theHunter: Call of the Wild – Alberta Hunting Preserve drops players into the snow-draped majesty of Askiy Ridge, a treacherous yet gorgeous Canadian expanse teeming with wildlife and cultural reverence. This DLC isn’t just about stalking prey through frostbitten forest, it’s about immersing yourself in the traditions of First Nation Albertans, chasing cryptids, and mastering the landscape with the new Laperriere Outrider .30-30. With 13 narrative missions, 19 species, including 8 brand new additions, and a moody winter overhaul, Alberta Hunting Preserve might be the game’s most atmospheric expansion yet.

theHunter: Call of the Wild – Alberta Hunting Preserve Review Pros

• Beautiful graphics.
• 101.65GB download size but bear in mind I own most of the DLC and I couldn’t see a way to break it down.
• Full controller support.
• Supports the DualSense controller.
• Hunting gameplay.
• First-person view.
• Tutorial pop-ups appear as you play, and these can be dismissed or turned off.
• Tents, outposts, and towers can all be found and then used as fast travel points.
• The map fills in as you explore.
• You get a whole story dedicated to the Alaskan region, it will have you taking in real world locations and points of interests.
• New gun called the Laperriere 30 30 lever action rifle, and it handles really well even for my butter fingers. Oh it also supports a load of my scopes I bought before.
• You can play how you want, do story missions or don’t, take on side quests or don’t. You honestly can do what you want as soon as you finish the opening story setup.
• The location is stunning, you leave footprints in the snow, and the falling snow looks almost realistic. Tracking animals is a tad bit easier as you have more visual markers to help, and anything that doesn’t stick out more.
• You get to access any other DLC you have like vehicles and dogs, and can you them straight away.
• Your phone is your tool for maps, finding your trophy if they run away whilst bleeding and accepting missions etc.
• Sound and wind play a huge part, if you stink and the winds just right animals will run away from your stinky ass.
• The lodge is like your home away from home. You can explore, complete missions, examine weapons, and visit the shop.
• Earn experience from hunting and finding locations, and level up to get skill points and unlock new items in the shop.
• I can still do my favourite thing, which is get on my super load ATV and drive around the whole area and hit all the fast travel points, spook animals and try and run them over, only to realise they are twice my size and twice as strong, and I die.
• Authentic and impactful animal call sounds.
• 19 new species, but honestly, they all look the same to me once I’m looking down the scopes and missing. All I ever see is a different kind of ass running away from me.

theHunter: Call of the Wild – Alberta Hunting Preserve Review Cons

• No Steam achievements were added for the DLC.
• The lodge has an upstairs, but you have to go outside to use the stairs.
• Not all the rooms in the lodge are accessible, and you cannot hang up any trophies or customise them.
• The story is just a basic one and doesn’t have any real impact; it’s just a vehicle to give out missions.
• Had a lot of slowdown in heavy snow and wooded areas.
• I don’t always find the scent system to work that well.
• My dog loves to glitch through walls. I mean, it might be a super powered up dog, but I only feed him Pedigree Chum, so I don’t know.
• The dlc has a whole that doesn’t feel as meaty and in depth as some of the previous offerings.

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theHunter: Call of the Wild – Alberta Hunting Preserve

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Developer: Expansive Worlds

Publisher: Avalanche Studios Group

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