Way of the Hunter: Aurora Shores Review (HellKitten)
This is by far one of the best DLC I have ever seen in the gaming industry lately. I was a bit depressed with the gaming industry in general lately as a lot of AAA titles felt like garbage to me. Most of them seem chopped off to pieces sucking out as much money as possible from the consumer’s wallet. However, Aurora Shores DLC of Way of Hunter offers a vast map that you can invest days to explore and animals with realistic behaviors. It almost provides you with a full game for $10.
The only complaint I have is the approach to story mode. It heavily encourages ethical hunting. This is not a bad idea but was done before already in the original game. I have a feeling that this idea will be constantly reproduced over upcoming DLCs too since the developers seem quite passionate about it. Don’t get me wrong, I like what they promote as well. However, I thought it was getting a bit tedious at this point and very repetitive. I hope the upcoming stories will have less focus on this particular element.
Furthermore, the story of this DLC only seems half finished as well. It felt really weird as the story suddenly ended while something big was about to begin. I am not sure if the developers are planning to continue the story with a few more patches or upcoming DLCs, but at this point, it would be a bit hard to recommend the game to the people who play hunting simulators mainly for story mode. I know it sounds weird though, but I am one of these people. I think it is mainly because I was never a hunter in the real life and never will be most likely. I just love to feel what hunting is like and what it is like to manage a reserve as a professional hunter. Way of the Hunter provide this experience really well and that is what I particularly love about this game. Therefore, I wish more consideration could be done to it in the upcoming years.
Nevertheless, I have thoroughly enjoyed the new DLC overall and cannot wait to play the next one. This is obviously not a game for everybody still, but I am really glad that I could pick this game, and love how passionate the developers are. The game and its detail clearly articulate how much they are engaged with their project.