Predator Hunting Grounds Yautja Edition Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published October 8, 2024 · Updated October 7, 2024

Predator Hunting Grounds Yautja Edition Review, Hunt or be hunted in this asymmetrical multiplayer shooter that pits man against Predator. As part of a Fireteam, complete missions before the Predator finds you. Or be the Predator and hunt your prey.

Predator Hunting Grounds Yautja Edition Review Pros:

Awesome graphics.
42.68GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Crossplay can be turned on and off.
Mouse and keyboard support.
Video settings – display mode, resolution, gamma slider, v-sync, and field of view slider.
Graphics settings – graphics API, framerate slider, upscale, anti-aliasing, resolution scale, effects, foliage, post-processing, shadow quality, motion blur, texture quality, and view distance.
Officially licensed product.
DLSS support and you set it on a slider from performance to quality.
Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders including deadzone and toggle crouch.
Three controller layouts including custom so you can remap them.
The mouse and keyboard buttons can be remapped and the mouse has sensitivity sliders.
Survival shooter gameplay.
Deployment cutscenes are inspired by the movie and is the same scene that you see in the movie where they chopper in with the landing light going off etc.
Can play as a male or female Marine.
Daily challenges.
The gameplay setup is 1 Predator Vs 4 Marines.
The Predator’s goal is to kill all marines or stop them from leaving via the chopper.
23 total Predator variants to unlock and play as, each has unique stats for health, stamina, movement speed, and gear. Every variant can be customized for the head, body, and trophies.
13 Predator weapons to unlock and equip in either the primary or secondary slots. (it’s the same weapon choices in each)
5 Predator gear items – healing kit, audio decoy, bear trap, motion detector, and wrist launcher. You have three slots but each item has a weight limit.
26 Predator perks to unlock and equip and these change your abilities like better jump or faster attacks etc. Again 3 slots and each have a weight to them.
The Marines’ goal is to either do objectives and successfully evacuate via the chopper or kill the Predator.
Ai is on the map aside from the players and they give EXP and react and shoot the players.
Private matches-can also be played solo and still earn exp and loot.
Choose deployment location and vote on choices.
12 Predator and 12 Marine load-out save slots can be unlocked.
3 weapon types for the Marines – Assault rifles (8 guns), Sniper Rifles (4 guns), and special (3 weapons).
Veritanium can be picked up in-game and is the in-game currency to spend on loot boxes (field lockers) or weapon skins.
Loot boxes use in-game currency and grant customizable items and weapon skins. Duplicates give Veritanium.
Matchmaking has a timer.
The Predator is in 3rd person.
The Marines are first-person.
All loot like skins etc has a rarity level.
Friend list integration.
Can ping loot/ammo/health/weapons/enemies.
Earn EXP and level up to unlock new loadout slots, equipment, etc.
Earn EXP on guns to unlock attachments.
4 Marine classes – Deadly, Fanatic, Reckless, and Unleashed with each having unique traits.
The tutorial has you play a scenario as the Predator. You earn EXP, unlocks, and rewards.
In-game cutscenes and interactions.
The predator can be customized from mask to skins, weapons, and abilities.
Hidden OWLF, Dutch, and Isabelle recordings to find and listen to.
As the Predator, you can claim trophies.
Marine loadout slots-primary, melee, secondary, 3 gear slots, and 3 perks.
They balance perks and gear choices by each item having a slot cost from 1-3.
Quick play has two game modes – Clash and hunt.
Hunt mode lets you pick to be the Predator, Marine, or no preference.
Clash is a 4 v 4 mode that has you fighting for territory, you then unlock the ability for one teammate to become the Predator on your side.
The extras menu houses a game-like manual entry.
Beautiful-looking maps with iconic locations within.
You can cut down plants and trees.
Missions randomize.
EXP pops up as you collect items/revive/kill enemies etc.
The minimap highlights enemies, players, and points of interest along with objectives.
Bases have Alarms and the enemy AI can trigger an alarm with reinforcements. You can disable alarms if you stealth in.
The predator can predator (Parkour) up trees, leap, change vision type, go invisible, and throw decoys.
Shooting the Predator means he bleeds green and leaves a trail behind on the floor, buildings, or foliage. and can have a red outline.
Destructible parts of the level.
Find ammo and health piles.
The predator can set off the self-destruct sequence that comes complete with the noises and laugh. You can see the explosion radius and have time to escape… Maybe.
Satisfying kill confirmation noises on enemies.
Mission objectives/placements/Varitum and ammo, health cache placements are random.
Can see teammates outline through walls.
As a Marine, you can put mud on to make it harder for the Predator to see you.
The parkour for the Predator is very snappy and easy to perform.
Handy clear notifications button.
It is possible for Marines to bring back dead soldiers.
You can revive and heal each other.
The loading times are fast.
Has the Predator from the latest film Prey.
Subtitles can be turned on, and have a background and size slider.
Games have a timer so time is of the essence.
When The game is working as intended it’s some of the best fun you can have even in solo with randoms.
End of match breakdown and score.
You earn EXP for every hit you put on a Predator.

Predator Hunting Grounds Yautja Edition Review Cons:

No benchmark test.
You don’t get the Dutch DLC and even worse is the DLC isn’t even up on the store, nothing anywhere says why.
This Edition of the game is amazing if you are a Predator main but lackluster if you are not.
The menus especially in graphics are all messed up and don’t always register properly.
Balancing the Marines’ levels and the Predator doesn’t always feel fair.
The Predator is way too fast in terms of attack and can easily down everyone.
Can’t skip the cutscenes and death screens.
Slow to unlock anything.
The pool of items in the loot crates is bad with me having countless full crate box duplicates usually in a row.
Feels like all the cool stuff and work went into the Predator, marines are basic and clumsy.
Long matchmaking times.
A lot of games started with only 2 or 3 players.
Weapon skins are not that desirable for most of the weapons.
The mouse cursor stays on the screen even when using the controller.
Hard to make out objectives a lot of the time.
Guns are hard to use until you grind out attachments.
Loadout slots are unlocked.
Gun EXP is definitely the slowest to earn.
With randoms, the game is just a shooting gallery and people running around everywhere.
Grenades don’t have the aiming reticle or any help in determining where they will land.
The screen feedback on hits makes you feel like you are taking more damage than you actually are.
Got stuck in the scenery a fair few times.
Marines can’t stick to walls or do any cool tricks like sliding and shooting etc.
Constantly getting controller disconnected errors or the Steam big picture being that the controller is disconnected. Thus happens even on a wired controller.
I would have the game load into a match and then it resets all graphic options and sets my screen to the size of a stamp.
Predator gets the most EXP even if they don’t play the game and are just idle!
Can’t see teammates or indeed the Predator’s player level.
Pings are all over the place and no network options for servers etc.
Winning as a marine is not that rewarding or even special, just a cutscene of an angry Predator.
I get it sound is important but all footsteps are way too loud and sound like a drunk Camel attempting to ballet.
Had many games start counting down as if I’m in the game but all I get is a black screen amd I can’t even bring up the pause menu.
In big-picture mode the achievements pop-up is delayed until after you shut the game down.
You cannot afford to turn off cross-play because you will hardly ever fill the room when on the PC.