Hunt: Showdown 1896 vs Ferocious

• Perspective: First-Person
• Multiplayer: Single-Player Only
• Setting: Mysterious Prehistoric Island
• Platforms: PC (initial), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
• Release Window: TBA
• Unique Feature: A blend of tactical FPS combat against human enemies and survival horror against dinosaurs, with the ability to temporarily weaponize the prehistoric creatures.

• Co-Op Teammates: The game allows for Duo and Trio matchmaking. Reviving downed teammates and coordinating flanking maneuvers is the absolute core of the PvP experience.
  Other Players
• Stalker Beetle: A consumable item that the player can throw and physically pilot in first-person to safely scout heavily defended boss lairs and ping enemy positions.
  Controllable Insect

• Clues / Rifts: Glowing, noisy supernatural rifts found in compounds. Players must interact with three of them to completely narrow down the map and reveal the boss lair.
• Bounty Tokens: Dropped by the boss after the loud banishing phase. Picking it up grants 'Enhanced Dark Sight' to spot enemies, but also marks the carrier with a lightning bolt on the map for all other players to see.
• Hunt Dollars: Found in cash registers or looted from dead hunters. The primary economy currency used to re-equip your hunter with weapons and tools after a match.

• Lore Items: Journals, ancient relics, and unearthed technology found through exploration that piece together the history of the island and the motives of the Manifesto corporation.
• Crafting Resources: Gathered from the environment and fallen foes. Essential for upgrading weapons, creating tools, and healing.

• Weird West
• Dark Fantasy
• Supernatural Horror
• Bounty Hunting
• 19th Century
• PvPvE
• Extraction

• Survival
• Dinosaurs
• Action-Adventure
• First-Person Shooter
• Open World
• Crafting
• Mystery
• Corporate Conspiracy

• Mosin-Nagant M1891: Long Ammo Rifle
  A highly coveted, expensive bolt-action rifle. It fires long ammo, maintaining high damage over immense distances and easily penetrating thick wooden walls.
• Sparks LRR: Single-Shot Rifle
  A devastating, single-shot breach-loading rifle. It deals exactly 149 damage to the upper chest, leaving the enemy with a sliver of health and forcing immediate panic and retreats.
• Bomb Lance: Melee / Explosive Projectile
  A terrifying, custom-built whaling lance equipped with a massive blade. It can fire an explosive harpoon that lodges into targets before detonating, making quick work of bosses.

• Conventional Firearms: Varies (Revolvers, Rifles)
  A diverse arsenal of firearms scavenged from the Manifesto corporation, which can be customized with found parts like scopes and suppressors.
• Crafted Explosives: Throwable
  A variety of crafted devices, including traps and explosives, used to gain a tactical advantage against both human and dinosaur threats.

• Health Bars: Hunters do not wear traditional armor. Survivability is dictated by Health Bars. Taking fire damage permanently burns these bars away, permanently lowering your maximum HP until you banish a boss to restore it.
• Hornskin (Trait): A purchasable passive trait that reduces damage taken from blunt melee attacks by 25%, useful against Grunts and specific boss attacks.
• Bloodless (Trait): A crucial survival trait that prevents bleeding from escalating to severe levels, saving the player from rapidly bleeding out after being hit by flechette ammo or Hellhounds.

• Tier 1 Hunter Shirts: Brightly colored, clean shirts worn by novice hunters. They offer very poor camouflage, making new players easy targets in the dark bayou.
• Tier 3 Hunter Dusters: Dark, ragged leather coats, ghillie-style ponchos, and mud-covered hats worn by veteran hunters, offering incredible camouflage in the dense bushes.
• Legendary Skins: Premium, highly detailed outfits (like the Bone Doctor's skull mask or The Ironclad's heavy metal plating) purchased with Blood Bonds to showcase prestige and style.

Progression is tied to the 'Bloodline' rank and the permadeath mechanic of individual Hunters. When a Hunter survives and extracts, they earn Upgrade Points to purchase 'Traits' (passive skills). These include iconic perks like 'Fanning' (rapid-firing single-action revolvers), 'Necromancer' (reviving teammates from a distance at the cost of your own health), and 'Lightfoot' (silent vaulting). However, if your Hunter dies in a match, they—and all their expensive gear and traits—are lost forever, raising the stakes of every single firefight.

Progression is tied to survival and crafting. Players scavenge resources to upgrade weapons with custom parts like suppressors and scopes, and craft a variety of traps and gadgets. There are no traditional skill trees; instead, progression is based on acquiring better gear and unlocking new tools that open up new areas and tactical options.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 features vast, meticulously crafted 1km x 1km sandbox maps. The iconic Louisiana maps—Stillwater Bayou, Lawson Delta, and DeSalle—feature flooded swamps, rotting plantations, and eerie mining towns. The 1896 update introduced 'Mammon's Gulch', a towering, vertical map set in the rocky mountains of Colorado. This new biome features massive elevation changes, dense pine forests, oil rigs, and an interconnected, pitch-black underground mine system, fundamentally changing how players approach long-range sightlines and close-quarters ambushes.

The game features large, interconnected zones with a 'Metroidvania' design philosophy rather than a single seamless open world. The island is comprised of diverse biomes, including lush jungles, sprawling beaches, treacherous cliffs, deep swamps, and ancient ruins.

• Extraction Stagecoach: Extraction Point
  Stationary horse-drawn carriages located at the edge of the map. Players must stand near them for 30 seconds to successfully extract with their bounty.
• Extraction Steamboat: Extraction Point
  Stationary paddleboats found on the rivers. If an enemy player approaches while you are extracting, the boat's horn will blow loudly, warning you of the ambush.

• Hellhounds: Mutated Canine
  Packs of vicious, decaying dogs that roam the wilderness. They are highly aggressive, deal severe bleeding damage, and are the bane of solo hunters navigating the woods.
• Water Devils: Swarming Parasite
  Violent, writhing masses of aquatic parasites that infest the deep swamps. They deal massive damage to anyone attempting to quickly wade through deep water.
• Immolators: Burning Undead
  A highly volatile, burning zombie that sprints aggressively at players. If shot with a bullet or pierced, it violently explodes into flames, requiring players to use blunt melee weapons to kill it.

• The Hunters: Player Avatars
  Ruthless, desperate mercenaries willing to inject themselves with dark serums to gain 'Dark Sight', allowing them to track monsters and survive the corruption.
• The Hellborn: Wild Target Boss
  A terrifying, massive, burning entity introduced in the 1896 update. It roams the open world of Mammon's Gulch, hurling fireballs and engaging hunters outside of traditional compounds.
• The Spider: Bounty Boss
  A horrific, massive arachnid assembled from human corpses. It moves incredibly fast across walls and ceilings, spitting debilitating poison at hunters.

• San: Playable Protagonist
  A refugee stranded on a lost island, fighting to survive and rescue his brother from a shadowy corporation.
• Maung: Key NPC
  San's brother, who is abducted at the beginning of the game and serves as the central motivation for the plot.
• Mysterious Radio Woman: Guide / Ally
  An unseen character who communicates with San via radio, providing guidance, intel, and occasional tactical support.

• The Investigation: Exploration / Tracking
  Move stealthily through the map using Dark Sight to locate three clues, avoiding sound traps (like crows or dogs) that will alert other players to your presence.
• The Banishment: PvE Boss / Siege Defense
  Locate and kill the boss (e.g., the Butcher or Assassin). Initiate the banishing ritual, which loudly alerts every player on the map, and prepare to defend the compound from incoming teams.
• The Extraction: PvP Gauntlet
  Grab the Bounty Tokens and run to one of the designated extraction zones at the edge of the map, fighting off any remaining hunters attempting to ambush you before the timer expires.

• Main Story Campaign
  A linear but sprawling story-driven campaign that follows San's quest to rescue his brother Maung from the Manifesto corporation while uncovering the island's secrets.
• Side Objectives
  Optional tasks like rescuing other surviving castaways, finding lost relics, or hunting down legendary predators for unique rewards.

The game features two main modes. 'Bounty Hunt' is the flagship PvPvE mode where teams of 1, 2, or 3 players load into the map, hunt the boss, and fight other teams for the bounty tokens. 'Soul Survivor' (formerly Quickplay) is a pure solo, battle-royale-lite mode where players spawn with nothing, scavenge for weapons, and race to absorb the 'Wellspring' energy. The winner gets to keep their fully geared Hunter for use in Bounty Hunt, while everyone else permanently dies.

Following the 1896 engine upgrade in August 2024, the game effectively relaunched. The base game is frequently updated, while monetization comes through an extensive catalogue of cosmetic DLCs (such as 'Bound by Blood', 'The Madness of Montresor', and 'It Takes a Rogue'). These packs provide uniquely modeled 'Legendary Hunters' and weapon skins. The game also utilizes a seasonal Battle Pass system to introduce new weapon variants, weather conditions, and thematic lore elements.

Crytek treats the game as a long-term live service, continually adding new weapons, variants (like silencers or sniper scopes), custom ammo types (poison, incendiary, dumdum), and massive map updates. The '1896' update marked the transition to CryEngine 5.11, dropping PS4 and Xbox One support entirely to modernize the game. Seasonal events (like the 'Tide' series or 'Scorched Earth') temporarily introduce wildcards like heavy rain, ash bloom, or roaring wildfires that dramatically alter the visual and auditory landscape.

• Q: What is the 1896 update?
  A: Released in August 2024, the 1896 update was a massive relaunch of the game. It upgraded the engine to CryEngine 5.11, dropped PS4/Xbox One support, added DirectX 12, overhauled the UI, and introduced the new Colorado map, Mammon's Gulch.
• Q: Do I lose my gear when I die?
  A: Yes. Hunt features a permadeath system. If your Hunter dies and is not revived by a teammate before the match ends, you permanently lose that character, their weapons, and their traits.
• Q: Is there bullet drop?
  A: Yes. The 1896 update introduced bullet drop to all weapons, fundamentally changing long-range combat and requiring players to account for distance and bullet velocity when sniping.
• Q: Can I play solo?
  A: Yes. You can play 'Soul Survivor' (a solo-only mode), or you can queue 'Solo vs Duos/Trios' in Bounty Hunt, which grants you a massive bonus payout if you successfully extract against larger teams.

• Q: What is Ferocious?
  A: Ferocious is a single-player first-person shooter that combines intense action with survival-horror elements, set on a mysterious island inhabited by dinosaurs and a hostile corporation.
• Q: Is Ferocious an open-world game?
  A: It features large, interconnected zones with a 'Metroidvania'-style design, encouraging exploration and backtracking, but it is not a fully seamless open world.
• Q: Can you control the dinosaurs?
  A: Yes, a key feature is the ability to use discovered technology to briefly control or manipulate certain dinosaurs, allowing you to use them as weapons or distractions.
• Q: When will it be released?
  A: There is currently no official release date for Ferocious. A playable demo has been available on Steam since June 2025.

Powered by CryEngine 5.11, the 1896 update brought a stunning visual overhaul. The implementation of DirectX 12, global illumination, and improved shaders makes the mud, water reflections, and dense fog look incredibly photorealistic. The character models for Legendary Hunters are deeply detailed, covered in grime, blood, and esoteric occult trinkets. Lighting is entirely dynamic, and night maps feature pitch-black darkness pierced only by the terrifying glow of flare guns or burning oil slicks.

Hunt features arguably the best, most tactical audio design in the FPS genre. The proprietary binaural 3D audio system means players can pinpoint exactly where a twig snapped or a flock of crows was startled, even through walls. Every action, from switching weapons to aiming down sights, makes a distinct, locatable sound. The music, headlined by the iconic 'Humming Theme' (Rise Up Dead Man) by the Port Sulphur Band, perfectly encapsulates the dark, swampy, Southern Gothic dread.

The UI underwent a massive, somewhat controversial overhaul during the 1896 update to modernize the menu navigation for both PC and console players. In-game, the HUD is heavily minimalist. There is no mini-map; players must physically open a paper map to check their location or boss banishment zones. Health is segmented into distinct 'bars' (which can be permanently burned away by fire), and stamina dictates melee swings and sprinting. The most crucial UI element is the compass, used for calling out enemy bearings to teammates.

The game offers standard accessibility tools, including adjustable Field of View (FOV) sliders, customizable crosshair positioning (centered or the classic 'lowered' crosshair), and comprehensive control remapping. It also features colorblind modes and customizable subtitle scaling. However, the game's extreme reliance on directional audio cues makes it incredibly difficult for deaf or hard-of-hearing players to compete at high skill brackets.

• System requirements are verified against the official Steam storefront data following the massive '1896' CryEngine 5.11 graphical overhaul, which significantly raised the baseline hardware demands.
• Laptop Performance Note: The jump to DirectX 12 and CryEngine 5.11 means the game relies heavily on fast CPU performance and increased VRAM buffers. Laptops must maintain high clock speeds to avoid micro-stutters during intense, high-stakes PvP firefights.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: A minimal TGP of 75W is required for 1080p rendering (e.g., RTX 3050 Mobile or 3060 Mobile). For high settings at 1440p, an 85W-115W+ TGP (RTX 4060/4070 Mobile) is heavily recommended.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The dense environmental rendering (foliage, dynamic shadows) and binaural audio processing require stable CPU and GPU thermals. A cooling pad is strongly recommended to prevent throttling, which can cause fatal input lag during shootouts.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: Set Windows power delivery to 'Performance'. The game utilizes advanced global illumination and particle systems that will stutter if the CPU attempts to downclock to save power.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: Absolutely mandatory. A MUX switch reduces render latency, which is critical in a hardcore, low-time-to-kill (TTK) shooter where landing single-shot rifle headshots is the primary combat loop.
• Optimization Detail: Upscaling Tech: Supports NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR. Using upscaling is highly recommended to maintain 60+ FPS on mid-range hardware during chaotic explosive encounters.
• Optimization Detail: Key Settings Impact: Global Illumination, Shadow Quality, and Object Detail severely impact GPU overhead. Lowering these can yield substantial framerate improvements.
• Game Name: Hunt: Showdown 1896

• OFFICIAL AND EXTRAPOLATED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS for FEROCIOUS. This information is based on the official PC specifications from developer OMYOG, adapted to the requested JSON structure. As a survival FPS built on the Unity Engine, the requirements are moderate but have increased during development. Laptop and future-generation GPU listings are extrapolated based on performance benchmarks.
• Laptop Performance Note: Laptop versions of the listed desktop GPUs require comparable performance. For a fast-paced FPS like FEROCIOUS, maintaining a high and stable framerate is key, making a laptop with a strong CPU and a well-cooled, high-TGP GPU very important.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: A high TGP is essential to ensure the GPU can consistently deliver high framerates without throttling during intense firefights with dinosaurs and mercenaries.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game's action-packed sequences can put a sustained load on components. A good cooling system is necessary to prevent thermal throttling and ensure consistent performance, which is critical for survival.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: Strong single-core CPU performance is important for processing player inputs and AI with minimal delay. Adequate power delivery to the CPU is key.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is highly recommended to minimize system latency, providing a tangible advantage in a fast-paced shooter where reaction time is critical.
• Optimization Detail: Upscaling Tech: The game does not have official integrated support for upscaling technologies like NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR. Performance is based on native resolution rendering. Players must rely on driver-level solutions or third-party tools if they wish to use these features.
• Optimization Detail: Key Settings Impact: Performance is most affected by settings like Shadow Quality, Texture Quality, and Anti-Aliasing. Given the dense jungle environments, foliage and view distance settings will also be demanding.
• Game Name: Ferocious

• Upscaling Tech: Supports NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR. Using upscaling is highly recommended to maintain 60+ FPS on mid-range hardware during chaotic explosive encounters.
• Key Settings Impact: Global Illumination, Shadow Quality, and Object Detail severely impact GPU overhead. Lowering these can yield substantial framerate improvements.

• Upscaling Tech: The game does not have official integrated support for upscaling technologies like NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR. Performance is based on native resolution rendering. Players must rely on driver-level solutions or third-party tools if they wish to use these features.
• Key Settings Impact: Performance is most affected by settings like Shadow Quality, Texture Quality, and Anti-Aliasing. Given the dense jungle environments, foliage and view distance settings will also be demanding.

• G P U T G P: A minimal TGP of 75W is required for 1080p rendering (e.g., RTX 3050 Mobile or 3060 Mobile). For high settings at 1440p, an 85W-115W+ TGP (RTX 4060/4070 Mobile) is heavily recommended.
• Cooling Thermals: The dense environmental rendering (foliage, dynamic shadows) and binaural audio processing require stable CPU and GPU thermals. A cooling pad is strongly recommended to prevent throttling, which can cause fatal input lag during shootouts.
• C P U Power Limits: Set Windows power delivery to 'Performance'. The game utilizes advanced global illumination and particle systems that will stutter if the CPU attempts to downclock to save power.
• M U X Switch Optimus: Absolutely mandatory. A MUX switch reduces render latency, which is critical in a hardcore, low-time-to-kill (TTK) shooter where landing single-shot rifle headshots is the primary combat loop.

• G P U T G P: A high TGP is essential to ensure the GPU can consistently deliver high framerates without throttling during intense firefights with dinosaurs and mercenaries.
• Cooling Thermals: The game's action-packed sequences can put a sustained load on components. A good cooling system is necessary to prevent thermal throttling and ensure consistent performance, which is critical for survival.
• C P U Power Limits: Strong single-core CPU performance is important for processing player inputs and AI with minimal delay. Adequate power delivery to the CPU is key.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is highly recommended to minimize system latency, providing a tangible advantage in a fast-paced shooter where reaction time is critical.