A Month in Gaming
Here we are again with another summary of my gaming activities in recent months. Or in this case since last September. It’s been a while but I’ve been on a blogging hiatus until recently. However, I’ve kept myself busy gaming wise and often I find the hunt for news video games, just as entertaining as I do playing them. Perhaps that could be a future blog post. Back to the matter in hand. Gaming wise, pretty much all things related to the MMORPG genre are currently on the back burner. I’ll give specifics later but I am taking a break from these for the present. I am currently looking at trying games outside my usual comfort zone and also trying to test whether you can or cannot teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, the answer appears to be yes you can. Enough summation, on to the specifics.
The Hunter: Call of the Wild
I have always dismissed hunting games as “not my thing”. Perhaps that stems from my ambivalent views about hunting per se. Yet after recently watching a YouTube video for The Hunter: Call of the Wild, I revised my opinion. The footage showed a slow and thoughtful game and I was also surprised to see that there was a campaign with a story. Hence I decided to step outside of my comfort zone and give the game a try. The base edition can be purchased for £20 on Steam and there is a wealth of optional DLC. I bought a bundle that included some additional maps, weapons packs and a dog that can be used for tracking. I also bought a quad bike as this is invaluable for traversing the open world, which is enormous. As ever with steam, the installation was easy and hassle free and within an hour I found myself exploring Layton Lake District, which is based upon the Pacific Northwest geographic region.