If the dog does not understand or chooses to ignore a command, a small icon with a question mark in the bottom left corner is shown.It may have some issues obeying and following commands, but the more time it spends out hunting with you, the better it gets at understanding what you want it to do. When you first purchase a dog, it is inexperienced and a bit rowdy, the same as in real life. German Pointer Experience Labrador Retriever These dog species are available in the game. So, we decided to focus on specialized dogs instead." It was also difficult to find a suitable breed to base such a multitalented dog on. Although we considered making dogs that could do multiple tasks, it quickly became obvious that it developing an easy-to-use interaction (GUI) system for a dog that could flush, retrieve, track and partake in driven hunts would be impossible. Many has also suggested a more 'multitalented' dog that could, for instance, track as well as retrieve. Our decision to make one was solely based on this. "When we were looking around in the different dog threads over the forums and asked our trusted hunting experts, the first dog type that would come up in almost all cases was a bird retrieving dog.
The dog has no real impact on missions or competitions either since the stalking and shooting is still done by the player.ĮW says why specific rather than generic dog types were chosen. The task may not be as tough in theHunter but the dog will at least let you focus on the more important things.ĭogs are more of an experience and a convenience, as opposed to a game-changing addition to theHunter. In real life it is an arduous task to go fetch a downed ducks through waist deep water, or to track wounded animals down.
The second role the dog plays is obviously an aid to the hunter in the game. So not everything about the dog has to do about gameplay: It is more an enhancement of the hunting experience. If we could even slightly tap into that ancient human-canine bond the hunting immersion would increase significantly. What we want to give you is the experience of the hunter and the dog – a companionship going back in time to as long as some ten thousand years or more. Having a dog with you who reacts to the surroundings and to yourself is something that intensifies the hunting experience. First, perhaps the most important one, is to add to the immersion of the game. With adding dogs to theHunter there are two different roles for them to fulfill. It has been brought up as a possible feature for the game countless times but circumstances where never quite right. Since the early days of theHunter there has been an important part missing in the hunting experience: Dogs.