Hunt: Showdown is your gaming group’s next favourite game
For many, online games serve much more as interactive chat rooms than they do exclusively gaming experiences.
People jump on to Forza Horizon for a few hours with their friends in order to drive around mindlessly and catch up on the day. In the pandemic era, games have become more social space than ever, and as such, groups are constantly looking for that next game that will grab their attention, and keep everyone invested.
In the last year, plenty of co-op focussed games have been released, and while they may have scratched that itch for a short time, they’re lacking the tactical depth of something that’s going to hold the attention span of your group for a long period of time. Something that’s going to inspire stories that are told in group chats for years after they happen. Enter Hunt: Showdown.
In Hunt: Showdown, games see you and up to two friends enter a map, in order to hunt down a truly horrifying boss and claim your prize. On your way, you’ll encounter any number of unfriendly beings throughout the maps, with the most dangerous among them being enemy players. Make it out alive and you’ll earn experience which translates into powerful traits for your next match.
The tension of just making it out by the skin of your teeth with your best character is really hard to replicate in other games. That’s because if you don’t make it out of a level, your character is lost forever. Gone. All that XP, all that work, gone. There are some permanent unlocks, like certain weapons you can still buy, but all those traits you’ve accrued are washed away.
While this may sound hardcore, the game actually provides a great balance and an inviting atmosphere for new players.
While it can initially seem crazy when you lose a character, it
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