The size of the hunting areas is also very underwhelming, as you can traverse from one side to the other in a couple of minutes. The visual presentation is adequate enough but is a far cry from what you may find in The Hunter: Call of the Wild. Once you leave base camp, you can take in the sights and sounds of the environments. Certain breeds can fetch kills, specifically in the case of retrievers and waterfowl. They will find evidence of animal tracks or poop and can be ordered to flush small game out of hiding. Your dog can be given a custom name and order to complete tasks via a selection wheel. As you spend more time with the dogs, they slowly begin to level up their skills and eventually become a critical tool for helping you quickly hit bag limits.

The available breeds offer unique benefits depending on your target prey. Canine companions are easily the best part of Hunting Simulator 2 and the only real selling point it has against its competition. You will start out at base camp where you can claim kills, refill ammo, or call upon hunting companions, also known as dogs. Once you find yourself equipped for a trip, you depart the lodge and select the location at which you wish to hunt. Dropping into the wilderness The in-game map will become populated with the campsites, blinds, and stands you encounter while exploring. There is a nice array of licensed gear that is sure to appeal to real outdoorsmen. Different clothing types will have advantages in different locations and are the biggest factor in how visible you appear to wild prey. There is a dedicated room for customizing your desired loadouts, which is helpful as each environment and type of prey have their own requirements for ethical claims. Additionally, all licenses required for legally bagging your kills must be purchased from the computer prior to heading outdoors. A lavish hunting lodge is provided to you at the outset and serves as a central hub for all hunting excursions.įrom within the lodge, you can use your laptop to buy equipment such as rifles, bows, clothing, and accessories. In total, there are more than thirty types of critters that you can track down and shoot, with some overlapping between environments. Each of the hunting grounds offers a unique look and assortment of potential wild game targets. The time you spend with Hunting Simulator 2 will be divided among a set of environments in Colorado, Texas, and Europe.

The lay of the land The rolling plains of Colorado are drenched in the never-moving sun. Hunting Simulator 2 feels like a step back in a few ways from its predecessor and feels so far behind its competition that it is hard to recommend for hunting fanatics or players looking for a more casual experience.

In the end, the four-legged friendships you develop along the way are worth remembering.

This new addition to the franchise aims higher with updated graphics, an array of licensed gears, and canine companions. The rules don’t stop there though as each animal will also require you to use a certain weapon to kill it, then there is also the need to have a certain ammo type to kill it, as you can imagine this all can be pretty frustrating especially when out hunting and you come across a decent animal that you can’t take down because you have the wrong ammo type! It turns into a fining simulator by the end, I shot an animal twice and then saw it limping so thought I would do the right thing and put it down only to get fined again for shooting it to many times!! Some species of animals also don’t allow you to kill females, there is a lot to take in but thankfully when you zoom in on your target if there is any reason you shouldn’t be shooting that said animal a warning will come up and tell you why you shouldn’t be shooting it.Hunting Simulator 2 arrives a few years after a lackluster showing from the first game in the series. Each region will require a certain licence for that area and the animal you are wishing to hunt and even then you can only kill a set amount of that animal. There is a pretty extensive collection of things to buy with guns and licences being really important. When you first start you pretty much have nothing so accessing the laptop in the cabin will allow you to buy items.

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