Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010 demo review


Cabela's has had a long history now of making fun pc and console hunting adventure games.  In this year's iteration though they have outdone every prior title they have released.  Just inside of this unfortunately rather short demo, you can hunt two types of deer, mallard ducks, rabbit, and even an attacking moutain lion.  In this year's version also is a very fun set of additional gameplay features.  First is the heart, lung, brain, and spine function that pops up inside the animal you are locking in on with your rifle scope.  It allows you to think of where the best shot is on the animal according to where your taking your shot from.  You now have to also try to find the best cover for your shot so that you really surprise the beast before you take it to the ground.  Then there is also the fact that shooting from a crouching position is a different ball game than trying to shoot standing straight up.  We tried several different shots behind random obstacles and found there really was a difference in every location and that each one changes the result of your shot even ever so slightly.  The game has one further feature that makes a difference.  You click in your RB button to bring up your hunter's instinct view that helps you track game, find good hding spots to take shots, and now also helps you avoid natural features and obstacles that would make you more noisy or cause the game to freak out and scamper away in terror.  I mean in the demo alone your carrying an arsenal.  A scoped .44 is a noce little hand gun cannon and two rifles with scopes for the long shots make it pleasantly well rounded.  Then there is the shotgun which is largely useful for the duck hunt style feature and the rabbit terrorizing that you get to enjoy here.  I personally chose to use the .44 and the shoty to blast the hell out of that mountain lions face and ass.  But I was penalized points wise for taking such recklass shots.  Well, I don't mind that part at all because this game is well rounded enough that if you want to play levels over and over you can find new ways to play them and random spawns of wild game surely accompany the final release of the full game.  Well this one recives a score of 4.19 out of 5.  It would have been a better score if there was more to do in this rather short demo.  Or even just making it a longer experience.  But regardless of that this game is a blast and will certainly rev up the hunting buffs and shooter fans alike.  Enjoy this gamers and whores because this is a rare gem of demo land in that it actually is not glitchy or essentially half assed.  The visuals are also very nice and look great on a nice lcd wide screen presentation.  Enjoy.....!

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