Open Country

Filled with glitches, fallible logic and a list of problems as long as my arm, I absolutely cannot call Open Country a good game. But despite its rough edges, there’s something to be said about the freedom it provides players. Exploring the vast wilderness, being fully responsible for your own survival, can be exhilarating. Just don’t expect a polished experience, and you won’t be too disappointed.

The concept behind Open Country is solid enough. A more relaxed hunting and survival simulator in a traditional game structure has an audience: those who feel that hunting games are too vague for newcomers. While some of the quirky bits can be forgiven, the busted hunting mechanics and the dated presentation bring everything crashing down. Unless you're the very forgiving and patient type, pass on this title.

I was really excited for Open Country and was hoping it would bridge that gap between arcade hunting and hunting sim. In spirit, this is what it set out to do and you can see that from the game. It’s just a shame that the execution just isn’t there. There is still something special here that I think hunting and survival game fans could love. However, it needs a lot of work from bugs, crashes, and overall balancing of its gameplay systems.

In conclusion, Open Country is an okay game to actually play. It doesn’t look amazing, the camera controls are bonkers and the gunplay isn’t going to give theHunter any sleepless nights, but if you just ignore Gary and his stupid fetch quests, the actual game, the exploring and wandering about, is pretty relaxing. Taking a stroll through a forest and building a shelter – with the added bonus that zombies don’t come out at night – make this a relaxing affair despite its structure, rather than because of it.

Open Country simula piuttosto realisticamente uno stile di vita allo stato brado, sprecando tutto il potenziale che una situazione del genere avrebbe da offrire, senza romanzare le situazioni neanche un po’, senza aggiungere pepe, senza fare sconti, ma solo aggiungendo noie e fastidi. Insomma, se vi piace vagare nella natura e sparare alle lepri potrebbe essere anche divertente per un po’, ma tutti i limiti di questo open-world emergono in brevissimo tempo.

Open Country è un titolo estremamente valido nel concept, le idee alla base infatti sono interessanti. Un open world carismatico in cui unire la caccia agli elementi survival. Il problema di Open Country è che oltre alle premesse intriganti e a una ambientazione affascinante divisa in tre biomi ben caratterizzati c'è poco altro.