Customer Reviews

Cabelas Alaskan Adventure

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I will offer a personal guarantee on this one: criminal. Ever tried to shoot a fox or rabbit with a shotgun from 45 yards? How about while it's running? How about while being attacked by a bobcat? How much fun does it sound if all the animals gather behind the lodge and you can't fire within 50 meters of the building? What if you need a scope or water & food for longer endurance and you have no money left to buy them from the "store?" This game is slow, incompetent and an insult to the great graphic on the cover. That's the game that Cabela's is playing: lure us in with overly-dramatic cover art and then just as we spend an hour lining up an impossible shot at a barely-visable target...attack us with a mad-animal engine. It's sooooooo fulfilling. Adding further injury, the game is filled with dozens of banners that encourage the gamer to buy Cabela's products. Hmmmm.

We couldn't wait to get home with this game and pop it into the PS2. None of us were too impressed (there was me, 33 yo female, a 15 yo female, 9 yo male, and 4 yo male). We all played it for about 15 minutes each then decided to go swimming instead...it was a lot less frustrating. The graphics are ok but it's tricky to figure out how to move your guy around. It's like watching paint dry to hunt out your animals then once they are in sight, they come at you with a vengeance. Any shot at all that hits the animal is highly praised, which is good for the kiddos. When you're first gearing up, you pick a player and have about a thousand options as to how to customize him/her...a completely useless waste of time...all you ever see is the hand and the gun anyway, so who the heck cares what they look like, what color the eyes are...etc??? Also, when my 15 yo niece was playing, she was doing the Cordova range, and she came upon a camp with a guy writhing around in pain...there was no mention at all in the manual as to what was supposed to be done (she actually tried to shoot the poor guy to put him out of his misery, but the game wouldn't allow it). It was so frustrating she had to start completely over. All in all, I probably wouldn't buy this game again, certainly not for this price.

The game itself is interesting, and it's well done. The controls are intuitive, and the overall effect is nice, and I think it drums up interest in hunting, and the outdoors - which, I hope is what Cabelas was trying to do all along, and I am absolutely in favor of that. I'm a lifetime NRA member, and an avid outdoorsman and hunting, and am planning a real Alaskan Peninsula brown bear hunt, so I picked this up just to have a look at it and let my son play it.

The realism leaves something to be desired e.g. I shot a polar bear with a .30-30 in the FOOT from 120 yards away, and it was a 1 shot kill. I haven't had time to really play all the way through it yet, but I do think the game does convey some of the basic thought processes and things to look for or use in hunting - to at least get people somewhat familiar with the concepts. fixed 6x scope, scent-lok clothing, scent eliminator spray, binoculars, being quiet through the woods, stalking things, that sort of thing.

But the actual implementation seems to be somewhat lacking - but it's a sim., so what do you expect trying to reproduce an outdoor hunt from the comfort of your air-conditioned recliner in front of the television. I think the game does good for what it is - and maybe help in some small way, to share that spark of the outdoors with others.

In this age of eye-candy graphics and super-framerates where folks just want to be oooh'd and aaaah'd in front of their TVs. I think this game does an adequate job of representing the animals recognizeably enough and maybe helping to inspire smaller hunters about the fun of stalking and taking game.

My son is 9 and he loves this game. He has most all of the Cabela's games and this one is one of his favorites.

This is a good program for that "hunter" who wants to experience the thrill of the hunt from the comfort of home.

This is the most challenging out of the 3 Cabela's hunting games that I have. This is hunting in it's most primal form. Having to fend off wild animals, buy your supplies at the outpost and judge your meal rations,ammo, and other supplies is good. This game is a lot of fun and can be played for hrs at a time if you like hunting games.

I have had this game for quite some time.(I didnt buy it on Amazon.com, I got it at Wal-Mart on sale for 19.99 which is a good price for this game)This game is one of the best games Ive played. The overall experience was very good, but the graphics could use some improvement,just a little. The guns and bows are cool and I love this game.The fishing is great but I wish there was never a time limit though. But why 4 stars not 5? Well this game lost a star because of the animals. They are just waaaaay too dangerous. For exapmle, there are animals in real life would avoid you at all costs, but in this game the will plow you and not think twice or even try to determine if you're a threat or not. "Charge first never invesigate" that seems to be the only thing on thier minds. If cabelas would have only given you the option if you wanted animals to attack or not this would be the best hunting/fishing game made. Another good thing about the game is the selling back to the store, because you get a 100% refund. I like it. You should rent first in case you don't like it, which you will like it.

We have several of the Cabelas games and my sons really enjoy them. They are challenging and exciting.

If you are looking to buy a hunting or fishing game, Cabelas has the game for you.

there have been good games but this one is almost the best. Cabelas Alaskan Adventures, Cabelas big game hunter 2008, and Cabelas dangerous hunts have been the best huntig games i've ever played. this game allows you to hunt in jueneau, seward penensula, yukon delta, north slope, kodiak island, sitka, cordova, and more! you can ice fish, fly fishing, and use a spin reel.

We are really enjoying Cabela's Alaskan Adventure, there are some flaws in some of the programing but mostly it's all good. If you don't have a tag for a certain animal you can only shoot it if it is attacking you, but every now and then it warns you that you can not shoot an animal that had been attacking you. Basically if you don't kill the animal that is attacking on the first shot you can't shoot it again unless it tries to attach you again. We got this game for Christmas 2006 and we are almost finished and have been really enjoying it.