GameSpot writes: "If you're not familiar with Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011, then you might read the name and instantly assume it's a hunting simulation of some kind. You know the type: Pick your gun, choose your camouflage, and spend a solid hour trying to discern the difference between animal droppings and a clump of dirt. But somewhere between shooting a cougar in the heart in dramatic slow motion and fending off wolves with glowing red demon eyes, you'll realize that assumption doesn't quite apply to this game".
Backlog Quest is a month long special event on Clearance Bin Review featuring daily game reviews of the games that have sat on the shelf for simply too long; old and new.
From Day 1 – Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011, Tristan Rendo writes "I had seen them in stores quite a bit, and there is no shortage of them, so I had wondered for quite some time just what these Cabela’s games had to offer. I remembered the older arcade games where you would shoot at animals as they ran across your path, but couldn’t imagine that concept had been packaged onto a disc and sold at original MSRP for $60. Though the presence of a gun accessory made it seem possible."
Anyone who’s spent even a moderate amount of time in bars or movie theater lobbies should be well acquainted with Cabela’s line of hunting games, but lately something strange has been happening with the home versions of these games.
SFG writes: MAG? Killzone 3? Resistance 3? Nope, while I haven’t tried Resistance 3 yet, I haven’t read pleasant things about it. I tried MAG when it first was patched, and had a hard time keeping it level, and became motion sick. Killzone 3 is a close second, but the easiest to pick up and play is,
Resistance 3? Nope, while I haven’t tried Resistance 3 yet, I haven’t read pleasant things about it.
FAIL!
Whats the best flavor ice cream? Vanilla? Nope, I haven't tried vanilla yet...
I will save people the click and just come out and tell you what that game was. It was Cabela's Dangerous Hunting 2011.
Honestly, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I guess I would be crying if this guy was really that dumb to think Cabelas Hunting is better because, gameinformer had a video that tells a completely different story (hint: it sucks).
