😂
As you said Mels, this is a new dawn for hunting games. I think we need to recognize the awesome job done so far by the COTW developers who have seen their player base steadily increase over the years. Because, I believe, that is what is making this possible. I'd love to see their strategic meetings from now on. To have this bombshell dropping on such an important date for them.
Also, ultimate games have been a kind of underdog - look at their fishing games - I hope they manage to gather a good following delivering on such high expectations.
Looks great i hope to see and get albino nile crocs I'm also happy the game will have wood ducks which fun fact they hybridize a lot so hopefully some hybrid variants but ever since Mississippi Acres I wanted Wood ducks and now they're finally coming
Omg imagine!!
WOOD DUCKSSSS WOOOOO
The animal interactions look pretty awful. I think they cut out the buffalo, bear and elephant gunshots on purpose, not just for dramatic effect. Also, the bear running at the camera looked embarassing. When the car is pulling up to the "Southern Africa" sign, it looks worryingly like a number of terrible unity driving games I've played. They have very small scenes on display, there's no great shot of a big open world, especially in the shot that flies above the grass looking at the zebra's etc. in the watering hole. You can clearly see that this game is nowhere near ready. Of course, it's not even being released this year, but how much can a small dev studio improve it in 6 to 18 months? Only time will tell, I suppose.
It's been like this for over 3 years, the "game" is a grift lol.
Chill you didn't have to cook em that hard. Maybe they will fix it before release
Well clearly the only thing he is good for is bitching about everything like you could do better than these hard workers who not only that have a smaller dev team than cotw and this game already looks better than COTW graphic wise
@Eugenecapobianco I wouldn't think the graphics are amazing, like mid. I mean, some of the environments look a bit saturated and exaggerated but still look good.
It seems very linear and the predator/charging mechanism looks very “big buck hunter” which is a little concerning but hopefully it gets fine tuned and turn out great. Great video!
I am still playing Way of the Hunter but I am also getting this one.
Will this be on console too
Unsure!
after watching this trailer, i'm affraid of a "corridor hunting" game like cabela's games were.
Almost like, scripted hunts, do you mean?
@@melsgaming01 yeah, exactly. I hope i'm wrong.
Well, it isn't. The two open-world maps were essentially finished by mid-2022. They're showing what people are going to find interesting and/or pleasing.
@maxmcqueen1196 are you really sure about that ? They don't say "open world" in the steam description of the game nor in the trailer.
@@Cartouche333 It says on the official website. Both maps are made up of 4 biomes.
It looks good, has a lot of new gameplay, nice graphics, but this game must be well optimized, if not many players' computers shouldn't be able to run it
The requirements on steam look decent!
omg im so exited!!
Same
Me too!
I'll be honest I wasn't a fan of the trailer. Some things make me really really worried in particular. The first thing is the fact that the bear and elephant attack exactly the same way coming out of the bushes. Makes me think that this is some rng phone game like nonsense where there is an x% chance that an animal attack will spawn out of bushes and it's exactly the same every time.
The other thing that worries me is how there seems to be a path outlined in most of this footage, makes me think that we will not be able to just walk around freely everywhere the way we can in CotW. Wouldn't be surprised if the sides in most of this footage are invisible walls.
Both of these issues would absolutely kill this game on arrival for me.
I see what you mean!! I guess we shall see!!
can't really bass everything off of the trailer the animals attacking like that very likely just set up like that for the trailer to show animals can go aggressive also I can't remember if they said anything about map size but if they did they should be pretty good sized maps so definitely going to be open world. we just need to wait and see when more stuff comes out or when people get to play it
I didn’t like way of the hunter until I played, I’m a little worried it’s the reverse with this one. We’ll just have to wait till we see some real gameplay!
Lol did they have Tim Wells narrate the beginning? Sounds a lot like him
Awful time to release the trailer
Like I said- one crazy day for the hunting game community. I’m exhausted lmfao 😂
This day just keeps getting better
It's definitely taken away my attention from Sundarpatan!!
This game excites me and concerns me. Like many have said, some of the movements and graphics look a bit clunky. Of course, the game is still early. I’m happy they are not rushing the release. I think this game could change hunting games if made right. I love the idea of being able to put trophies in your truck. I also love how they do not care about the animals they add. Very different and makes them stand out, and fulfills my dream of hunting animals I cannot in real life.
I hope we will be able to deliver better animations and more smooth movement.
I think it will be better than way of the hunter mel
Super curious if it’s more open world or a series of scripted hunts for each reserve, UE5 looks stunning as always tho lol
This was a fair review. For me, a lot of it looks really janky and artificial, especially that waterhole setting, which reminded me more of an animatronic scene in a theme park ride. However, the equipment and some of the animals look really good. Overall, though, it kinda feels like a visual update to Hunting Simulator 2. Hopefully they get it turned around!!
Ooo is this gonna knock “way of the hunter” out the park? Is it more sim rather than like “call of the wild” run and gun
i can't wait!!
My one gripe is southern africa doesnt look like this...Im happy for the species list, but the Africa map looks like a bad version of the lion king in terms of setting. We have grass over here...and tons and tons of grass, and Flat top acacias are not as common as stereotypical east africa. So far, Way of the Hunter has the most Authentic African map and even they dont have enough grass in certain areas...for trees we should be seeing combretums, buffalo thorn and the like...and did I mention grass? WE NEED GRASS!!!
been dreaming of a hunting game in UE5
I am so excited for this game it's not even funny I'm most excited for hunting the elephants with my most favorite gun that I own in real life too the 700 nitro Express I love shooting a gun in general but it's expensive as hell to shoot and I hope it's the same way that it is in the game lets go
Mel is the goatttt
You’re way too kind- thank you so so much!!
Definitely skeptical. World and animals look fantastic. People animations and movement, not so great. Hoping for exciting things to come!
Love ya chanle
Thank you so much! 🖤
I'll believe it coming out when i see it. But the trailer was good. The African map will be my home lol.
Yeah Africa would be where I’d be spending my time mostly lol- elephants, hippos and giraffes better watch out!
....NSFW: I can't F****** wait for this game :) Horses!!!
I’m getting this
Same here definitely
The game looks really good its very promising but its has some stuff that looks scuffed
Yeah like I said the first watch through I nit picked at a lot of stuff (certain animations mostly) but with at least 6 months till it releases? I can see a lot being improved.
@@melsgaming01 yeah i think they will improve a lot i cannot wait to play
I just want the guinea fowl lol
Beautiful looking game, for all that is holy please fix that god awful looking zoom in with the scope though.
From what the devs have said it sounds like that’s a quick-scope sort of option rather than fully scoped in. Hopefully we will see more!
The comments under the trailer are hilarious.
Are they?? I haven’t seen them lmao 😂
@@melsgaming01 People wanna boycot the game for letting you shoot pixel animals.
Yeah we will probably get it in 2026 😂😂 or 2027
Looks wierd looks like a Mobil games at times
First redflah: IGN
second redflag: Frame stutters like a
This game is going to be a catastrophic failure... yo IGN pin my commnet so I can comeback and say "I Told you so"
In my opinion it looks like an awful mobile game
Asset Rip: The Hunting Game
How…?
@@melsgaming01 All the models are ripped from the store. The reason the African map only has TWO antelope species is because those were the only models available on the store (Kudu and Wildebeest). This game has also been in "development" forever...back in summer of 2021 I remembered they mentioned that the "trailer would be soon"
Yeah all of the animal models are made by a 3rd party called GIM Studios and are available for anyone to buy. WOTH also uses a lot of the same models but have since refined many of them (mule deer for example) + evidently developed their own models and re-skins using those since day 1 (for example lesser scaup made from the mallard). This is why WOTH has some funky models sometimes like the feral pigs looking so boar-like since they are just remodeled boars, and the Sika looking like an Axis - because GIM Studios only has an Axis Deer available, and nine rocks didn't change it enough when matariki launched.
Just to expose your deinformation, some models are from GiM but just for now. Obviously they're aiming for creating the models by themselves. So far they made couple of them like kudu, warthog, guineafowl, buffalo, baboon and some more
@@karolus1931 For now? it's been 3 years and we haven't seen anything resembling tangible gameplay minus walking around and using default Unreal Engine settings with posed assets lol. Not to mention the South Africa map being a generic desert with a pond and a few trees?
The trailer went from 🤨 to 😬 to 🥹 real fast. I have no idea how to feel about he game.