Bird Hunter: Wild Wings

by Wizard Works

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004WGVS
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 4, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,401 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Turkey hunting, wing shooting, and waterfowling are only a few clicks away with Bird Hunter: Wild Wings. Male and female bird dogs of the following breeds are at your call: German shorthaired pointer, Hungarian shorthaired viszla, Weimaraner, English setter, golden retriever, yellow lab, black lab, and Chesapeake Bay retriever. Hunt in destinations in Arkansas, Nebraska, and California. Wild birds include: eastern turkey, Merriam's turkey, pheasant, dove, bobwhite quail, ruffled grouse, prairie chicken, woodcock, Canada goose, snow goose, mallard, pintail duck, canvasback, green-winged teal, and ring-necked duck. Set decoys to draw in the elusive toms; other gear includes calls, blinds, and GPS. There are nine models of shotguns to choose from, as well as a muzzleloader and archery equipment. Find hunting partners over the Internet for multiplayer action.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are looking for a realistic hunting experience, November 2, 2000

By 

Joshua Lee White (Lanfall, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bird Hunter: Wild Wings (CD-ROM)

If you are looking for a realistic hunting wxperience then i think you need to buy this game. The game give you a opportunity to see if you are a true hunter. You pick things from dog to decoys. It allows to drive a boat,truck, and an atv. It is the best hunting game i have played on a pc. The game gives you a realistic setting and action in the game. As you sit and wait for the birds you hear thing you normal hear in the wood or on the lake. It even has bug that fly by you . If you looking for a great hunting experience without going out ther our self i would buy this game

Thank you for you time

Josh White

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sad but True, November 16, 2001

By 

Ted Cannon (SLC, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bird Hunter: Wild Wings (CD-ROM)

It's sad but true that Bird Hunter Wild Wings Edition is about the best of the bird hunting games around. True that it's a fair simulation of the bird hunting experience in part (about 2/3rds part that is) and sad that it's no better. You're in for more frustration than a real hunt if you buy this game. Except as to waterfowl and turkeys.
The graphics seem primitive at first but you soon forget about all the big square pixels and the grainy skies, when the birds start to appear. Some of the thrill of the real thing is there. Especially in the duck and goose hunting (Waterfowl mode) and the turkey hunts (Turkey mode, what else?). But the Upland mode for hunting pheasants (of which there are hardly any), grouse, woodcock, and so many quail that they soon become a nuisance, is a real disappointment. The clunky game mechanics, excessive requirement for keyboard hotkeying, and the erratic behaviour of the generic AI dog are truly frustrating. If you dig through the unhelpful so-called "help file" you find out that there is only one dog AI and that all the breed options are just various skins on the same "computer dog" which behaves very oddly in the upland mode though it's OK in waterfowling and not used in turkey shooting. All the upland birds are even more erratic. They won't drop when plugged, even at short range but glide out of sight never to be seen again, and the dog is almost useless in retrieving them even though the game voice says "good kill" or "wow what a nice quail" or the like. If you're hoping for help from the little manual supplied, forget it. It really (disappoints).
For a year 2000 game, which this is, it is very unfriendly to machines like two years old or so. If you don't have really fast graphics acceleration you'll wind up playing in a tiny window in order to get anything like a resonable swing to your aiming. There are lots of accessories, trucks, houses, snowmobiles, boats, all kinds of guns and even bows (for the turkeys)and lots of tinkering options in the settings mode, but they still don't make this item very playable.
Clearly what Sunstone (the designer) has done, is squeeze a fairly good bird hunter for waterfowl and a fairly good turkey hunter onto one CD and sacrifice the upland shooting experience. Instead of numerous places to hunt in each mode as on the individual games for waterfowl and upland, this game cans them down to about two or three venues for each. All the upland bird hunts are set in the winter when everyone knows that going for pheasants in the fall is one of hunting's joys.
If you're a turkey shooter or a goose and duck enthusiast you'll probably like this game. If you're an upland shooter you'll find it more frustrating than fun.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the most amazing game ever!, March 30, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Bird Hunter: Wild Wings (CD-ROM)

This is an awesome game!You can go to snowy places,warm places,or grassy places.If you know a trick turkey hunting is easy.The trick is to just stay in a blind and call.Dont go looking for them.Get on a flat surface.Stay there and call,and theyll come waddling to you.