Cabela's Big Game Hunter is one of "those" games. You know the type I speak of: the kind that the Wal-Mart crowd will pick up in heartbeat, not knowing or caring about the title's actual quality. The type of game that is even worse than the licensed games marketed toward the casual gamer, due to its uncannily shoddy production and clunky gameplay. It's the sort of game that was conceived in a meeting of executives, trying to figure out a new way to make some quick cash off of the gamers among us who know the least about gaming. Yeah, Cabela's Big Game Hunter is one of "those" games.
Putting you into the shoes of an outdoorsman, the best way to describe BGH is as a first-person shooter, minus the shooting. The majority of your time is spent waiting on your prey to show, or trudging at a snail's pace through surprisingly well-rendered, crisp, clean environments. There is a snowmobile/ATV for transportation, but it barely moves faster than your hunter, and is plagued by sluggish controls.
While the title does make a fairly successful attempt to recreate the tiny little features of the hunting lifestyle, it does so with little regard or thought as to what would make a game based on said lifestyle enjoyable. Sitting around for minutes at a time isn't my idea of fun. Wandering aimlessly isn't my idea of fun. The game gets credit where it is due for the halfway decent graphics, as well as for staying true to its concept, but I would suggest that those even remotely interested in this hunt take up an afternoon of the real deal instead.
-George
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