Open Country

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.

Il nuovo titolo dei FunLabs colpisce soprattutto per l’ambizione. Lo studio di sviluppo, infatti, per la prima volta osa uscire dalla comfort zone che da anni caratterizza gli hunting game e propone al pubblico una curiosa commistione tra open world, dinamiche estrapolate dai survival e meccaniche tipiche di un qualsiasi hunting game. Il grosso problema di quest'opera dal budget palesemente contenuto, è che la commistione di generi si raggruma in un mix poco coeso e, soprattutto, sbilanciato.