29-year-old musician Austin “Post Malone” Post is one of the most famous rappers and singer-songwriters in the world. But he is also a passionate gamer. His favorite game is the horror shooter Hunt: Showdown 1896 (Steam, Xbox, PS4, PS5), which is made in Frankfurt at Crytek and is considered the favorite game of many gaming connoisseurs, and now also Post Malone’s favorite game.
How much does Post Malone gamble? When Crytek found out that Post Malone was a fan of their game, they collaborated with him and got him in front of the camera for a video (via YouTube). In a Q&A, he spoke with Hunt’s creative director, Scott Luster.
Post Malone says he discovered Hunt in 2023. A friend told him:
You did a great job – this is the best game! […] Whenever I’m on tour and can’t play, I miss it. I spent 400 hours on it.
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What makes the game so appealing? The developers themselves also know that their Hunt is a game that you have to work your way into. The creative director says it takes around 100 hours for people to really understand and appreciate Hunt. What did Post Malone like so much?
He says: 100 hours wasn’t enough to understand everything. He’s still learning too. But after 50 hours he already understood the basics.
Post Malone particularly likes the feeling of being able to hear where enemies are in Hunt. He loves to hear enemies behind walls and catch them. Post Malone says he’s looking forward to coming home and making a montage of his best kills.
Is he really a gambler? It definitely sounds like Post Malone is totally into it. So he says there are two ways to play: Either you camp, risk nothing and go for a high KDA, or you also risk dying.
He plays hard, takes risks and therefore has a KDA of 1.21, which is very good for his aggressive style of play. There’s a bit of gamer pride coming out of him. He then talks shop with the boss and, like any real gamer who talks to a dev, complains about the balance: The Assassin is much too strong – he needs a nerf, the life points have to be reduced. Spoken like a true gamer.
How is this discussed? The big topic in the comments on YouTube is actually that Post Malone sounds like a real gamer and that’s obviously not a lame PR stunt, but Crytek really has a world star as an enthusiastic fan – which every player of the game somehow sees as personal confirmation feels like you find exactly the right game cool:
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