I ignored bow play for a long time, until Far Cry 4 Primal. Such a beautiful world, but with no guns, it was either learn to use a bow properly or be sabretooth lunch. Now I always seek out the bow in a game. From the limited number of games I've played:
General Characteristics
If you're unfamiliar with bows, they usually have these main attributes:
1. Fully silent. Unlike suppressors / silencers on guns, a bow will not give away your position to nearby enemies.
2. Recover ammo. Run over the kill and get your arrow(s) back—but not explosive or fire of course, they're consumed. If you miss a shot, look for the arrow.
3. Double skins. Games with foraging and crafting sometimes give double skins from wildlife you kill with an arrow. In some games you lose that if you wounded it with a bullet first, other games care only about the kill shot.
4. 'Bullet drop'. It varies by game but your arrow usually loses height as it travels—similar to sniper bullets in sniper-focused games. Many bows have distance lines in their 'sights' which might help—I don't like how they obscure the target, so I prefer to initially mess around with local wildlife to get a feel for the arrow action.
Anyone know of a game with wind effect on arrows?
5. Occupy rifle / shotgun slot. The main drawback of a bow is if you can't have a main assault weapon also. I've had this in 2 sniper games recently, but hadn't seen it before. Sometimes you need to take down 3-4 guys quickly, and a bow can't do that.
Easiest
If you want to learn bow play, I recommend Sniper Ghost Warrior 3. I found it the surest shot—put top indicator on target = hit for anything up to ~100m.
Downside is you lose your AR slot—there are only 3 weapon slots, and 2 are occupied by SR sniper rifle and PDW eg pistol. Still, for a stealthy gameplay, bow is great.
Overpowered
Either of the bows in Far Cry 5 New Dawn—I prefer the Blood Dragon bow because I don't like those distance meters obscuring my view of the target.
FC5 ND has a leveling system for both players and weapons—don't go up against a Level 3 cougar with a Level 1 rifle. When you get the bow to Level 3, and have explosive and fire arrows as extras, you'd have to shoot yourself to lose—or have homeboy Hurk with his rocket launcher as a companion, that'd do it too. So the bow is anti-air, anti-vehicle, and anti-personnel and wildlife all in one.
There is distance drop which kicks in early, so you'll need a few practice rounds with the local deer to get the hang of it.
Fun
They say you never forget your first. FC4 Primal is the bow I've enjoyed most. Has a quicker reload than others, which enabled my best moment with a bow—3 headshots on 3 running attacking Izila warriors. Sweet!
General Characteristics
If you're unfamiliar with bows, they usually have these main attributes:
1. Fully silent. Unlike suppressors / silencers on guns, a bow will not give away your position to nearby enemies.
2. Recover ammo. Run over the kill and get your arrow(s) back—but not explosive or fire of course, they're consumed. If you miss a shot, look for the arrow.
3. Double skins. Games with foraging and crafting sometimes give double skins from wildlife you kill with an arrow. In some games you lose that if you wounded it with a bullet first, other games care only about the kill shot.
4. 'Bullet drop'. It varies by game but your arrow usually loses height as it travels—similar to sniper bullets in sniper-focused games. Many bows have distance lines in their 'sights' which might help—I don't like how they obscure the target, so I prefer to initially mess around with local wildlife to get a feel for the arrow action.
Anyone know of a game with wind effect on arrows?
5. Occupy rifle / shotgun slot. The main drawback of a bow is if you can't have a main assault weapon also. I've had this in 2 sniper games recently, but hadn't seen it before. Sometimes you need to take down 3-4 guys quickly, and a bow can't do that.
Easiest
If you want to learn bow play, I recommend Sniper Ghost Warrior 3. I found it the surest shot—put top indicator on target = hit for anything up to ~100m.
Downside is you lose your AR slot—there are only 3 weapon slots, and 2 are occupied by SR sniper rifle and PDW eg pistol. Still, for a stealthy gameplay, bow is great.
Overpowered
Either of the bows in Far Cry 5 New Dawn—I prefer the Blood Dragon bow because I don't like those distance meters obscuring my view of the target.
FC5 ND has a leveling system for both players and weapons—don't go up against a Level 3 cougar with a Level 1 rifle. When you get the bow to Level 3, and have explosive and fire arrows as extras, you'd have to shoot yourself to lose—or have homeboy Hurk with his rocket launcher as a companion, that'd do it too. So the bow is anti-air, anti-vehicle, and anti-personnel and wildlife all in one.
There is distance drop which kicks in early, so you'll need a few practice rounds with the local deer to get the hang of it.
Fun
They say you never forget your first. FC4 Primal is the bow I've enjoyed most. Has a quicker reload than others, which enabled my best moment with a bow—3 headshots on 3 running attacking Izila warriors. Sweet!
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