Game review for DHT

[WVHunter308]

I picked it up at walmart tonight.....I installed it and i can honestly say it is the worst hunting game i have every played.....Cabelas games are like gold compared to this one.....the animals act totally stupid...they game itself it laggy and choppy (you can forget about keeping a scope on an animal) the guns are junky looking they look like GI-Joe toys...the menu's suck.... This game is by far 20 times worse than dh2003......im sorry to say but unless a SUPER PATCH shows up for this one i will probably not play it. Honestly i think they took the Xbox 360 version and put it on a DVD and sold it as a PC game....really folks dont bother buying this game unless u really want a disappointment......best words to describe it...Hunting Unlimited on a laxative...

[Teuvo]

Is it really that bad? hmm... :rolleyes:

[DHT]

Thanks for the review,getting my money back today myself and cancelling order that is yet still late to arrive!

[Teuvo]

I hope Atari/South Logic could release a demo*... :(


* I'm living in Finland and won't get game any time soon. Because it's not even sure if it's going to get released in Europe or not?

[Mr_Mule]

I picked it up at walmart tonight.....I installed it and i can honestly say it is the worst hunting game i have every played.....Cabelas games are like gold compared to this one.....the animals act totally stupid...they game itself it laggy and choppy (you can forget about keeping a scope on an animal) the guns are junky looking they look like GI-Joe toys...the menu's suck.... This game is by far 20 times worse than dh2003......im sorry to say but unless a SUPER PATCH shows up for this one i will probably not play it. Honestly i think they took the Xbox 360 version and put it on a DVD and sold it as a PC game....really folks dont bother buying this game unless u really want a disappointment......best words to describe it...Hunting Unlimited on a laxative...


You're right,it blows!!!!!!
I'm very disappointed.
Atari really blew it this time.
You'd think that after a 4 year wait that the game would be better not worse.
You're better off playing Trophy Hunter 2003 & Deer Hunter 2005 or 2004.
Hell,the old DH5 is better than this junk!!!!
I don't think a super patch would fix this.
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Look at the pathetic graphics....
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq142/dabugarman65/DTH.jpg

Don't waste your money like I did.

[TKSniper]

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[Teuvo]

I took screenshot from Trophy Hunter 2003 for comparison. The game was released little over 6 years ago by the same company and it's still my favourite hunting game, and it's beautiful.

http://personal.inet.fi/viihde/teuvo/kuvat/th03.jpg

What happened with developing of DHT? Did the XBOX optimizing ruined PC version? This makes me sad. :(

[TheUnforgiven]

its part on both ends south logic and atari south logic for the crappy game which they have suppose to have studied the animals( ya right) lmao and atari for allowing this type of game be released i woulda put a big "REJECT" stamp on it.

[TKSniper]

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[kingmaximus]

I see a definite pattern in all the complaints. Those pple are having to cut the video settings down to a point where the game is not looking so good. It's an optimization problem that can be fixed.
BTW, how can a forrest scene be compared to a desert scene? One is green and has allot of plant growth. A desert is not so hopitable. It is very barron, and only the hardiest plant varieties can grow in such conditions.

I'd like you to go ahead and post how this can be fixed. I'm sure many of us would like your insight as to how to make this game, which is clearly rushed and incomplete, run at a rate that would make it playable.

[TheUnforgiven]

I see a definite pattern in all the complaints. Those pple are having to cut the video settings down to a point where the game is not looking so good. It's an optimization problem that can be fixed.
BTW, how can a forrest scene be compared to a desert scene? One is green and has allot of plant growth. A desert is not so hopitable. It is very barron, and only the hardiest plant varieties can grow in such conditions.


lol i have mine on ultra n the game still blows...... deer hunter 2 or any hunting unlimited game blows this one out of the water completely... only pattern i see everyone upset with the game animals graphics weapons.. none of are what they spoke of lol... think they need to go get educated on some animals or find an american company who knows what animals do and look like

[kingmaximus]

I see a definite pattern in all the complaints. Those pple are having to cut the video settings down to a point where the game is not looking so good. It's an optimization problem that can be fixed.
BTW, how can a forrest scene be compared to a desert scene? One is green and has allot of plant growth. A desert is not so hopitable. It is very barron, and only the hardiest plant varieties can grow in such conditions.

Since you've decided to be an a-hole and put your little "wambulance" on another guy's thread, here goes.

It's forest, not forrest. It's a lot, two words, not allot, it's heartiest in the sense you're using it, and it's barren, not barron. Oh, and hospitable has an "s" in it.

You're an uneducated moron, so I imagine you must be the lead designer of this game.

They need to fix the game, and at least give it the features they've been promising us for months.

[TKSniper]

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[kingmaximus]

Just stating we should get what we pay for, which is a complete game. It'd be different if we could get our money back, but we can't, therefore, until they fix this game, we've paid for our right to complain.

And you're right, bad spelling doesn't mean someone is stupid. However, referring to people as girls, posting "wambulances" on the forum, and acting like your opinion is more valuable and informed than all others does.

Later *edit by moderator*

[TKSniper]

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[Timothy2035]

Just stating we should get what we pay for, which is a complete game. It'd be different if we could get our money back, but we can't, therefore, until they fix this game, we've paid for our right to complain.

And you're right, bad spelling doesn't mean someone is stupid. However, referring to people as girls, posting "wambulances" on the forum, and acting like your opinion is more valuable and informed than all others does.

Later *edit by moderator*

I suggest you leave the descriptives out of the posting here. People may not always agree with reviews, but let's be constructive in our criticism and not create antagonism here.
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This is for the entire thread guys/gals. Let's keep it cool, calm and cordial. :up:

[WVHunter308]

I have been awol for a few days...whats is mean im confused :-( lol

Did WvHunter really have to go into PC's thread and trash the game even more than he has in this thread?

[kingmaximus]

I suggest you leave the descriptives out of the posting here. People may not always agree with reviews, but let's be constructive in our criticism and not create antagonism here.
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This is for the entire thread guys/gals. Let's keep it cool, calm and cordial. :up:

In that case, go ahead and remove his "wambulance" from another thread, and his referral to me as "QueenMaximus" in this one. Otherwise, I'll stand by my post of him being a Turkey(blank)Sniffer.

[Timothy2035]

In that case, go ahead and remove his "wambulance" from another thread, and his referral to me as "QueenMaximus" in this one. Otherwise, I'll stand by my post of him being a Turkey(blank)Sniffer.

I'm responding to a reported post in this thread. Queen Maximus is not the best expression, but not very inflammatory. I am not saying you aren't offended. Wambulance is a term for describing someone who complains a great deal, so does that fit the situation?...

I made a post directed at you about the situation based on the report, but I also indicated to those posting in this review thread that the discussions need to be constructive and cordial. Even if a few jokes are passed around, we need to make sure we aren't taking it overboard. That I will stand by and Atari is expecting things to be in good order.

[DHT]

TK is well known for stirring up crap anyhow. Always on many forums cause he has no life!

Likes to have his 2 worthless cents on everything and everywhere concerning hunting games. :haha:

I just laugh at how he wants to push this as "good" just cause he got a beta test out of Atari.

Type of guy who hopes to be "first" to hear something on a game cause thats all he has in life.

[TKSniper]

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[DHT]

Typical TK lol.
You browse more then 3 hunting related sites and many are aware of that!

You take info that comes out from other sites and then post it to where you so call claim to "maintain" another site. For what? To feel like your a know it all?

You admit it has errors then ask me "whats wrong with saying its good?" lol :confused:

The game just blows,its not worth waisting time on playing,digging info on,or worth spending time at a game site making excuses for what they published.

A patch for this still wouldnt make this game quality!

They all knew what the players wanted and yet?

[TKSniper]

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[vavy]

I am NOT unedumacated moron u freakin' whinners. I just happen to be louzy spellar that didn't use a my spull chacker.
NOW cownt all the spulling errers in this pohst if ewe no how to kount that hi.
U pple are acting as if $20 lousy is breaking u. Are ur lives so pathetic u have nothing better to do with ur lives go into forums and have tissy fits over things that can be fixed in due time? Do you seriously expect 1 day fixes for anything? EA can't even pull that miracle off.
Just take the game out of ur computer and quit crying about it. The creators are already reading enough complaints that are written by rational pple making list instead throwing a bunch of "THIS SUX THIS SUX THIS SUX" around! FYI young lady, I do have an education beyond 8th grade, and even beyond high school that is 12th grade for those whom could not make it that far. bad spelling skill don't make pple stupid. I'm not so sure about the whine syndrome though. I'll have to do some research, and post it later.
Ta TA QueenMaximus.
AMEN! atleast u have a chance to play it and find out for ur self if u like it, still no stores have it in my area

[TKSniper]

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[DHT]

Oh gee thanks,we would be lost without your input here also! :confused:

So nothing wrong with game other then need you need a high end computer?

Not the case! Man you really should sell vacumns!

Why should we all report anything,that isnt our problem! It was the beta testers job and Atari before shelving this crap!

I can name at least 8 things promised/pushed that the game would have for features to get game to sell and yet missing or so bad!

Do you think i need to remind them and post them? get real!

[jhl1953]

Oh gee thanks,we would be lost without your input here also! :confused:

So nothing wrong with game other then need you need a high end computer?

Not the case! Man you really should sell vacumns!

Why should we all report anything,that isnt our problem! It was the beta testers job and Atari before shelving this crap!

I can name at least 8 things promised/pushed that the game would have for features to get game to sell and yet missing or so bad!

Do you think i need to remind them and post them? get real!

think of it this way,DHT,if none of us said anything and just sat back and left it as is,then they wouldn't even have a reason to try to fix anything
but if we post lists of what we feel is wrong and want fixed they now would have some reason to try fixing those issues

as TK has stated ,coming into forums and saying the game sux,and ranting about it isn't going to get it fixed

we need to let them know in an inteligent manner just exactly what is wrong and what we want fixed

if you can name 8 things then by all means name them,but in a constructive way so that maybe they will be able to add those things with a patch.

give them a chance to try before condemning the whole game

if we had codemned DH05 before they could patch it what would we have had to play for the last 4 years?

[DHT]

if none of us said anything and just sat back and left it as is,then they wouldn't even have a reason to try to fix anything

If none of us said anything??? What you think they would leave it as is??? I take it you think they dont know whats wrong??? We dont get paid for that,they do! It simply a matter of SLS being bullied to publish something half done by Atari!

[jhl1953]

If none of us said anything??? What you think they would leave it as is??? I take it you think they dont know whats wrong??? We dont get paid for that,they do! It simply a matter of SLS being bullied to publish something half done by Atari!

If you sell someone a used car,knowing that there is a problem with the transmission but not telling that person about it,if that person doesn't come back to you and say "there is a problem with the transmission,fix it!"are you going to fix it anyway?No.you will only fix it if they ask you to.

well,we are asking SLS and Atari to fix it!

[kingmaximus]

They left what appear to be key features out of the game. That no one can deny. I have all the recommend specs, not the minimum, and the game will barely run. For all my beotching, I believe that if it can be fixed, the game will be pretty cool, but they should have NEVER released the game in the condition it's in without at least playing on some systems that met their own recommendations.

Queen TurkeyKrotchSniffer rules, and so does Queen Timothy2035.

Evidently, and according to Timothy's own post, the pasting of Queen in front of someone's name is not very inflammatory.

[TKSniper]

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[jhl1953]

They left what appear to be key features out of the game. That no one can deny. I have all the recommend specs, not the minimum, and the game will barely run. For all my beotching, I believe that if it can be fixed, the game will be pretty cool, but they should have NEVER released the game in the condition it's in without at least playing on some systems that met their own recommendations.

Queen TurkeyKrotchSniffer rules, and so does Queen Timothy2035.

Evidently, and according to Timothy's own post, the pasting of Queen in front of someone's name is not very inflammatory.


but the term"KrotchSniffer" is!

[kingmaximus]

Yeah my system does rock. How old are u anyway, 12? You really need to grow up man.

I would say without a doubt that I'm older than you Mr. Wambulance driver. See, I spend too much money buying groceries and putting my kids through school to buy a $5,000 computer to play a $20 game.

I'm going to complain when I've been mislead, and I'm going to defend people that you've decided to pick at by picking back at pompus little jerks like you. You started all of this with your "Wambulance" because someone felt ripped off and wanted to tell others about it. Learn to value other people's opinions and don't acuse them of being crybabies when they didn't get what they paid for.

You can not deny, in any way, shape, or form, that the game doesn't play like it's described, or have features that we were told would be in the game. How many scouting missions have you been on? How many treestands have you built? How many times have you entered stealth mode to stalk that monster buck or adrenaline mode to slow time down and shoot the mountain lion that was about to eat you? Yea, me either. Come play the game on my system. You'd be pissed, too.

[kingmaximus]

but the term"KrotchSniffer" is!

According to whom?

And for your information, calling someone a queen who clearly is not is derogatory towards a protected class of citizens in these United States. Like it or not, KrotchSniffer is much less inflamatory.

[Dreadnaught]

Dude, people are trying to help. If you're just going to rant at them, you're just wasting everyone's time.

[jhl1953]

According to whom?

And for your information, calling someone a queen who clearly is not is derogatory towards a protected class of citizens in these United States. Like it or not, KrotchSniffer is much less inflamatory.


what other purpose is there in outright name calling than to inflame.

all of the name calling needs to stop!

come in and tell what problems you are having with the game,and give someone a chance to try to help or to fix the problem

coming in and saying "stealth mode and adrenalin mode are not working or they are not in the game as promised,then ask (in a respectful manner)why it is not.

this is how to get smeone to hear you and respond,and maybe get things fixed

But coming in here ranting and raving that the game sux is not going to get anyone anywhere.

all that does is stir up anger and cause bad feelings between people

we all need to stop the name calling and focus on getting together some kind of list of items that need fixingto give to SLS so they can fix them

without it we can expect nothing to be fixed

so lets stop trying to point fingers at who's to blame and start working on trying to get the game fixed so we can all enjoy it

[TKSniper]

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[Dreadnaught]

Come on everyone, let's just chill and stop fighting over nothing.

[kingmaximus]

$5000?? HAHAHAHAHA!!
I put less than $1200 into mine!! U got burned!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
ROFLMAO!!!

So you can't spell and you can't read. I never said I put 5 grand into a computer. Go check the post again.

[kingmaximus]

Come on everyone, let's just chill and stop fighting over nothing.

We're not really fighting over nothing. Everyone here that is complaining has no other way to air their grievences than through this forum.

How about someone from Atari or a representative acknowledges that there are severe problems with the game running on recommended specs and several key features were left out. It'd be nice for them to say something instead of clamming up. Tell us they're working on it, tell us a timeframe, but don't NOT tell us anything. All we have are assumptions and instances of past behavior by Atari, and a guy who is clearly up Atari's crack telling us to be patient and don't complain. Until I do $20 worth of complaining I'll continue to do so.

[TKSniper]

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[kingmaximus]

I can tell.

[jhl1953]

We're not really fighting over nothing. Everyone here that is complaining has no other way to air their grievences than through this forum.

How about someone from Atari or a representative acknowledges that there are severe problems with the game running on recommended specs and several key features were left out. It'd be nice for them to say something instead of clamming up. Tell us they're working on it, tell us a timeframe, but don't NOT tell us anything. All we have are assumptions and instances of past behavior by Atari, and a guy who is clearly up Atari's crack telling us to be patient and don't complain. Until I do $20 worth of complaining I'll continue to do so.

continuing in this manner isn't really getting anyone anywhere

only thing you might just accomplish is this thread being closed.

[Timothy2035]

They left what appear to be key features out of the game. That no one can deny. I have all the recommend specs, not the minimum, and the game will barely run. For all my beotching, I believe that if it can be fixed, the game will be pretty cool, but they should have NEVER released the game in the condition it's in without at least playing on some systems that met their own recommendations.

Queen TurkeyKrotchSniffer rules, and so does Queen Timothy2035.

Evidently, and according to Timothy's own post, the pasting of Queen in front of someone's name is not very inflammatory.

I am sure you understand that when I said that, the meaning was that your words were more inflammatory and got reported than what you mentioned was happening.

I gave you a warning for insubordination in that you are really trying to make a spectacle of the issue. Plus its getting non-cordial guys to keep this debate up.

Let's just move on and discuss your thoughts on what the review is all about. Without the negative candor please...:up:

[Dreadnaught]

We're not really fighting over nothing. Everyone here that is complaining has no other way to air their grievences than through this forum.

How about someone from Atari or a representative acknowledges that there are severe problems with the game running on recommended specs and several key features were left out. It'd be nice for them to say something instead of clamming up. Tell us they're working on it, tell us a timeframe, but don't NOT tell us anything. All we have are assumptions and instances of past behavior by Atari, and a guy who is clearly up Atari's crack telling us to be patient and don't complain. Until I do $20 worth of complaining I'll continue to do so.

Atari maintains these forums for users to talk about their games and be an online community, but they aren't an official tech support forum. I don't work for Atari, but I am fairly sure you aren't going to hear from Atari employees here. I suggest you use regular customer support channels.

[SmokenStien]

What I can see here is the good old "I can hide behind my key board and say what ever I want to..." syndrom!!!!

MODERATORS... your not here to have a discussion with the users of this board, your job is to enforce the rules, not get into a flame wars!!!!!!


It's an ATARI game and as an avid hunter and Hunter Game player I have played and PAYED for all of the Atari hunter games. They have all been of the same quality and the same price $19.00. You get what you pay for!!!!! I have made a few maps using the editors they have released, even let a couple go public. So far all the editors have had the same issue (can say the same about ALL of the hunting series too) they can be edited to perform as you want them too, meaning LOTS of animals or very few. I have done BOTH of the above. These are pretty simple games, there will be SOME support but don't expect too much to be done. After all at the price they are charging there really isn't much R&D been done on any aspect of this or any other Atari game.
Just use it for what it is, a past time until you can get out in the field for the real thing!!! :):) Come to think of it, SEASON opens tomorrow, bye all, for another few months anyway. LOL LOL

[TKSniper]

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[SH_Anders]

muhaaa lmfao
what a joker

[SmokenStien]

Looks to me like the only tech support anybody is going to get for the game is at BGL. All are welcome to go over there with their support questions. The link is in my sig. :D

BUH BYE!

Careful TK TECH SUPPORT means from GAME coders/makers/distributer not FAN based web sites!!!! Your more likely on track using USER BASED SUPPORT than TECH SUPPORT.

[DHT]

Id rather go to the official site and wait for tech support at www.deerhuntertournament.com (http://www.deerhuntertournament.com) anyday!

[TKSniper]

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[DHT]

Cant read? I said and i quote myself "and wait for tech support".
Besides the link your talking about leads to this forum,not tech support which iam sure will come since it is the official deer hunter tournament site.

[SmokenStien]

GOOD LUCK with that. The only possible source I see there for any possible support is a link that comes right back here! ROTFLMAO! :haha::haha:
oh yeah. Terribly sry for the elledge misuse of terms. Game support is more fitting. I do know how to fix common problems with games and the hardware than runs said games. Is that better? Got anything else u wanna nitpick me with?

OMG dude your just too big into yourself, take a pill and delete my user account on your web site I won't be back with that kind of "ME" crap. I don't take it from real life characters and I won't take it from a virtual childish NOOB!!!

You have a nice site there but the ego behind the man is just too over powering for a 44 year Hunter (RL) vetrain and ALL Deer Hunter (YES ALL Atari Deer Hunter series) game player to cope with. Once your ego takes a vacation email me and I'll come back and have another look, you have my email address!!!!

/me now looks for the BLOCK option on this forum. :-/

[TKSniper]

what ever! I'm done with this crap here. BITE ME SmokenStien! If it weren't for pple like me and a few others TRYING to help the pple that baught this bugged out game everybody would be totally in the dark about it. I'm not going to delete ur account. IF u want it gone so bad just change the email address on the profile. That will deactivate it. This is the thanks I get for trying to help and IF you care to read back thru the friggen threads U WILL see I was getting verbal attacks BEFORE I said a single cross word to anybody!!

[DHT]

This is the thanks I get for trying to help and IF you care to read back thru the friggen threads U WILL see I was getting verbal attacks BEFORE I said a single cross word to anybody!!

Beg to differ,you started by posting a "wahbulance" picture cause someone voiced their disgust in this game!

Then started preaching how he should not have a say here and help them fix it as if its mandatory!

Top it off you come here only to push your site anyhow!

You say to go thru the threads to see,yet you deleted all your comments!

Later! much much later adios!

[TKSniper]

gl with finding any answers to questions here. U have already seen all ur gonna get. No Atari rep, just Moderators stepping in to try to defuse BS like this. I'm sure there will be other sites with info soon. I'm also pretty sure the posters of that info won't be the original source. Plagiarism is quite common these days.
No more traces of the website I am from now. I'm sure pple like you and who knows blah blah blah will be hiding out there under different names than u have here putting ur C & P skills to work to reprint things u find there.

[Burt Gummer]

If you think the game is bad. What about dh2005 when it came out? Same problems, me personally it lags a little but once a patch is realeased you will be mad you ever got your money back...This game still plays fine for me and ive shot 31 animals in one day so dont tell me that you gave it a chance losers...you gues must get pissed over really pathetic things that are going to be fixed by atari...your reviews make sense but this game still deserves a try...may not be the cleaning running game but i still seem to kick ass at it cabelas sucks this game kicks the crap out of i baugh alaskan adventures and it sucked my opinion on the game right now 7/10:confused:

[WVHunter308]

Burt Gummer, i have the actual man (Michael Gross) that played Burt in tremors autograph on a picture of him those movies.....one of my favorite actors of all time

[TKSniper]

If you think the game is bad. What about dh2005 when it came out? Same problems, me personally it lags a little but once a patch is realeased you will be mad you ever got your money back...This game still plays fine for me and ive shot 31 animals in one day so dont tell me that you gave it a chance losers...you gues must get pissed over really pathetic things that are going to be fixed by atari...your reviews make sense but this game still deserves a try...may not be the cleaning running game but i still seem to kick ass at it cabelas sucks this game kicks the crap out of i baugh alaskan adventures and it sucked my opinion on the game right now 7/10:confused:
You are so right about that. DH 05 did have allot problems when they released it. It's the biggest seller in the genre even now. Pple where moaing about it too in the beggining, but it did get fixed. Most pple wanna just go off in forums actually thinking the publisher might listen. They will listen if ur inteligent about griping and making lists. Going off half cocked and ranting isn't gonna get anywhere. Atari doesn't make many of the games they market if any at all. When the publisher doesn't make the games, they could care less. They are only only in it for the money. The developer stands to loose more than the publisher b/c the developers aren't all big corporations. So u spent the amount of money it takes to buy diiner for 2 in a restaraunt. Big Deal! U only eat that meal once.
That game will be fixed and will be played hundreds or thousands of times. :rolleyes:

[Warg0d]

The problem is, that all the mistakes that were made at the release of DH2005 could have been avoided in DH:T, but still many of the problems are back in again!

And beside of that DH:T makes some impotant things wrong, that were done way better in DH2005 ... thats whats so sad about it ...

I wrote my own little "things that must be fixed" list here:
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=659635

I really hope Southlogic and Atari will fix these problems, or else DH:T won't last long.
Right at the moment DH2005 is way better, to be honest.

[SmokenStien]

They are really going to have to do some thing about the engine, it takes a really GOOD machine to run this game. I first tried it on my OLD P4 3.6HZ dual core Intel, with a Nvidia GeForce 7300 vido and 4 gigs ram. It cugged along even with ALL the graphics set to LOW. Could hardly even aim a scoped rifle at a moving animal. Then installed it on my newer Intel Core 2 Quad core 2.83 hz, with SLI Geforce 9800GTX vids and 8 gigs of ram (I know 4 gigs is all Vista runs, but it will make a difference shortly :-) ) anyway, it runs SMOOTH even at every thing set to ULTRA, but talk about CPU intensive!!!!! All 4 cores were running at 50 to 75% running this way. I turned every thing down to LOW and it still runs the cores at 49%. CPU temp goes from 50C to 80C, Thank you to my water cooling system, hate to see what temp would be like with a cooling fan. GPU temps did a big jump also!!! I think I'm going to leave this one alone until (IF) they do any thing with the engine to tame it down some what.

I only get a 10C raise when running Lineage II, WOW, or any other game like those so pushing my system that hard is really gonna take some life out of it.

[ZEEK]

8 gigs of RAM?? still wont run...what a joke!:eek:

[TKSniper]

I run the game a with a Dual Core AMD X2 6400+ 3.2 Ghtz. My running temp doesn't go much past 55C. 65 to 80% CPU usage. My video card will get a bit warmer but not more than 65C. If your CPU is reaching 80C, that is dangerously close to the default shutdown threshold. Yes I run an air cooled system.

[jhl1953]

if you are running close to 80c i'd be wondering if the cooling system is working properly

how hot does the other system run?

[SmokenStien]

8 gigs of RAM?? still wont run...what a joke!:eek:

Ummm ANY windows only regonizes the first 4 gigs of memory, that should change with the next release from UNCLE Bill. :-)

The memory usage (of the 4 gigs) is 48% and of that the system usually uses 33% after a reboot!!! Vista is a hog :):)

if you are running close to 80c i'd be wondering if the cooling system is working properly

how hot does the other system run?

IT IS, otherwise it would be boiling very fast, the other system is running about the same temp. It has the same WC system in it, Apogee Drive water block with a 15" rad and 3 120MM fans cooling it. System Does run cool but not with this game!

[Ashkeldir]

Ummm ANY windows only regonizes the first 4 gigs of memory, that should change with the next release from UNCLE Bill. :-)



That is not the case with 64bit operating systems - my Vista 64bit Business edition supports up to 128GB RAM.

[SmokenStien]

That is not the case with 64bit operating systems - my Vista 64bit Business edition supports up to 128GB RAM.

My mistake I thought we were talking about operating systems a NORMAL person would buy and use for gaming. :)

[Tudogs]

Careful TK TECH SUPPORT means from GAME coders/makers/distributer not FAN based web sites!!!! Your more likely on track using USER BASED SUPPORT than TECH SUPPORT.

Tech support isn't going to add the things that were listed as going to be features of the game. Go back and read all the hype and lies. You have been screwed over by people you thought you could trust.

BTW, TK has to defend this piece of crap. His home site is selling it....lol

[Ashkeldir]

My mistake I thought we were talking about operating systems a NORMAL person would buy and use for gaming. :)

*cough* are you saying I'm not normal? :haha:

Well, I suppose you're correct, though expect you meant the average person (or maybe not, or maybe I'm just going off on a tangent, rambling, which proves I am not normal, or am I !?)

[jhl1953]

*cough* are you saying I'm not normal? :haha:

Well, I suppose you're correct, though expect you meant the average person (or maybe not, or maybe I'm just going off on a tangent, rambling, which proves I am not normal, or am I !?)

Define normal.

[SmokenStien]

Tech support isn't going to add the things that were listed as going to be features of the game. Go back and read all the hype and lies. You have been screwed over by people you thought you could trust.

BTW, TK has to defend this piece of crap. His home site is selling it....lol

Haven't seen a game yet that hasn't promissed some thing and then when it's released not all the features are there!!! Until it goes GOLD it's ALL just vapor ware anyway.
Just because TK's site is selling it does not mean he HAS to defend it, just makes his site a COMMERCIAL retailer that should be paying taxes that's all.

Playing this game more on my high end system I have come to the conclusion, it's not that bad of a game. It takes one hell of a system to make it run properly but it's not that bad. We also must remember that this is a NEW game not an update to Deer Hunter whatever, there fore NEW playing rules/methods. Also remember what you payed for it $19 is not very much and for that amount I don't expect very much.

Some one has got to take that delete button away from TK's account, he deletes every post where people bring out the best in him!!!! LOL

[jhl1953]

Haven't seen a game yet that hasn't promissed some thing and then when it's released not all the features are there!!! Until it goes GOLD it's ALL just vapor ware anyway.
Just because TK's site is selling it does not mean he HAS to defend it, just makes his site a COMMERCIAL retailer that should be paying taxes that's all.

Playing this game more on my high end system I have come to the conclusion, it's not that bad of a game. It takes one hell of a system to make it run properly but it's not that bad. We also must remember that this is a NEW game not an update to Deer Hunter whatever, there fore NEW playing rules/methods. Also remember what you payed for it $19 is not very much and for that amount I don't expect very much.

Some one has got to take that delete button away from TK's account, he deletes every post where people bring out the best in him!!!! LOL

???? Where,anywhere on that site ,do you see anything indicating that they are selling the game at the site???

only thing that I ever saw over there was a link to a retailing site that is selling it.that is only a link to that retailer's site.the retailer is selling the game ,not the site in question.

if you are going to state facts on here please get them straight first!

[SmokenStien]

???? Where,anywhere on that site ,do you see anything indicating that they are selling the game at the site???

only thing that I ever saw over there was a link to a retailing site that is selling it.that is only a link to that retailer's site.the retailer is selling the game ,not the site in question.

if you are going to state facts on here please get them straight first!

OK DUDE first off follow the thread, where did I say they where selling it?? Look at the thread I quoted Tudogs stated they were selling it. If you were following this thread and NOT just jumping in you will see that I don't go to the site any more and why!!!!!!!

[TKSniper]

Ummm ANY windows only regonizes the first 4 gigs of memory, that should change with the next release from UNCLE Bill. :-)

The memory usage (of the 4 gigs) is 48% and of that the system usually uses 33% after a reboot!!! Vista is a hog :):)



IT IS, otherwise it would be boiling very fast, the other system is running about the same temp. It has the same WC system in it, Apogee Drive water block with a 15" rad and 3 120MM fans cooling it. System Does run cool but not with this game!
I hate to burst ur bubble smokendope but ur water cooling system is NOT working like it should. Check this out

This is my idle temp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/Tksniper/IdleTemp.jpg

This is after running the game for 30 mins. It IS air cooled.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/Tksniper/LoadTemp.jpg

You can keep on badmouthing me all u want, but if nothing else, I do know computer hardware and I know urs is not working as it is intended. Now U can take it for what it's worth. It's just a lil advice given so that u can avoid frying ur system in the near future. If u think I'm full of BS, and want to continue badmouthing me, I wish U a speedy CPU meltdown.
BTW. I'm not defending anything. The game has problems. I'm not denying that at all. The game also has some good points to it. It's a friggen $20 game! Take the good with the bad and wait for an update or just uninstall it and leave the forums. Some pple are actually handling the problem in an inteligent manner while others are just going into left field with a useless flaming match. What's the point to that?

[jhl1953]

OK DUDE first off follow the thread, where did I say they where selling it?? Look at the thread I quoted Tudogs stated they were selling it. If you were following this thread and NOT just jumping in you will see that I don't go to the site any more and why!!!!!!!

here is exactly where you say that they are selling it,otherwise what else do you mean by a COMMERCIAL retailer?you apparently agrreed with Tudogs statement.

"Just because TK's site is selling it does not mean he HAS to defend it, just makes his site a COMMERCIAL retailer that should be paying taxes that's all. "

as to Tudogs,you should also look at this and explain where and how you see anything that indicates that they are outright selling the game.

[TKSniper]

My home site is selling nothing. The retailers the banners are linked to are selling the games. They do go to a checkout process that is on a general retail site that is not owned by us. So, we can't be selling the game, can we? Now, anybody care to step up and try to prove that wrong? :confused:

[SmokenStien]

here is exactly where you say that they are selling it,otherwise what else do you mean by a COMMERCIAL retailer?you apparently agrreed with Tudogs statement.

"Just because TK's site is selling it does not mean he HAS to defend it, just makes his site a COMMERCIAL retailer that should be paying taxes that's all. "

as to Tudogs,you should also look at this and explain where and how you see anything that indicates that they are outright selling the game.

**** DUDE do some reading I was relating to what Tudogs SAID and stating that if it were true he would be considered a commercial site.

TK YOU rely on software readings?? I put these things together for a living and have for the past 15 years, yes my friend before plug and play was even thought of!! I have actual sensors on my CPU/memory/and GPU's, not to mention the whole system is over clocked to the nuts!!!

I'm out of here, gone hunting you might say for an extended period. Oh and it really takes a man to delete his messages!!! Kind of telling the world that we made you look like an idiot so you tried to erase your attempt of looking like the bigshot. Good bye and good luck with your TECH SUPPORT SITE LOL LOL LOL

[TKSniper]

Ur a lost cause dude, or is that dud? Every comment u have made is nothing more than infantile crap. It proves nothing that ur just one of the many morons out there that will NEVER grow up. AND, The reason I deleted my posts is because some of them actually had some constructive commments. But MORONS like u just want to take popshots at anybody that disagrees with you. I didn't say a single word to you dudette before U started taking shots at me GROW THE HELL UP!!
I'm off to the user cp to block the craap that spews from ur childish rants. For someone that is middle age, u sure do act like a freakin 12 yr old!!
I'll let u win this one since I can no longer see the sewage that spews from ur thoughts.
Oh, and if ur dumb enough to keep ur computer OCed for a lousy 5% increase in performance, the damage u cause is ur own fault, NOT the makers of the games and apps that could have bugs that overload a CPU!

[Ashkeldir]

Define normal.

I have 2 Sapphire 4870x2's running crossfire on a 1250W PSU.

Pretty sure that makes me ABnormal (and considering my initials are AB, I think that's kind of fitting)

[DHT]

Ur a lost cause dude, or is that dud? Every comment u have made is nothing more than infantile crap. It proves nothing that ur just one of the many morons out there that will NEVER grow up. AND, The reason I deleted my posts is because some of them actually had some constructive commments. But MORONS like u just want to take popshots at anybody that disagrees with you. I didn't say a single word to you dudette before U started taking shots at me GROW THE HELL UP!!
I'm off to the user cp to block the craap that spews from ur childish rants. For someone that is middle age, u sure do act like a freakin 12 yr old!!
I'll let u win this one since I can no longer see the sewage that spews from ur thoughts.
Oh, and if ur dumb enough to keep ur computer OCed for a lousy 5% increase in performance, the damage u cause is ur own fault, NOT the makers of the games and apps that could have bugs that overload a CPU!


Your asking him to grow up and you rant like a kid yourself!

[BIG NASTY]

They are really going to have to do some thing about the engine, it takes a really GOOD machine to run this game. I first tried it on my OLD P4 3.6HZ dual core Intel, with a Nvidia GeForce 7300 vido and 4 gigs ram. It cugged along even with ALL the graphics set to LOW. Could hardly even aim a scoped rifle at a moving animal. Then installed it on my newer Intel Core 2 Quad core 2.83 hz, with SLI Geforce 9800GTX vids and 8 gigs of ram (I know 4 gigs is all Vista runs, but it will make a difference shortly :-) ) anyway, it runs SMOOTH even at every thing set to ULTRA, but talk about CPU intensive!!!!! All 4 cores were running at 50 to 75% running this way. I turned every thing down to LOW and it still runs the cores at 49%. CPU temp goes from 50C to 80C, Thank you to my water cooling system, hate to see what temp would be like with a cooling fan. GPU temps did a big jump also!!! I think I'm going to leave this one alone until (IF) they do any thing with the engine to tame it down some what.

I only get a 10C raise when running Lineage II, WOW, or any other game like those so pushing my system that hard is really gonna take some life out of it.

I agree with this minus the 4 gig comment as I also use Vista 64. I too have a water cooled system with a GTX280 videocard and it eats up my 4 cores and raises temps on my card to points that it shouldn't. This game will need continual optimization until this is fixed.

[Apple Creek]

Here is my game review, Atari or southlogic needs to focus on the hunts and deer behaviour instead of makeing a tournament system thats weak!

0 out of 10, i give this game a 1.

[Deer Destroyer]

Here is my game review, Atari or southlogic needs to focus on the hunts and deer behaviour instead of makeing a tournament system thats weak!

0 out of 10, i give this game a 1.

This review is fair http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r35347.htm

I too have written a review on Gamespot. I gave the game 4.5 at Gamespot, but there are still some who give the game 9.0 or 8.5 totally ignoring its huge shortcomings.

[Apple Creek]

This review is fair http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r35347.htm

I too have written a review on Gamespot. I gave the game 4.5 at Gamespot, but there are still some who give the game 9.0 or 8.5 totally ignoring its huge shortcomings.
those who rate the game higher then a 4 probably do not hunt in real life and think hunting is about tournaments and who shot the animal at a further range, the tournament that was planted took away most of the gameplay features which i am angry at, id rather have us beable to see actual woods and hunt animals that are smart while watching a spike in the area grow to its limits, i miss the way people used to host their own tournaments. i cant wait untill the new hunting game comes out which is "the hunter" hopefully they have what hunters are looking for even though that game is only multiplayer i can guarantee you we will see actual woods and beable to enjoy the woods while searching for our "deer who act like real animals".

[Deer Destroyer]

those who rate the game higher then a 4 probably do not hunt in real life and think hunting is about tournaments and who shot the animal at a further range, the tournament that was planted took away most of the gameplay features which i am angry at, id rather have us beable to see actual woods and hunt animals that are smart while watching a spike in the area grow to its limits, i miss the way people used to host their own tournaments. i cant wait untill the new hunting game comes out which is "the hunter" hopefully they have what hunters are looking for even though that game is only multiplayer i can guarantee you we will see actual woods and beable to enjoy the woods while searching for our "deer who act like real animals".

I agree with you completely! Although I am no hunter myself, I have come to appreciate realism in hunting games, and I love when I can immerse myself in the game and actually think that I am stalking real game. I too look forward for "The Hunter" chances are that "The Hunter" will be a very good hunting simulation and online tournament game. :up:

[WVHunter.308]

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP DEFENDING THIS GAME BY SAYING IT WAS ONLY 20 DOLLARS.....CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG BUT EVERY DEER HUNTER GAME WAS 20 DOLLARS CORRECT? THEN WHY DID NONE OF THEM HAVE SUCH LOUSY GAMEPLAY AS THIS ONE? I MEAN TO SOME PEOPLE 20 BUCKS IS NOTHING BUT TO ME THAT IS A HELL OF ALOT OF TRIPS TO THE REAL WOODS IN MY TRUCK

SOME PEOPLE ARE TOTAL JOKES.....

[Apple Creek]

I have been awol for a few days...whats is mean im confused :-(
lol
Quote:
WvHunter really have to go into PC's thread and trash the game even more than he has in this thread?:D:DLMFAO!:):)

[WVHunter.308]

what is your point in those two quotes???

[SmokenStien]

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP DEFENDING THIS GAME BY SAYING IT WAS ONLY 20 DOLLARS.....CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG BUT EVERY DEER HUNTER GAME WAS 20 DOLLARS CORRECT? THEN WHY DID NONE OF THEM HAVE SUCH LOUSY GAMEPLAY AS THIS ONE? I MEAN TO SOME PEOPLE 20 BUCKS IS NOTHING BUT TO ME THAT IS A HELL OF ALOT OF TRIPS TO THE REAL WOODS IN MY TRUCK

SOME PEOPLE ARE TOTAL JOKES.....


NEW ENGINE from what hear from the BETA testers. Every developing engine has problems.

Ummm DH2003 had problems when it came out, was patched I don't know how many times, now playable. NOT PERFECT but playable!!! DH 2004 came out and was patched also a few times (my old memory just can't remember how many) PLAYABLE, again not perfect but playable. DH 2005 came out and if I'm not mistaken there where 2 patches (sure some one will corr3ct me if I'm wrong) give it a chance.

This is a work in progress and you can do as other have said they will do, delete it and not play it any more.

Dude send me your info and I will send you the $20 bucks just so you can get into the woods. STOP YELLING AT US PLEASE!!!!!

[tommax]

:down:
Very disapointed in this game, much of the reasons have already been mentioned. I wish someone would develop a decent hunting game. They keep making these games targeted at $20 bucks, so we keep getting this crap. DH2005 was pretty good, but stands were more or less useless. I was hoping this one would fix that issue, a couple others and bring graphics up to date, man was I suprised. This game makes me feel like I just stepped back about 6 to 8 years in the genre. I would gladly pay the same as any other game $50+ for a real decent hunting game, imagine a hunting game on the Crysis engine. Seems like all we can do is wish in 1 hand and crapping in the other, we all know which hand always has something in it. Maybe this new game in development "the hunter" by Emote Games and Avalanche will finally bring us a great mix, who cares about all this online junk if the game stinks? So many games have tried this and failed, you need a good game 1st, then add the online elements. DH Tourney just is not as good as DH2005 period and is a huge disapointment and waste of $20, next time make a $50 game with good UI, graphics, sound, features and online mode and me and many of my fellow e-hunters will gladly fork over the extra $30 for a quality experience.

[SmokenStien]

This review is fair http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r35347.htm

I too have written a review on Gamespot. I gave the game 4.5 at Gamespot, but there are still some who give the game 9.0 or 8.5 totally ignoring its huge shortcomings.


Did you even read this review?? I'm not so sure he played the same game that we have?? Maybe a beta version that might have had buffalo, boar, and hand guns in it but not the version we have!!!

The online portion of the game barely makes this game pass muster. Going online, players can enter tournaments that can be several days long.

Where did he see that?? All tournaments are daily ones!!! Oh again he may have had a beta version!! If he did then maybe he should review it again. These reviews are supposed to be on released games not beta versions and if it is on a beta version they usually say that the tested version is BETA.

I kinda think he may have loaded the game once, didn't try any settings and just read the BOX/HYPE that was put out on the game. He sure hasn't played the game we got now has he??

I have played the game and in doing that I look at this review as a PAYED by ATARI or SLS propaganda. Sorry but that reviewer does not cut the mustard on this one. :haha::haha::haha:

[SmokenStien]

:down:
Very disapointed in this game, much of the reasons have already been mentioned. I wish someone would develop a decent hunting game. They keep making these games targeted at $20 bucks, so we keep getting this crap. DH2005 was pretty good, but stands were more or less useless. I was hoping this one would fix that issue, a couple others and bring graphics up to date, man was I suprised. This game makes me feel like I just stepped back about 6 to 8 years in the genre. I would gladly pay the same as any other game $50+ for a real decent hunting game, imagine a hunting game on the Crysis engine. Seems like all we can do is wish in 1 hand and crapping in the other, we all know which hand always has something in it. Maybe this new game in development "the hunter" by Emote Games and Avalanche will finally bring us a great mix, who cares about all this online junk if the game stinks? So many games have tried this and failed, you need a good game 1st, then add the online elements. DH Tourney just is not as good as DH2005 period and is a huge disapointment and waste of $20, next time make a $50 game with good UI, graphics, sound, features and online mode and me and many of my fellow e-hunters will gladly fork over the extra $30 for a quality experience.

The Hunter is ALL online dude, hate to bust your bubble. Also it will be PAY TO PLAY, unless you want to go illegal, but watch out for the game wardens! :haha::haha::haha::haha:

Next time you see a $20 hunting game don't buy it, you have been burnt once, twice, three times maybe, learn some thing from it!!!

[tommax]

The Hunter is ALL online dude, hate to bust your bubble. Also it will be PAY TO PLAY, unless you want to go illegal, but watch out for the game wardens! :haha::haha::haha::haha:

Next time you see a $20 hunting game don't buy it, you have been burnt once, twice, three times maybe, learn some thing from it!!!

Online is not a bad thing, but it should not be the primary focus. Exactly what does Tourney bring to the table as a game that DH2005 did not? Pay to play does not bother me either. It simply would be nice if a hunting game not targeted at the cheap market was made, a full blown game. I would not mind spending $50 for something like that and I am not alone in that bunch. $20 for DH2005 was not a bad buy and I was not burnt, hell I would have been happy with tourney had they just updated the graphics to a current engine, but what I paid for in this case was not what I had been reading about... cannot wait for The hunter to go live, getting my beta copy soon. Will report any findings.

[Apple Creek]

what is your point in those two quotes???LMFAO!! Your even more of a dumb***, you cant even remember your old post.

[SmokenStien]

Maybe this new game in development "the hunter" by Emote Games and Avalanche will finally bring us a great mix, who cares about all this online junk if the game stinks?

Lead me to belive you thought it was single player and multiplayer, my applogy's for that.

DH Tourney just is not as good as DH2005 period and is a huge disapointment

Not for those who can and are playing it!! It needs work but we are patient and are looking forward to the next pacth that was announced today. I host a server and it's not long before it fills up (stupid limitation of 6 people) and I'm sure there are more trying to connect.

Online is not a bad thing, but it should not be the primary focus.

Then why is it called Deer Hunter TOURNAMENT, it's kind of hard to have a tournament with out it connecting to the net and relaying the scores. That part of the game is played OFFLINE and the information is sent to the MASTER SERVER when you exit the game. This was done primarily so people could have the SAME oportunity to bag a trophy without other hunters interfering with your hunt. It also has single player option to practice and get to know the maps, and EVERY player can host server. It's got some thing for every one. Just needs to be worked on.

Give it some time I'm sure they will straighten this out. If your selected to be a Beta tester with The Hunter, you will see what a piece of crap they give you and ask you (along with othes) to find the faults in the game. I went through the same thing with some other beta tests. Lineage II was one of those, when it came out in closed beta it had some major graphics and sound problems that had to be worked out before we could even start working on game play. Now it has a user base in the millions.

:up::up::up:

[jhl1953]

NEW ENGINE from what hear from the BETA testers. Every developing engine has problems.

Ummm DH2003 had problems when it came out, was patched I don't know how many times, now playable. NOT PERFECT but playable!!! DH 2004 came out and was patched also a few times (my old memory just can't remember how many) PLAYABLE, again not perfect but playable. DH 2005 came out and if I'm not mistaken there where 2 patches (sure some one will corr3ct me if I'm wrong) give it a chance.

This is a work in progress and you can do as other have said they will do, delete it and not play it any more.

Dude send me your info and I will send you the $20 bucks just so you can get into the woods. STOP YELLING AT US PLEASE!!!!!


If memory serves,Both DH04 and DH05 had one official patch.

for DH04 there was a Mod 1.1-1.3 which was created by vanish,which added a bunch of items.

[WVHunter.308]

Smoke, im not complaing about spending the money that is not the point....As i recall all the previous editions versions (although they had bugs dont get me wrong) were all totally playable out of the box. There were minor problems but for to most part they all RAN on all machines that met the minimul requirement. DHT dont run on a machine that meets the Reccamended Specs? that is what irritaes me. I dont have a problem with it having bugs. The first thing they should do is to get this game RUNNING on the PC's they rate it for and the first patch did nothing of that for most people. Before I would dick around with a Multiplayer Fix that didnt work, i would at least get the game playable for most of the DHT public....that is why i think it is a horrible game... i know and understand they are working on the problems and the other ****s on here that keep fueling fires do not help get it fixed at all, but coming from someone that has been around the hunting communtiy since DH1, going under several differnt names, i think i am entitled to my opinion without a dumb ass smarting off to me every time i turn around...

[Dreadnaught]

LMFAO!! Your even more of a dumb***, you cant even remember your old post.

Right or wrong, do we really need that kind of attitude?

[WVHunter.308]

Dread correct me if i am out of line but is it not your duty to BAN members that plainly degrade others?

honestly are u afraid to BAN some of the trouble makers on here or what?

[SmokenStien]

If memory serves,Both DH04 and DH05 had one official patch.

for DH04 there was a Mod 1.1-1.3 which was created by vanish,which added a bunch of items.

AND to this day they are not working to their abilities!!! They still need work but were not completed.

[SmokenStien]

Smoke, im not complaing about spending the money that is not the point....As i recall all the previous editions versions (although they had bugs dont get me wrong) were all totally playable out of the box. There were minor problems but for to most part they all RAN on all machines that met the minimul requirement. DHT dont run on a machine that meets the Reccamended Specs? that is what irritaes me. I dont have a problem with it having bugs. The first thing they should do is to get this game RUNNING on the PC's they rate it for and the first patch did nothing of that for most people. Before I would dick around with a Multiplayer Fix that didnt work, i would at least get the game playable for most of the DHT public....that is why i think it is a horrible game... i know and understand they are working on the problems and the other ****s on here that keep fueling fires do not help get it fixed at all, but coming from someone that has been around the hunting communtiy since DH1, going under several differnt names, i think i am entitled to my opinion without a dumb ass smarting off to me every time i turn around...


I'm going to use the simple reply here because people say I get into too much detail.


ook at the class of machines 4 years agao, Umm a P4 (dual core) which sold for $900.00 and video cards like the MONSTER Cards which sold for $350.00, you could (can't remember the term back then) SLI them (2) and have a VERY high end machine. There were not a lot of different options when it came to video cards, If I remember correctly there weer more choices in sound cards than video.

Now have a look at today, there are more makers of the Geforce video than I think there were BRANDS 4 years ago. Add in the motherboard, chipset (yes Intel and AMD, but look at the NAMES of these makes, each one has some specificly different about them.) AMD has no cache they are faster but they need to address page files more than cached Intels, soundcards, memory each and every one of these can cause havoc with any program we run today. Games are getting more complicated, more intense with thier grafics. When video card makers INCLUDE a certain GAME in the box it is for a reason, usually it is because with their card this game runns GREAT, but take that same game and install it on another machine without that manufacturers caard in it and it runs like crap.
Optimizing the code is what is going to make DHT run smoother on a number of machines.

Maybe the first patch didn't do any thing for your machine, but it has for some of the machines that could not run it. This is all going to take time.

Sorry couldn't make it any shorter, and still try and get my point accross.

[Dreadnaught]

Dread correct me if i am out of line but is it not your duty to BAN members that plainly degrade others?

honestly are u afraid to BAN some of the trouble makers on here or what?
No, we don't ban people for every little thing. We have a well developed and effective warning system, which can lead to a ban with the accumulation of points.

[Deer_Huntress]

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Nah.... I'll be nice.

[tommax]

Lead me to belive you thought it was single player and multiplayer, my applogy's for that.



Not for those who can and are playing it!! It needs work but we are patient and are looking forward to the next pacth that was announced today. I host a server and it's not long before it fills up (stupid limitation of 6 people) and I'm sure there are more trying to connect.

Then why is it called Deer Hunter TOURNAMENT, it's kind of hard to have a tournament with out it connecting to the net and relaying the scores. That part of the game is played OFFLINE and the information is sent to the MASTER SERVER when you exit the game. This was done primarily so people could have the SAME oportunity to bag a trophy without other hunters interfering with your hunt. It also has single player option to practice and get to know the maps, and EVERY player can host server. It's got some thing for every one. Just needs to be worked on.

Give it some time I'm sure they will straighten this out. If your selected to be a Beta tester with The Hunter, you will see what a piece of crap they give you and ask you (along with othes) to find the faults in the game. I went through the same thing with some other beta tests. Lineage II was one of those, when it came out in closed beta it had some major graphics and sound problems that had to be worked out before we could even start working on game play. Now it has a user base in the millions.

:up::up::up:

Sorry if I want a complete, good product out of the box, something that improves on previous versions. This game is not the first to suffer from rush to retail, but it does not mean people cannot criticize it. Most games anymore are rushed to retail or poorly ported from a console to pc, we deserve better, we need a Blizzard type company to make these, to bad it will never happen.

As far as give it time? No wonder they can release something like this, if people do not demand a better product, you will not get a better product. As far as what a p.o.c the beta of The Hunter might or might not be, that is why there is beta's and I would not expect everything to work.

I am not saying the game is not w/o positives? And you obviously are onboard with this game more than 100%. The positive I can think of is they tried to up the graphics over the last version, however they are still eons behind current games and this seemed to come at the cost of ripping way to much out of this compared to DH2005, which was a great game.

In the end everyone is entitled to their own opinions, if they patch this and add some of the guts they ripped out of it, I will be the first to praise this game, in the meantime with only the novelty of tourney mode, and that is all it is... a novelty, a way to make a quick buck off a once great franchise... then to me and many others, they are wrong and next time I won't be opening our wallets.

[tommax]

I'm going to use the simple reply here because people say I get into too much detail.


ook at the class of machines 4 years agao, Umm a P4 (dual core) which sold for $900.00 and video cards like the MONSTER Cards which sold for $350.00, you could (can't remember the term back then) SLI them (2) and have a VERY high end machine. There were not a lot of different options when it came to video cards, If I remember correctly there weer more choices in sound cards than video.

Now have a look at today, there are more makers of the Geforce video than I think there were BRANDS 4 years ago. Add in the motherboard, chipset (yes Intel and AMD, but look at the NAMES of these makes, each one has some specificly different about them.) AMD has no cache they are faster but they need to address page files more than cached Intels, soundcards, memory each and every one of these can cause havoc with any program we run today. Games are getting more complicated, more intense with thier grafics. When video card makers INCLUDE a certain GAME in the box it is for a reason, usually it is because with their card this game runns GREAT, but take that same game and install it on another machine without that manufacturers caard in it and it runs like crap.
Optimizing the code is what is going to make DHT run smoother on a number of machines.

Maybe the first patch didn't do any thing for your machine, but it has for some of the machines that could not run it. This is all going to take time.

Sorry couldn't make it any shorter, and still try and get my point accross.


You mean more like 8 to 12 years ago on the video... when Monster (made by Diamond) was out with their 1st implementation of SLI. 4 Years ago we had Athlon XP, Athlon 64 and Some of the 1st Gen Dual Cores, Video cards were plentiful with everything from the GeForce 4 to FX Series and ATI had long since had the Radeons out.

[Rob$75]

Honestly i think they took the Xbox 360 version and put it on a DVD and sold it as a PC game....really folks dont bother buying this game unless u really want a disappointment......best words to describe it...Hunting Unlimited on a laxative...[/quote]

I could not agree with you more. I was able to get my hands on a special trial version, and south logic and Atari has destroyed this series. AND YES PEOPLE its that bad. It is so much like a console port. And you only have like 8 weapons to choose from, no time of day to pick not accurately anyway, no choosing weather therefore there only 1 snow map. ITS TERRIBLE. They will never make a big enough patch to correct the problems and missing extras that the game had. EA tried this with Sim City and they still where not that successful in selling more copies, because Sim City was missing so much from the series. EA killed that before it was released.

[Rob$75]

Its really too bad I had high hope's for this game, and after trying it out I was disgusted.

[Dreadnaught]

You also pirated the game, so I'm not sure if your opinions (or your game) is very credible.

[SmokenStien]

I have done a lot of reading on different forums about this GAME and EVERY one seems to come to the wrong conclusion about this game and that it is a continuation of the DEER HUNTER series, IT'S NOT!!!!

It is a totally NEW GAME so lets stop refering to the DEER HUNTER series. Other than, and like with all other games it can and will be patched for it's short comings.

This game was NOT even supposed to have MULTIPLAYER in it. Being DEER HUNTER TOURNAMENT it was supposed to be used JUST for that. Connect online select the tournament that you wanted to play in, and enter a private game on your machine and do the best you can to get a good enough trophy win that tournament. No one else in the game to ruin your hunt (this happens often in my 2005 server) your just on your own to do the best you can, and every one is on the same playing field.

For some reason the devs including multiplayer into it. My thought is they did this for the beta test and were going to take it out but didn't.
There is talk on another board that the beta testers wanted it, but I can't really back that up because they are so vauge about it.

Any dev team that is going to make a multiplayer game is going to put in commands to moderate the server like KICK BAN. Bring down the console with this one and type /help and you get the commands /quit /ConsoleOpacity (what ever the hell that is) and /help. Not exactly what I call ANY multiplayer controls at all. Your only option when running a host and you have trouble makers is to take your host down. You have very limited host controls also, just what you need to get it going.

[SmokenStien]

no time of day to pick not accurately anyway, no choosing weather therefore

I don't think you played this NEW game very much!!! There are 4 settings for Time, Dawn, Morning, Noon, and Afternoon. Also for weather there are 4, Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy, and Storm.

But if you have a pirated version then maybe you don't have the same game we have!! :eek::eek::eek:

If I were you I would be worried what has been planted in that program you got!!!:D:D:D:D:D

[SmokenStien]

You mean more like 8 to 12 years ago on the video... when Monster (made by Diamond) was out with their 1st implementation of SLI. 4 Years ago we had Athlon XP, Athlon 64 and Some of the 1st Gen Dual Cores, Video cards were plentiful with everything from the GeForce 4 to FX Series and ATI had long since had the Radeons out.

Yea your probubly right on the time line!! Yes vidoe cards were plentiful, but chipsets there were a lot less than today's. Every MANUFACTUERER does some thing different to their cards to make them unique. Different drivers are used on some. ATI has finally gone to the one download for MOST of their chipsets to eleviate confussion.

point I was trying to make was that 4-12 years ago it was a lot easier to make compatability with hardware available. :up::up: