Feb 12, 2015 The best chance at playing Ultimate Duck Hunting at recommended sys specs on a 1920x1080 screen resolution will be if your PC has at least the GeForce 6600/Radeon X800 GT graphics card.
The game's clever intricacies make for the ultimate duck hunting simulation. Ultimate Duck Hunting features include: Choice of hunting accessories (shotgun, decoys, camo, and dog). Dog-training in essential commands (remote sit, left over, right over, and back). Six realistically detailed locales teeming with wild ducks. Free Download Ultimate Duck Hunting full game for windows, review and system requirements on Ultimate Duck Hunting for PC. Find all the latest Ultimate Duck Hunting PC news, reviews, videos, mods and more on GameWatcher.com. Summary: On a remote island with three other hunters, the Ultimate Duck Hunting atmosphere crackles with gunfire, honking ducks, thunder and rain, while feathers explode with each hit. The game's clever intricacies make for the ultimate duck hunting simulation. Ultimate Duck Hunting features include: Choice of hunting accessories (shotgun, decoys, camo, and dog).
| Ultimate Duck Hunting | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Mid Carolina Media |
| Publisher(s) | Mid Carolina Media (Windows) Detn8 Games (Wii) |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Wii |
| Release | May 2, 2006 (PC) October 19, 2007 (Wii) |
| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
Ultimate Duck Hunting is a duck huntingvideo game developed by American studio Mid Carolina Media for Windows. The goal of the game is to shoot ducks and then collect them with hunting dogs, a concept similar to that of the classic NES game, Duck Hunt. On October 19, 2007 a Nintendo Wii version was released by publisher Detn8, it was originally planned for release on July 10, 2007, but it was delayed to October due to the E3 announcement of the Wii port.
Production values[edit]
The second game from publisher Mid Carolina Media is often criticized on its own forums for low production values, many of which contradict the self-quoted title of 'the most realistic duck hunting game ever made' on its cover. Many of the common criticisms include:
- There is no indication whatsoever that the decoys, duck calls, or attire of the hunters have any impact on the gameplay although the game assures you that they do.[citation needed]
- Firearms each contain five rounds prior to reloading while the legal limit for fowl hunting is three.[citation needed]
- The Over-Under, a two-barreled shotgun, logically cannot hold five rounds.[citation needed]
- Hunters are confined to very small areas in the center of six maps that offer almost identical gameplay despite different weather conditions.[citation needed]
- When initially released, the online multiplayer function did not actually work. Since then, the website has suggested set times for players to come online and play without actually presenting its own players or bots, which combined with the already small community, renders the game's multiplayer feature almost unusable.[citation needed]
- Ducks do not change their behavior even while under fire.[citation needed]
- It is possible to see through the back of the shotguns in the first person view.[citation needed]
Critical reception[edit]
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Despite the game box's assurances that Ultimate Duck Hunting is 'the most realistic duck-hunting game ever made', it has earned harsh criticisms both based on the game itself and the professionalism shown by its publisher.[citation needed]
Perhaps the most popular and cited feedback came from GameTrailers.com's Rob, whose stick figure persona actually hanged himself as a result of playing Ultimate Duck Hunting, which coined the term 'suicide review'. Over the course of GameTrailers' review,[1] the late Rob delivers a laundry list of problems with the game. He criticizes the intelligence of the dogs used to retrieve fallen ducks and the repetitive dullness of the training process required to raise said intelligence. He likewise comments on the difficulty of finding anyone online to share the multiplayer mode with by showing a completely empty lobby. At one point, he ridicules the graphics of the allegedly 'most realistic duck hunting game ever made' by presenting footage of a dog with brush poking through its body (a common symptom of low production values in videogames).
Marketing failure[edit]
Mid Carolina Media created a series of commercials for the game featuring a man choosing between women in lingerie and the game itself. They each open with the man sitting on a large bed loading the game with his laptop. A woman (not always the same woman) wearing revealing neglige enters the room and tries to pull him away from the game. These commercials feature more footage of the women than the game itself, though the man always chooses the game in the end. This attempt at marketing has not been very successful, however, as YouTube reports significantly more hits for the 'suicide review' video bashing the game instead (see above). The videos can be found here. (age restricted)
References[edit]
- ^ abc'Ultimate Duck Hunting'. GameTrailers. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^'Ultimate Duck Hunting PC Reviews'. GameRankings. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^'Ultimate Duck Hunting Wii Reviews'. GameRankings. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^'Ultimate Duck Hunting Wii Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links[edit]
- Ultimate Duck Hunting at GameSpot
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- Developer: Mid Carolina Media
- Genre: Shooter
- Originally on: Windows (2006)
- Runs on: PC, Windows
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System Requirements
Processor: PC compatible, P-III 800MHz 256MB, Free hard drive space: 700 MB 3D Accelerator with Hardware T&L and Pixel Shading 8.1
OS: Windows 9x, Windows 2000 Windows XP, Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Win 10.
Game Features:Single game mode Multiplayer (LAN, Internet)