www.facebook.com/mrcrucialclothing check out my facebook page for chances to WIN free stuff. MRCRUCIAL and Stubs666 do some Co-Op PC Hunting :P The Hunter is a free-to-play PC game that recreates hunting wild animals in as realistic a manner as possible. The initial setting is on an open world island based on various locations, including the islands and surroundings of Washington State in the USA. The free game features two huntable animal types (Mule Deer and Cottontail Rabbit), and subscribers can unlock other animals (with purchase of a membership or license for a specific animal), along with a variety of guns, bows and lures with which to hunt them. More animals are planned for future game versions. To play the player must first create a character on the game's website www.thehunter.com, which includes social networking tools and messaging capabilities to allow players to connect and share in-game experiences. Creating a character requires selecting an avatar from pool of unique faces, and adding a unique name. Once a character is created and the tutorial completed, the player can hunt freely and activate missions and earn one of two types of in game currency called gm$. Completing the first 3 Mule Deer missions unlocks further missions from other animals in the game. Players must use natural cover to avoid detection by the animals in the game. Mule Deer and Cottontail Rabbit may be hunted for free, and Whitetail, Blacktail, Roosevelt elk, Turkey, Coyote, Feral hog, Pheasant, Black bear, Moose, European wild boar, Roe deer, Red deer, Red fox, Brown bear, Mallard Ducks, Canadian Goose, and Reindeer can be hunted by subscribers. Each animal species reacts to different stimuli in different ways. Scent detection for the quadrupeds is their keenest sense, which means the player has to be aware of wind direction or the animal might smell the player's scent and run off. Players must also pay careful attention to the soundscape, listening for subtle signals that indicate the presence of animals in the locality.[4] The core gameplay revolves around tracking and harvesting (killing) animals with the weapons provided, although a digital camera is also provided for those who do not wish to shoot with a gun. Animal tracks can be found and identified with the optional "Huntermate" an in-game GPS-like device that identifies tracks, scat, rooting, bedding, blood trails, and animal calls and grunts. At August 2009, over 200 animals appear on the island when a game starts, located with an element of randomization. Hunting areas added since May 2011 are: Settler Creeks (rugged North American mountain forest with abandoned homesteads); Redfeather Falls (rough Canadian mountains and swamps); Hirschfelden (German highland farms and forests); Hemmeldal (Northern Swedish snowy mountains, swamps and icy lakes), which is also the first reserve to allow hunting during snowfall; Rougarou Bayou (Southern United States). Subscribers can choose to start anywhere in these hunting areas (provided they have a tent, otherwise a hunting lodge can be chosen to start in a list of two or three in each reserve), and at any time of day, between 5 AM and 6 PM. The huntable species in the reserves are as follows: Whitehart Island: Whitetail deer, Blacktail deer, Roosevelt elk, Wild Turkey, Coyote Logger's Point: Mule deer, Whitetail deer, Feral Hog, Pheasant, Coyote, Cottontail Rabbit Settler Creeks: Whitetail deer, Roosevelt elk, Feral hog, Black bear, Wild Turkey, Cottontail Rabbit Redfeather Falls: Roosevelt elk, Moose, Black bear, Whitetail deer, Blacktail deer Hirschfelden: Red deer, Roe deer, Wild boar, Pheasant, Red fox, Canada Goose Hemmeldal: Brown bear, Moose, Roe deer, Red fox, Reindeer Rougarou Bayou: Black bear, Feral Hog, Mallard, Whitetail deer Val-Des-Bois: Red deer, Roe Dear, Brown Bear, Red fox, Alpine Ibex Free-to-play players were initially restricted at launch to Whitehart Island. Then from May 2011 a large 2.3 square-mile spur, called Logger's Point, was made the free-to-play starting point. Access was barred from there to the main Whitehart Island, unless one had a paid subscription. As of 3 June 2013 all hunting reserves can be visited and played by free-to-play users of the game, but with a limited choice of start points. The Hunter also features minor RPG elements. As players track and spot each animal their skill in that area improves. Weapon skills can also be improved by scoring successful hits on animals. Improving the hunting skills makes animals easier to track, and a weapon will not suffer as much "wobble" when aimed. Multiplayer was released on 3 June 2013 and allows full members both to host and to join maps with up to 8 players. Free members can only join multiplayer if the host allows it. A new set of animations has been also released, together with a new inventory mode, new clothes and some minor changes. Even the website has undergone a full restyle.

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