@@D3adCy11nd3r it's not that they don't care it's that they are so blind with shit eye site they are just trying ti figure out what they are looking at 😂😂 that's why the dip there head. They are trying to get a better look
That's one of the many many things I absolutely LOVE about this fabulous game. Unlike cotw when a deer sees you they spin in circles and watch the stars
This seems like a great hunting game to do hardcore/realistic game play in. Unlike CoTW you can pretty easily track without having the highlights all the time and it really prioritizes knowledge of shot placement and of you firearms capabilities
6:46 I love this so much. I'm no hunter but from a gameplay perspective I think it's fascinating to be able to run into a previously shot animal, of course in combination with the herd mechanics makes for such an interesting experience! Looking forward to Tuesday! Edit: I hope you'll do a video on the highest difficulty at some point. Really curious to see what you make of it since you have RL hunting experience.
Really late reply to your comment but I shot and killed a deer with a single shot but found out that I had previously took a shot and hit its tail bone long before I killed it so there is a ton of detail in this game
@@Krypticobject1 Yeah in the meantime I've been playing this game for over 100 hours and yesterday I harvested an animal that had 3 shots. It was one of the mission animals and it proved difficult to track it down and get a good shot, but finally I got it. 😂
There's 3 things I'd love to see with this game to make it about as good as it can be for what it is. 1: internal ballistics. Bullets through an animal's lungs have a habit of killing them in short order. The minimum energy requirements and lack of quick kills with smaller calibers (mule deer running almost 200m with a double lung shot from a 243 at 150yds) is a bit of a bummer for me. 2: Weapon firing. They just don't feel like hunting rifles. The lack of recoil and muzzle blast makes it seem like shooting a 22 hornet with every rifle 3: Weapon customization. This game suffers from the same thing as most, having a certain gun model only be a single cartridge, and a not having anything be customizable. I hope that this game reaches its full potential eventually, but as is it's still very good
I think it would be pretty cool if the animal selling prices fluctuated depending on how much of that animal you shot recently. It wouldn't be something that would be super drastic immediately, just something to kind of help spice of the game a little bit. It would give good incentive to shoot something other than deer.
If animal persistence is a thing that's pretty darn cool. Thanks for these videos. I was concerned this would just be another arcade game but I'm convinced and pre-ordered
Awesome video....I do question the weight of the whitetail in the game. A mule deer can go 300+ lb. but all these 300+ lb whitetail, I don't know. Been hunting 40+ years and my biggest was 190 field dressed. Just curious what other thinks....Rock on Flinter
At 10:20 I wonder if the meat loss was related to the shot placement in that a gunshot that hits the femoral artery destroys the leg it hits I know because my worst shot to date was a femoral artery shot where the deer dropped and didn’t move dead on bullet arrival somehow that hind quarter was destroyed with nothing to salvage
Alright you got me convinced 😂 they really undersold this game on the trailers. I was expecting this to be a cringy game and not a competitor for CoTW whatsoever. So glad I saw this footage. Probably going to preorder 😜 it still needs some refinement, but holy wow.
I can't wait til bow hunting is added, very strange that its not already in the game, i have no idea what bow hunting DLC would be and how it would work I'd love to see reactions of getting shot with an arrow, jumping the string, maybe doing a flip an take off running. I do only wish deer would stick up their tails when they're spooked
My guess is the 51# is more due to the rump shot than it being a poor shot in general, either way amazing thought and detail went into this game I’m pumped to play tomorrow!
My only complaint I've seen so far (This game to me looks amazing and a huge step up from COtW) Is how your character automatically starts racking his next shell which makes it hard to see through the scope after your shot. I want to see how the animal reacts easier. Also I want to be able to use an AR-15 for hunting smaller game. Like Coyotes and Hogs. Didn't see an AR listed in their weapons. Maybe a DLC for something like that in the future would be cool!
if they add AR15 they must make it useable for US map only. Hunting with AR's in Europe is very unpopular and i think even forbidden. So would make no sense if they add a Rifle you can only use on one map.
I agree that there should be more of kick from shooting a rifle. I also wonder if it’s less to show the audience the different animations they have worked on to add the realism with an animal being shot. Either way the game looks amazing and thank you for showing us and giving us your honest thoughts about the game!
I really wanna play this game badly I love how the bucks Jump when they have been hit by the bullet that’s as realistic as it gets into real life hunting at its finest and I love how the quality of the forest looks it looks realistic asf you know how long we have been waiting for a hunting game that is realistic as real life hunting I mean the old cabela games are still grate till this day but the quality is alright I understand because back then they people who did the cabela games didn’t really have the technology as we do now I wish they could remaster the old cabela games that would be a dream come true who agrees
the fact that other games that aren’t hunting games like red dead 2. the animals looks way better and the game isn’t even a hunting game. just shows the amount of effort they actually care to put into the games
I gut shot a deer with my recurve IRL facing towards me but a little quartered away because I knew I could take the shot and I didn't. after waiting 6 hours because my arrow had gut shot smell. When I came back that deer ran 15yds because the angle went through the femoral artery from a bad shot that turned into a Lucky shot. Never heard him fall. Tons of blood. Glad they have that detailed.
I've shot deers in the lungs that hop up run 10 yards and start bucking in place and then fall on there backs. Never seen one get double lunges and run 243 yards lol.
Killed a deer last fall by hitting the femoral artery in that same location. It bolted just as I pulled the trigger. Insane blood trail and died within 150 yards.
Ok the render distance for the animals seems pretty good. With the right weapon, scope and ammunition I will be trying to hit some 300+ meters shots just for fun.
I really wish this game would show bullet holes or wounds. It's going for realism so go full realism. I guess I'm just so used to old Cabela's games that show them lol.
Hey man long time no see (been busy with work since 07 retail gets holiday stuff super early) anyways when you said wait what? I used the wrong gun how is this buck from the last hunt (my first thought was 🤔 but glitch) that needs to be fixed but no your like nvm were good it's from this hunt omg I was worried for a second lol yea bro me too iv'e been watching other videos about this game some have said when the shots get taken there's no reverb like in call of the wild. Me: well of course this game is supposed to be different after I watch this I'm going to get on my ps4 and maybe check it out. P.s. some said there's not enough room for trophys it's too small idk everyone i know is still messing with it but I heard this map is very large
yo flinter i understand it's early access and you showing us the most you can anyway , can you make a test for the difficulty lvl hunter and we can see the difference in terms of apporching animals and such? cause can't wait to play this game on the 3 rd lvl instead of explorer and adventurer
I noticed how your voice from the beginning of me watching your channel (2 years) you're voice was louder and more energetic, then middle of last year your voice sounded shy and as if you lost your voice at a American football game so badly that it lasted till this year where your voice shot up to a more normal tone, much better than last year. So, whatever you did to your voice...don't do it again🙃😁
i know you've probably already learned this, and I'm incredibly late. But I saw you killed a four star. Which had the potential to become a 5 star. So I never shoot my 4 stars.
Irl I go for neck shots, I'd like to see you go for one in this game to see how it goes. (Yes I know some people think it's unethical, but they don't run anywhere. If you hit an artery they go maybe 5 steps or you hit spine and it paralyzes them.)
Only thing disappointing to me is the fact that these whitetail like other hunting games have way too many points.. i want to be excited when i see a 10 +pointer and not 14 and 16 point bucks
When you say 4 sessions ago you mean you quit the game an came back an did that 4 x an found him? Sorry if that sounds like a stupid question but if it’s what I’m thinking that is also very neat really like that. But even if it’s not lol at least you found him.
I hate that these games underpower every rifle. in real life a .243 will drop an elk at 200 yards easily if the bullet goes where it should. They just can’t seem to get it right in hunting games
5:00 the way the deer look at you at then move along is just…. wow
Wow for now...but it's like being alert in Cotw which is kinda game breaking considering how long they stay in that position.
@@D3adCy11nd3r it's not that they don't care it's that they are so blind with shit eye site they are just trying ti figure out what they are looking at 😂😂 that's why the dip there head. They are trying to get a better look
That's one of the many many things I absolutely LOVE about this fabulous game. Unlike cotw when a deer sees you they spin in circles and watch the stars
Having arteries as part of the models is seriously cool
literally. i bought this game immediately after i saw that bit. too bad i have to wait till the 16th to play..
Flinter it is 2am on the east coast what are you doing still hearting comments? Go to bed!
With the amount of crazy things that have happened in the first 2 videos, you'd think THQ Nordic rigged your game to showcase it
got me to pre-order it lmfao
This seems like a great hunting game to do hardcore/realistic game play in. Unlike CoTW you can pretty easily track without having the highlights all the time and it really prioritizes knowledge of shot placement and of you firearms capabilities
Here's hoping
Also the missions is qbout selling meat. Family business. Don't want to destroy that meat.
I love that objective diameter and lens quality actually makes them worth it
6:46 I love this so much. I'm no hunter but from a gameplay perspective I think it's fascinating to be able to run into a previously shot animal, of course in combination with the herd mechanics makes for such an interesting experience! Looking forward to Tuesday!
Edit: I hope you'll do a video on the highest difficulty at some point. Really curious to see what you make of it since you have RL hunting experience.
Really late reply to your comment but I shot and killed a deer with a single shot but found out that I had previously took a shot and hit its tail bone long before I killed it so there is a ton of detail in this game
@@Krypticobject1 Yeah in the meantime I've been playing this game for over 100 hours and yesterday I harvested an animal that had 3 shots. It was one of the mission animals and it proved difficult to track it down and get a good shot, but finally I got it. 😂
Wow 16:10 those mounts look so realistic. I’ve never seen anything this realistic before
Just now pre ordered it, I’m so EXCITED
There's 3 things I'd love to see with this game to make it about as good as it can be for what it is.
1: internal ballistics. Bullets through an animal's lungs have a habit of killing them in short order. The minimum energy requirements and lack of quick kills with smaller calibers (mule deer running almost 200m with a double lung shot from a 243 at 150yds) is a bit of a bummer for me.
2: Weapon firing. They just don't feel like hunting rifles. The lack of recoil and muzzle blast makes it seem like shooting a 22 hornet with every rifle
3: Weapon customization. This game suffers from the same thing as most, having a certain gun model only be a single cartridge, and a not having anything be customizable.
I hope that this game reaches its full potential eventually, but as is it's still very good
Well said
yeah, also the sound when shooting is always the same !...that´s much better in CotW. Different bullet weighs was at least the minimum i expected !
I think it would be pretty cool if the animal selling prices fluctuated depending on how much of that animal you shot recently. It wouldn't be something that would be super drastic immediately, just something to kind of help spice of the game a little bit. It would give good incentive to shoot something other than deer.
100%
Developers have said that is the case. The more you sell the same animal meat its price on the market would drop.
@@flasht9000 ah I didn't know that thank you. I haven't been keeping track of the game until recently.
If animal persistence is a thing that's pretty darn cool. Thanks for these videos. I was concerned this would just be another arcade game but I'm convinced and pre-ordered
That jump the deer makes when you shoot them with a rifle is sick. Looks so realistic
A realism factor they all forget is whitetail putting that flag up when fleeing wish a hunting game would remember this.
Flagging is something they said they’re working on implementing.
@@vertigowren6919 do you have the source for that? Thanks!
@@TacticalDev91 maybe a Reply on Discord, hard to track
@Vertigo Wren flagging? What does that mean. Like an actual flag?
I got a glimpse of a 3 star adult whitetail I spooked, now I need to find it again!
Beautiful Flinter, Love the vid! Nice Job like always!
Awesome video....I do question the weight of the whitetail in the game. A mule deer can go 300+ lb. but all these 300+ lb whitetail, I don't know. Been hunting 40+ years and my biggest was 190 field dressed. Just curious what other thinks....Rock on Flinter
Same but my old man just killed a nice one in kansas that was 252 field dressed
At 10:20 I wonder if the meat loss was related to the shot placement in that a gunshot that hits the femoral artery destroys the leg it hits
I know because my worst shot to date was a femoral artery shot where the deer dropped and didn’t move dead on bullet arrival somehow that hind quarter was destroyed with nothing to salvage
Alright you got me convinced 😂 they really undersold this game on the trailers. I was expecting this to be a cringy game and not a competitor for CoTW whatsoever. So glad I saw this footage. Probably going to preorder 😜 it still needs some refinement, but holy wow.
In my opinion nothings cleaner than a Leopold. I think it's cool they added more brand names.
This game is absolutely amazing! It gets better and better with each video I see too
That's awesome shot a buck yesterday couldn't find him I guess I'll run into him down the line
I wasn't interested in this game when it was announced but it really has taken my attention now after some game play plus it has my favorite gun ❤😁
I can't wait til bow hunting is added, very strange that its not already in the game, i have no idea what bow hunting DLC would be and how it would work
I'd love to see reactions of getting shot with an arrow, jumping the string, maybe doing a flip an take off running. I do only wish deer would stick up their tails when they're spooked
this looks to be made by real hunters , the detail is amazing.
My guess is the 51# is more due to the rump shot than it being a poor shot in general, either way amazing thought and detail went into this game I’m pumped to play tomorrow!
I have the 2-7 vx freedom IRL and it is very realistic to that scope.
Oh nice!!
I preordered the game on ps5, super stoked to try it out!
I’m having a hard time with all the pop-in on ps5. Makes it almost unplayable for me.
My only complaint I've seen so far (This game to me looks amazing and a huge step up from COtW) Is how your character automatically starts racking his next shell which makes it hard to see through the scope after your shot. I want to see how the animal reacts easier.
Also I want to be able to use an AR-15 for hunting smaller game. Like Coyotes and Hogs. Didn't see an AR listed in their weapons. Maybe a DLC for something like that in the future would be cool!
if they add AR15 they must make it useable for US map only. Hunting with AR's in Europe is very unpopular and i think even forbidden.
So would make no sense if they add a Rifle you can only use on one map.
I agree that there should be more of kick from shooting a rifle. I also wonder if it’s less to show the audience the different animations they have worked on to add the realism with an animal being shot. Either way the game looks amazing and thank you for showing us and giving us your honest thoughts about the game!
I love your channel the cotw community is awesome
I really wanna play this game badly I love how the bucks Jump when they have been hit by the bullet that’s as realistic as it gets into real life hunting at its finest and I love how the quality of the forest looks it looks realistic asf you know how long we have been waiting for a hunting game that is realistic as real life hunting I mean the old cabela games are still grate till this day but the quality is alright I understand because back then they people who did the cabela games didn’t really have the technology as we do now I wish they could remaster the old cabela games that would be a dream come true who agrees
Ok Flinter, you have sold me on this game... ill be getting it when it comes out in a few days
6:50 that was the deer you just shot twice
the fact that other games that aren’t hunting games like red dead 2. the animals looks way better and the game isn’t even a hunting game. just shows the amount of effort they actually care to put into the games
Man great content keep up the great work!
Are there any lever guns in the game?
The lens size changes how much you see inside the scope.
Great Video, as always. I might just buy the game for myself. I love your videos, keep up the good work!!
Antlers move from head 3:40 in harvest screen
I gut shot a deer with my recurve IRL facing towards me but a little quartered away because I knew I could take the shot and I didn't. after waiting 6 hours because my arrow had gut shot smell. When I came back that deer ran 15yds because the angle went through the femoral artery from a bad shot that turned into a Lucky shot. Never heard him fall. Tons of blood. Glad they have that detailed.
Does anyone know if the season pass Extra land areas will be available right away or down the line
So is there no hunting pressure and you can’t delete zones? That’s pretty cool
Counter, how are you getting on with following blood trails? I keep looking kills. Frustrating
My Dad shot his biggest buck with his bow right in the hip, but caught the artery! 24 years later still just chilling on the wall.
The ol back leg vital
How’s the visual pop-in on pc? It’s so bad on ps5 in performance mode it’s almost unplayable
Yeah white tail is hard to find it’s like gold for me lol
I love the idea of controlling the gene pool. I think I might wait for this game's equivalent of a bloodhound to be released before I get it.
Maybe I've missed this in a previous video- but is there a scoring system (based on real life scoring for bucks) in the harvest screen?
unfortunately not, only stars so far. wish they would go thehunter (classic) way. with score based system. not diamond or stars
So you can save the harvest to mount at a later time?? If so, that's fantastic!
Yep yep
Is it possible to drop animals in their tracks? They all seem to run away after being shot
Yep, heart shot can as well as spine and some others. You can double lung one that goes 150yds or that goes 10ft
I've shot deers in the lungs that hop up run 10 yards and start bucking in place and then fall on there backs. Never seen one get double lunges and run 243 yards lol.
Do you buy ammunition? I didnt see that .... great video btw. Going to watch the next.
Does this game keep track of stats? Number of kills…shots missed…and such…
How is this game compared to CoTW?
Hey, what difficulty do you play on?
How long does it take for a buck to progress from young to mature? Do you know if it's based on play time, or real time?
Killed a deer last fall by hitting the femoral artery in that same location. It bolted just as I pulled the trigger. Insane blood trail and died within 150 yards.
Flinter what PC do you use? Or what do you recommend? I do not want to spend a thousand dollars on ps5 just to play one game
I actually shot my first buck at 30 yards in the femoral artery and it went 5 steps and bled out there was a pool of blood.
Hey man just wanna let you know you have a Chart Party video in your COTW playlist LOL
Ok the render distance for the animals seems pretty good. With the right weapon, scope and ammunition I will be trying to hit some 300+ meters shots just for fun.
The render distance is 800 meters. Theoretically, you can go for 800-meter shot.
I really wish this game would show bullet holes or wounds. It's going for realism so go full realism.
I guess I'm just so used to old Cabela's games that show them lol.
7:00 the animal will die of age eventually so that should be the cap.
My first deer I shot irl I hit far back since it took a step is I released my arrow. I ended up getting lucky and hitting the femoral artery.
That was a big step lol
Really dont like that black in the scope after the shot nice to see a wounded deer continues on
Wait...you said archery dlc....are they releasing this game without archery?
Hey man long time no see (been busy with work since 07 retail gets holiday stuff super early) anyways when you said wait what? I used the wrong gun how is this buck from the last hunt (my first thought was 🤔 but glitch) that needs to be fixed but no your like nvm were good it's from this hunt omg I was worried for a second lol yea bro me too iv'e been watching other videos about this game some have said when the shots get taken there's no reverb like in call of the wild. Me: well of course this game is supposed to be different after I watch this I'm going to get on my ps4 and maybe check it out.
P.s. some said there's not enough room for trophys it's too small idk everyone i know is still messing with it but I heard this map is very large
yo flinter i understand it's early access and you showing us the most you can anyway , can you
make a test for the difficulty lvl hunter and we can see the difference in terms of apporching animals and such? cause can't wait to play this game on the 3 rd lvl instead of explorer and adventurer
Moose give a bunch of money lol
Is this game on console too?
Is this game gonna be out on PS4 don't really have the money for PS5 rn😂
Id like to see some bighorn hunting
and why on earth sound all calibers and rifles the same ??
381 pound whitetail damn lmao
Hello Flinter!
Hey flinter I’ve been wondering is way of the hunter on ps4
No it’s not. And the ps5 and new Xbox’s are too freaking expensive and there is nowhere that has them on stock!
Have you tried a headshot yet?
Wish I could get this game but they didn’t realease I on ps4. 😢
are you not playing the missions ? kill 3 phesants / hollywood etc?
I noticed how your voice from the beginning of me watching your channel
(2 years) you're voice was louder and more energetic, then middle of last year your voice sounded shy and as if you lost your voice at a American football game so badly that it lasted till this year where your voice shot up to a more normal tone, much better than last year. So, whatever you did to your voice...don't do it again🙃😁
😂😂 to be fair I hate the sound of my voice
Absolutely no rifle recoil. For a game aiming for realism, this is a HUGE oversight!
Yeah that needs altered for sure!
I really like the game but I'm going to wait a bit
I want maps in other parts of the world and not only in North America and Europe
Hi flinter is there treesands like in cotw
No
If this game can have a good amount of DLC like cotw sky is the limit tbh
It sounds like the rifle sound should be increased
Some strange recoil in this game.
Hay I need a new red deer spot
I had six shots in a deer because I’m crap at hitting my target
I'm 70 hours in this game I can't stand it anymore. Animals disappear right in front of your eyes, they can see you through mountains I'm over it.
Please release this game on PS4 !! What are they thinking here ??
i know you've probably already learned this, and I'm incredibly late. But I saw you killed a four star. Which had the potential to become a 5 star. So I never shoot my 4 stars.
Irl I go for neck shots, I'd like to see you go for one in this game to see how it goes. (Yes I know some people think it's unethical, but they don't run anywhere. If you hit an artery they go maybe 5 steps or you hit spine and it paralyzes them.)
Only thing disappointing to me is the fact that these whitetail like other hunting games have way too many points.. i want to be excited when i see a 10 +pointer and not 14 and 16 point bucks
The terminal ballistics in this and COTW are infuriating to me.
horrible to cycle inventory on ps5
They really need to fix the amount of meat that gets ruined by shooting the animals it drastically high .
When you say 4 sessions ago you mean you quit the game an came back an did that 4 x an found him? Sorry if that sounds like a stupid question but if it’s what I’m thinking that is also very neat really like that. But even if it’s not lol at least you found him.
Yes that’s what he’s saying
This game looks amazing, but I think I’ll stick to Call Of the Wild, totally not because I’m on last gen
I hate that these games underpower every rifle. in real life a .243 will drop an elk at 200 yards easily if the bullet goes where it should. They just can’t seem to get it right in hunting games
I think they purposely do that for game progression purposes. There's nowhere to progress to if the starting gin can do it all
nice :)
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