But the experience is more Skyrim than Duck Hunt. It’s beautiful for one (especially cranked up to the highest settings), and the missions you pick up at the local lodge drop you in sprawling maps modeled after Oregon, Alaska, and other hunting favorites. If you’re not reading so much into it, you’ll find that Deer Hunter Online captures the experience of hunting about as well as a Facebook game can. Never before had the ludicrous lengths games go to make killing fun stood out so starkly, and yet at the same time, I couldn’t deny that I was indeed having fun. True hunters spend hours or even days tracking down a single deer, but I’d killed enough deer within 10 minutes to land me in jail in several states. In some dark way, this accelerated realism makes for a darkly humorous experience. Barely three minutes past the starting screen, I’d picked off four deer and elk with all the indifference of chain-popping M&Ms, and this wanton slaughter extended well past the tutorial. If I didn’t know better, I’d say Deer Hunter Online was satire. Deer Hunter Online isn’t quite a bullseye, but this social hunting sim still hits the mark.
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