Recent reviews by [Arctic Servers] Felix

Undoubtedly one of the hidden gems of 2019, no early access period, no microtransactions. Solid 2 year development cycle and a promising released version, I'm excited for any future updates / DLC to this game.

After taking a look at the negative reviews on this game regarding it saying 'F2P' when they have a Guest user system which is essentially their version of "Free Users", I don't see why you're all upset about this. The system works perfectly with the game and despite many of you saying "You have to invest lots of cash to actually do anything", you'd be supprised if you took a look around their starter packs page and various retailers for the game (Key websites, Amazon etc), you can infact find ridiculously good deals for this title, I'll explain that further on.
I myself find the game to be one of the best hunting simulators I've played in a long long time, the Cabela's series honestly has been blown away by this title and the community as it stands is in excellent condition. The game is regularly updated and despite having a few issues in the past it's turning out to be one of my all-time favourite games due to the fact that there is an unlimited amount of fun that you can have, from having hunting competitions with your friends to solo hunting in the dense forests or in the mountain peaks. The graphics and the game ballistics & physics are clean and very well-done, despite having hiccups rarely with a few glitches they need to iron out you'd be supprised at how much you can actually achieve within the game. The achievement and rewards system for competitions and general milestones are another feature which adds a sense of achievement to investing your hours into the game, same with weapon skills and tracking / spotting skill levels.

On to the weapons, currency and customization within the game.

Customization is somewhat limited due to the fact you can't swap camo's on your weapon, so the marketplace often has weapons of the same type but a different appearance. But it doesn't really matter as they share the same skills / stats aslong as they are the same model. Character appearance is another feature you can customize within the game by simply mix and matching clothing to your desire, with the wide range available it's really not that bad. As well as you can swap out clothing on different enviroment conditions or depending on what you're hunting to give better visibility and sound reduction stats.

Currency (EM / GM) within the game is something you'd definetly expect for a game of this type. With a large multiplayer endorsement around the game I wouldn't have expected anything less than the requirement to buy different weapons, clothing and equiptment with the virtual currency, which is perfectly understandable for this title and was implemented well within the game. EM is the real-world exchanged currency where you purchase it using real-world money or you can complete surveys as an additional way of gaining it for those who can't justify supporting the title through currency purchasing. GM is the free currency which you can gain through suveys again or by completing challenges or competitions within the game, however you can purchase limited things using this currency.
Honestly, despite what you guys are saying they should have no shame in calling themselves a F2P game, I've spent many hours within this game and spent what I'd say is a fairly reasonable amount on additions for the game. They offer a nice range of deals on their site for starter packs, for the price of $15 you can get almost everything you'd need to have a nice start to the game, the 12 GA Pump Action Shotgun included can hunt almost everything within the game, you gain 3 months membership and access to hunting everything and travel anywhere, as well as various other equiptment and a sidearm included.
I didn't realise it before but I found various retail versions of the game available on certain retailer websites, and despite already having a membership and a nice collection of weapons, I went ahead and spent £14 on a retail key from {LINK REMOVED}MMOGA, who offer a very nice retail package for this, for the price of any regular game. So what's the shame in calling this an F2P game if they give you a variety of free options, and then the ability to upgrade to a full version of the game with a membership / starter pack / retail copy for the price of any regular game? It's perfectly justified.
And for those who are interested in that retail copy, it is beyond belief what you get from it and I'd highly recommend that to anyone interested in starting or continuing playing this game. It includes 6 months membership, 7 weapons (2 shotguns, 2 sidearms, 2 rifles, 1 bow) as well as access to everything within the game and another large assortment of equiptment and callers to get you started. (Note: One of the shotguns is an exclusive non-market shotgun too!)

Weapons in the game are definetly very fitting for the title. The developers have kept far away from unrealistic hunting weapons, despite firearms such as AR-15's and semi-automatic rifles being used regularly in real world hunting they have taken the right desicion to not spoil the fun of hunting and keep it to a nice selection of rifles, shotguns, sidearms and bows. They even added a muzzleloader for those who want a way-back hunting expirence. Perfect matches, for a perfect game.

Overall, in my opinion the game is absolutely superb with it's stunning graphics, unbeatable realistic physics and it's very well implemented multiplayer, community and features. Definetly a 10/10 in my books, and for those upset about the pricing of things, seriously check out the retail copies and the starter packs. For the price of a regular game (Under £15) you can get everything you need to have endless hours of fun within the game.

Hopefully this was helpful, if not then I'm not sure what you were expecting from a review.
(Note: Over 100 hours on the non-steam version)

- Felix B.