TheHunter: Call of the Wild - Bloodhound Review (LeapingDoe)
TL;DR doggo good and make happy, good boy who could be better
My dogs make me feel less lonely and really help me out with following blood trails, especially for when I've taken down multiple in one herd and have a lot of trails to follow. They can be quite glitchy, but putting them back in the kennel then taking them out usually helps fix them and make it okay for like 1-3 hours so it's not too bad.
The skill tree could use improvement, honestly it seems like a lot of the useful skills are just at the second row. Would've been a lot better to put Howl as its own separate achievement for the dog instead of a skill imo since its quite useless. Perhaps it could've been something you get when the dog meets other dogs in multiplayer or encounters wolves, or just a default command?
I'd love to see more information for the dogs, like seeing their sex when you view them in their kennel and maybe even a personality system where you could pay extra on a new dog that was inherently more attentive and keen to spooked animals, or bred for an extra sensitive nose and had easier time finding smaller blood trails, or maybe just some more social stuff like sticking closer to you, etc. Mostly saying the paywall since if they got indepth, you may get stuck with a dog with a personality that counteracts what you wanted for them to be as a companion and ehhhh.
Would definetily recommend since it brings me a lot of joy, lots of room for improvement though.