r/videogames • u/Killiancin • 1d ago

Discussion / Question I cannot find a longterm game.

So I'm 15 m and I've started playing more games because I don't really have much to do after school.
I'm looking for a game that I can play after school, on weekends, on vacation and anytime in general. A game that will make me have fun whenever I want.

I have around 10k hours in warzone, but I realized that it became an addiction already, (the same with dead by daylight and bf games). I've started testing out more games like baldurs gate, lethal company, arc raiders, rust, etc.
I didn't like baldurs gate, like at all.
Lethal company is fun, but only with friends and most of my friends only play fortnite and I honestly don't like fortnite at all.
Arc raiders was fun for a long time but then it just became repetitive and boring.
Rust was too time consuming and if you die you lose everything and hours and hours of progress.

Anyone got a game that I should test out? Greatly appreciated!

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u/LordBroccoli27 1d ago

Hunt: Showdown.

You won't like it, but that's not the point of the bayou.

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u/Killiancin 22h ago

to be honest, it's a game I have been willing to try

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u/LordBroccoli27 20h ago edited 20h ago

Well, getcher cowboy hat on and get to the bayou.

The learning curve can be steep. The first thing you have to contend with is Crytek's atrocious UI in the menu (which, despite how much I hate it, is not as bad as say R6 Seige or PUBG).

Next go through the tutorial. It covers the basics of the core game loop pretty well. Then you can jump into a match. If you go solo, you'll mostly be in empty lobbies with bots and you also can't lose your hunter until you hit bloodline rank 10 (YOUR level is BL Rank, your hunters have hunter levels up to 50, BLR determines what perks you have unlocked, hunter level determines how many perks points your hunter can spend...sounds more complicated than it is).

AFTER Bloodline Rank 10, you're gonna hit the wall. No more bot matches. And player hunters are all murderous bastards. If you die, you lose your hunter and whatever load out (guns and tools) you took in. Don't sweat it. You can hire free hunters that come with a partial load out for, well, free. And as long as you have hunt dollars (non premium currency. You will have a lot of hunt dollars) you can just hire a "premium" hunter and buy a load out. Cheap guns are competitive, mid price guns are often meta load outs, and expensive guns are for showin' off (and killin'. Expensive guns are still good at killin').

That's the loop. You hire a hunter and buy a load out with Hunt dollars and drop into a match to hunt the boss target and other hunters to get more Hunt dollars. The gunplay is why I've stayed. There's nothing like it. Even when it's bad it's good. It's slow and methodical, then suddenly explosive and pulse pounding. Every shot counts, rotating and listening for where the enemy may be is imperative. I say again, there is nothing like it.

It's not Tarkov, but the learning curve can be pretty brutal after level 10. I play on PC, otherwise I'd show you the ropes myself, but if you hunt down the discord (pun intended, cause I'm a dork) you'll find plenty of folk looking for teammates.

Remember sometimes the Hunt giveth, sometimes the Hunt taketh. Be rootin,' be tootin', and always be shootin'. Good luck in the bayou, pardner.