Review: Hunt Showdown (Steam)

Hunt: Showdown is a competitive first-person PvP bounty hunting game with heavy PvE elements, from the makers of Crysis. Set in the darkest corners of the world, it packs the thrill of survival games into a match-based format.

Pros:

• Gorgeous dark grimey graphics.
• 24900mb Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Steam trading cards.
• Controller support.
• FOV slider.
• Graphics-four presets including custom. AA/V-sync/texture filtering/resolution/res scale/window mode/object and texture quality/lighting, shadow effect, post process, particle quality.
• FPS limit.
• Four control layouts.
• Invert axis and sensitivity slider.
• Optional training matches with 3 difficulties and has you face off against just AI and a boss.
• Geforce experience integrated.
• Tense unnerving atmosphere.
• AI enemies in the world.
• Two control schemes-Gunslinger (faster aiming/slower melee and bad stealth) Hunter (melee/stealth happy and slower gun control).
• Clues-can only be seen when in dark sight. You find the clues to pinpoint the boss’s location.
• Boss fight-win to get items that you must escape with.
• Can leave the match via an exit whenever.
• It’s a PvE and PvP game.
• Play how you want.
• Huge map.
• Can play out how you want like go do the objectives or just let someone else do it then kill them as they leave.
• Roguelike in that if you die then your character/gear die with them and you pay in-game cash for another hunter.
• The bloodline-overall rank that allows you to get better hunter/loadout.
• Shop to buy new gums/items/equipment.
• A powerful engine that allows many biome types in the game world from swamps to built-up areas.
• Strong stealth mechanic, can hide in grass/trees/buildings. Crows can be used for distraction.
• A handful of enemy types who all act differently.
• Solid gameplay.
• Has so much horror representation within the game.
• Big massive boss encounters.
• Balanced in that when a player has the boss token, they show up in dark sight so you can track them.
• Two game modes- Competitive (the main PVP/PvE mode) and Quickplay where its a shorter mode and you race to kill others and close rifts.
• The map contains self-contained events/interactions.

Cons:

• Difficult.
• Slow starter.
• It can be hard to get into at first.
• Playing with randoms is not that fun.
• In-app purchases for skins.
• Matchmaking can be buggy and slow.
• A lot of camping.
• Steep learning curve.
• Slow loading times.