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Medved Taiga is a map I have a love-hate relationship with. On the one hand, I think the story missions are actually pretty interesting and guarantee a diamond rank albino Eurasian brown bear at the end of it, so it makes for a fantastic trophy and conclusion to the story. The warden character being from the area and being so intertwined with the story and said bear make it all the more interesting. On the other hand, this map is a pain in the anus to hunt on at times. The terrain is rough as all get-out and the map is effectively divided in two with a lowlands area and an uplands portion with only a few reliable ways to travel back and forth between them. The ice lakes probably offer the best areas to hunt on the map in my opinion, particularly moose and reindeer.
Another big criticism of this map is the relative lack of animal species. While the addition of the Western capercaillie and gray wolf have helped flesh out the variety a bit, it still feels a little barren. That said, it is Siberia, so perhaps that's to be expected. However, with the addition of the Bengal tiger on Sundarpatan, I feel like adding the Siberian tiger to this map would not be unwelcome to many players.
Overall, not my favorite map by a long shot, no pun intended, but memorable for the story missions and the guaranteed diamond rank bear at the end of it.