Cabela's Grandslam: 2004 Trophies

Rating:
Summary: hunting game
Review: I've only played two hunting games but I didn't think this one was so great. I'd prefer a game that allowed 24-hour hunting and the ability to hunt any game without being penalized. It does have several different landscapes and a variety of animals. You can run around and follow tracks or hunt from a tree stand. When an animal is near by you can hear it walking from whatever direction it is. It does have bows or arrows and some cool hunting supplies. You also have a truck or blazer to ride around in. The first level does indeed have "well hidden" animals but the others aren't as bad.

I have trouble loading it sometimes. It takes about 2 mintues to load and sometimes it will freeze as soon as it open and I'm cut off. Sometimes it will freeze and exit or become choppy which really sucks when I'm trying to shoot and animal. It might just be my Dell although my zoo tycoon game doesn't do that. I might recommend it more highly if it didn't do that. Although I did lose the CD and the game still works.

Rating:
Summary: WELCOME TO DOGGIE CAM - enjoyable with reservations
Review: The first thing I thought when I started this game was "Could this be DOGGIE CAM?" because the perspective is disconcertingly low. Grass that should be no higher than your knee hits you in the face. Eye level with trees is a little above the roots.

Landscape graphics are, for the most part, gorgeous. But you hope when you get to the desert you will - finally - be able to see the animals you are trying to shoot. No - the desert is unrealistically full of trees and high brush, same as the woodlands, except the ground is a different color.

The next thing I noticed, after about an hour or two, was that I hadn't seen a single animal! They certainly are well-hidden....but there is an option by which they can be revealed with a dot over their heads. A lot of real-life hunters probably wish their quarry had these dots over their heads. The dots are red if big game, yellow if small "varmints" (aka "cute & cuddly" - the hardest to hit!), and blue if two-legged. Do not shoot at the two-legged varmints; the warden becomes highly irate if you shoot him or his inebriated-looking sidekick, the hunting expert, who stands and sways all night long.

Being shot at is about the only thing the warden objects to - that and disturbing his slumbers by shooting too late or too early. (I haven't tried shooting a critter when my tag for it was full, yet.) He does not object to shooting at animals standing in front of buildings, even his own house, shooting across highways or while standing on the highway (you get a nice, clear shot that way - especially if the animal is standing on a rise. There is never any oncoming traffic, so why worry?!) You can also shoot more than one animal at a time, without finishing them off or claiming your trophy. Sometimes, you get a phenomenon I term a "zoo" in which you have a number of animals of assorted species in one spot. If you can shoot fast and accurately enough, you can fill several tags in a few minutes and go back to the lodge for beers! Just keep shooting and go find them all later. So what if some of them are so badly wounded they will die a lingering death! Other hunting games, including some Cabela's, find such a practice highly objectionable. Personally, I find I can't mass-shoot even pixel animals, whether the game permits it or not.

You can walk or run with your gun up and aimed. You can even run sideways with it! In contrast to real life, you never trip...

Personally, I prefer hunting games that have enough respect for the sport to enforce compliance with laws and emphasize safety.

Graphics for the animals are really quite ugly.

One question I have...what happens after you shoot the critter? Here you are in the middle of the wilderness, you go over to your trophy, pat it or just walk by it, and it disappears and you get the stats, with no time off the clock in Grand Slam Hunting. Does UPS or FEDEX drop by and pick it up?

Rating:
Summary: WELCOME TO DOGGIE CAM - enjoyable with reservations
Review: The first thing I thought when I started this game was "Could this be DOGGIE CAM?" because the perspective is disconcertingly low. Grass that should be no higher than your knee hits you in the face. Eye level with trees is a little above the roots.

Landscape graphics are, for the most part, gorgeous. But you hope when you get to the desert you will - finally - be able to see the animals you are trying to shoot. No - the desert is unrealistically full of trees and high brush, same as the woodlands, except the ground is a different color.

The next thing I noticed, after about an hour or two, was that I hadn't seen a single animal! They certainly are well-hidden....but there is an option by which they can be revealed with a dot over their heads. A lot of real-life hunters probably wish their quarry had these dots over their heads. The dots are red if big game, yellow if small "varmints" (aka "cute & cuddly" - the hardest to hit!), and blue if two-legged. Do not shoot at the two-legged varmints; the warden becomes highly irate if you shoot him or his inebriated-looking sidekick, the hunting expert, who stands and sways all night long.

Being shot at is about the only thing the warden objects to - that and disturbing his slumbers by shooting too late or too early. (I haven't tried shooting a critter when my tag for it was full, yet.) He does not object to shooting at animals standing in front of buildings, even his own house, shooting across highways or while standing on the highway (you get a nice, clear shot that way - especially if the animal is standing on a rise. There is never any oncoming traffic, so why worry?!) You can also shoot more than one animal at a time, without finishing them off or claiming your trophy. Sometimes, you get a phenomenon I term a "zoo" in which you have a number of animals of assorted species in one spot. If you can shoot fast and accurately enough, you can fill several tags in a few minutes and go back to the lodge for beers! Just keep shooting and go find them all later. So what if some of them are so badly wounded they will die a lingering death! Other hunting games, including some Cabela's, find such a practice highly objectionable. Personally, I find I can't mass-shoot even pixel animals, whether the game permits it or not.

You can walk or run with your gun up and aimed. You can even run sideways with it! In contrast to real life, you never trip...

Personally, I prefer hunting games that have enough respect for the sport to enforce compliance with laws and emphasize safety.

Graphics for the animals are really quite ugly.

One question I have...what happens after you shoot the critter? Here you are in the middle of the wilderness, you go over to your trophy, pat it or just walk by it, and it disappears and you get the stats, with no time off the clock in Grand Slam Hunting. Does UPS or FEDEX drop by and pick it up?