Steam Community :: Gramr

514.6 hrs on record (430.8 hrs at review time)

Oh, Hunt: Showdown? What a masterpiece of frustration! Honestly, I can’t think of another game that so effortlessly makes you question every life choice leading up to the moment you boot it up. I mean, the gameplay is just chef’s kiss garbage—an absolute trash fire of mechanics designed specifically to make you hate yourself. I genuinely love how every time I spawn in, I get about two steps in before I’m immediately blown away by some guy with a Mosin hiding in a bush. It’s like the developers really understood what we all wanted: to be killed repeatedly by an invisible camper with a sniper rifle, because who doesn’t love that experience over and over again?

But oh, the UI. That’s where the real art lies, isn’t it? They really nailed that aspect, didn't they? I mean, wow, the menus are so sleek, so responsive. Navigating them is like swimming in silk. You die, you go back to the UI, and suddenly you feel like maybe life isn't so bad after all. Every button press is like a cool breeze on a hot day. It's like they poured all their talent into making sure you have the most blissful time picking which weapon you want to inevitably lose after your next death. The clean layout, the subtle but effective sound cues—it’s all there to lull you into a false sense of security before you dive back into the actual garbage fire that is the game.

And how about that extraction experience? You know, the one where you're all excited, you've fought off some other teams, you're feeling good, maybe even carrying a bounty, and you start heading to the extraction point. Only to be instantly headshotted by yet another Mosin camper! The level of satisfaction you get from being sniped by someone who’s been sitting there for the past 20 minutes, doing absolutely nothing but waiting for you, is unparalleled. They’re just sitting there, under a bush, probably sipping tea, waiting to click once and ruin your entire 30-minute ordeal. It’s glorious! Who wouldn’t want to go through all that just to get killed without even seeing the guy?

And yet, through all that pure, unfiltered trash, you’re comforted by the knowledge that at least the UI is there for you. After dying yet again, it welcomes you back like an old friend, letting you smoothly select your next hunter that will most certainly be obliterated within the first five minutes. If there’s anything the game does right—and let’s be honest, it’s not the gameplay—it’s that UI. It’s a beacon of perfection in an otherwise bleak, miserable landscape of camper-induced death loops.

Posted 14 October, 2024.

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