some steps forward, but too many steps back.
- no more bullet drop and no wind to speak of
-rarely get an opportunity for a long distance kill
-some shots that would kill in reality only wound and vise versa
-Variety of animals per-board is usually only the one you are tyring to hunt plus one other and birds. (past games have included up to six diff. in one board sometimes w/ multiple species to hunt)
-bird and herd hunting missions last on average 20 seconds and aren't very fun
-tracking now consists of walking into a swarm of red bugs (no joke) very stupid and uninteresting (plus can't see tracks on ground unlike previous titles) -no more scent cover, stands, decoys, calls, gps, etc... only weapons (which don't seem to vary as much as they should) -animal disappears after shot, meaning you don't claim trophies
-animals are in the exact same location each time you retry, so there is no randomness or variation.
-Biggest animals are always the same (darkest and biggest) - and worse...my biggest will not vary from yours - no randomness; in previous titles i could shoot a 1654 lbs. animal but you could have found a 1661lbs of same speicies which is cool and random...not here.
-animals run strange (routes) there are too many predators hunting you which is too arcadey
- much too short time limit on all missions (approx 5-10 min max) with annoying voice over saying 'sands of time wait for no one, even hunters'
- all water is a few inches deep (can't drown or go waist deep) - lessens strategy
-draw distance is weak for a 360 game
there are certainly other i can't think of now
I don't miss the rifle sighting or stamina bar...there should be a customization menu though for people to tweak the game how they want. I still contend that the original cabella and first big game hunting were the best in series...much better than this. after a few hours you realize this is mindless and repetative and short...but it's all we have for now in the hunting simulation genre. 5.5/10