Best and worst Cabela's games?

[Rieman6000]

I wanted to try getting back into these games. It's been a while since I've played them. I'm not sure which ones I should try and which ones to stay away from. I would like more of a free roam experience

[Peter]

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[xOEDragonx]

I am particularly fond of Pro Hunts. I enjoy the animal AI, the vital cam, the option to free roam and shoot whatever I want, decent enough graphics, so on. It is probably my favorite Cabelas game of all time. On the other hand, I'm disappointed at the lack of animal models (there's only a handful of different racks on the deer), the lack of a trophy system (it only shows the 'biggest' of each animal you killed, not how many of each species or a list of sizes or anything and since there are no overwhelming large animals, it's nothing impressive, even the boss animals aren't as big as a couple I've killed free roaming) and that animal movement is often TOO predictable. There's not really a hunting element to the game, you don't choose stand locations or use baits or mark trails or anything. It's just walking from one hot spot to another.

I've heard "The Hunter" is a pretty good game but it's Pay-To-Play and awful expensive for what you get. I find it hard to recommend many other Cabelas games. The AI isn't very good in any of them, graphics are usually meh, the first Dangerous Hunts game had a pretty cool challenge option (it set challenges for you like kill so many of this animal with this gun, rescue the lost hunter, put an injured animal out of it's misery, etc.) as well as freeform hunting in a variety of locales. Newer dangerous hunts games all tried to have story modes and, while Dangerous Hunts 2 wasn't the WORST story I've ever played, any game after that one in the series was a total lost cause for me. Most of the Big Game Hunter and Alaskan Adventures and African Safari games are essentially the same game with different appearances. I can't even remember if any gave you the option to wander and shoot whatever you want, I think you always had to stick to the missions.

Sorry for the lack of recommendations, I've just been disappointed with hunting games in general for years. In all honestly, the older Deer Hunter PC games (particularly Deer Hunter 4) have always been a personal favorite of mine for a realistic hunting simulation. It's just hard to create a realistic hunting sim without it being boring to the majority of players.

[Juzt_Lernin]

If you can get this game to run without issue, it is great. I do recommend after each time you go hunt, copy your save folder to the desktop. A high occurrence of crashes seem the happen the farther you get into the game.

[Rieman6000]

Originally posted by xOEDragonx:

I am particularly fond of Pro Hunts. I enjoy the animal AI, the vital cam, the option to free roam and shoot whatever I want, decent enough graphics, so on. It is probably my favorite Cabelas game of all time. On the other hand, I'm disappointed at the lack of animal models (there's only a handful of different racks on the deer), the lack of a trophy system (it only shows the 'biggest' of each animal you killed, not how many of each species or a list of sizes or anything and since there are no overwhelming large animals, it's nothing impressive, even the boss animals aren't as big as a couple I've killed free roaming) and that animal movement is often TOO predictable. There's not really a hunting element to the game, you don't choose stand locations or use baits or mark trails or anything. It's just walking from one hot spot to another.

I've heard "The Hunter" is a pretty good game but it's Pay-To-Play and awful expensive for what you get. I find it hard to recommend many other Cabelas games. The AI isn't very good in any of them, graphics are usually meh, the first Dangerous Hunts game had a pretty cool challenge option (it set challenges for you like kill so many of this animal with this gun, rescue the lost hunter, put an injured animal out of it's misery, etc.) as well as freeform hunting in a variety of locales. Newer dangerous hunts games all tried to have story modes and, while Dangerous Hunts 2 wasn't the WORST story I've ever played, any game after that one in the series was a total lost cause for me. Most of the Big Game Hunter and Alaskan Adventures and African Safari games are essentially the same game with different appearances. I can't even remember if any gave you the option to wander and shoot whatever you want, I think you always had to stick to the missions.

Sorry for the lack of recommendations, I've just been disappointed with hunting games in general for years. In all honestly, the older Deer Hunter PC games (particularly Deer Hunter 4) have always been a personal favorite of mine for a realistic hunting simulation. It's just hard to create a realistic hunting sim without it being boring to the majority of players.

ahh I see. You'd think it wouldn't be all that difficult to make a decent hunting game

[Rieman6000]

Originally posted by Juzt_Lernin:

If you can get this game to run without issue, it is great. I do recommend after each time you go hunt, copy your save folder to the desktop. A high occurrence of crashes seem the happen the farther you get into the game.

would I need a better pc to run it?

[The Infinite Mick]

The crashes seem to occur in the last region (North West I think) and for any number of reasons. I was even saving and exiting the game after each change (buying stuff, completing challenges etc.) with no definable reason. There is a possible fix on another thread.

The thread is at http://steamcommunity.com/app/247770/discussions/0/528398719796272593/?tscn=1445634682

Like I said, haven't tried it myself but it may work. Up to that point, I enjoyed Pro Hunts, but to be fair, I've struggled to play anything in my library recently!

[xOEDragonx]

I personally have never had the game crash once in all of my hours playing, so I'm genuinely unsure of what exactly provokes the failure. But agreed, if you can play it without the crashing, it's definitely one of the better hunting experiences.

[Rieman6000]

I'm looking more into it and I'm afraid my pc won't be able to run it since the game isn't that old. I might end up getting it on console though

[General Iffy]

Best is Big Game Hunter 2005. Worst is anything after that...

[Rieman6000]

Originally posted by Iffy the Bothan Booty:

Best is Big Game Hunter 2005. Worst is anything after that...

I remember playing one on the psp a long time ago when I was younger, and it was pretty fun